Baruch Shalom Yehudah Leib of
Kopys Chaim Shneur Zalman of
Liadi Yisroel Noach of
Nizhyn Yosef Yitzchak of
Ovruch Yaacov Shmuel Schneersohn of Lubavitch Rada Freida Devorah Leah
Chaya Mushka Schneerson died on December 9, 1860, O.S. (Tevet 8, 5621; December 21, 1860, N.S.), and was buried in the town of
Lubavitch near her grandmother Rebbetzin Sterna and her mother Rebbetzin Sheina.[4]
History
Chaya Mushka Schneersohn married the third
Rebbe of
Chabad, Rabbi
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. She is known in the Chabad community as "Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka." Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka was an advocate for
Agunot, women who are bound to their marriages by
Jewish law whether through the husband's disappearance or refusal to comply with divorce proceedings.[5]
Chaya Mushka held the personal custom of reciting the
Slichot prayers during the week between
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, and
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.[6]
References
^Hayom Yom, A12. "5621 (1861 [sic]): [The Tzemach Tzedek is w]idowed on the eighth of Tevet."
^Hayom Yom, p. A8. "5563 (1803): His [the Tzemach Tzedek's] marriage.
^Schneerson, Menachem M.
Hayom Yom...Archived April 13, 2014, at the
Wayback Machine. Kehot Publication Society. (Hebrew edition). (1967): p. 6.
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Solid lines indicate parents/children, dashed lines show marriages, dotted lines show in-laws. Additional members of Schneersohn family are not listed here
Notes:
^Founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, known as Shneur Zalman of Liady