Encounters with the Rebbetzin

A brief biography of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, of righteous memory, wife of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory.

Rabbi Shmuel Lew’s father-in-law, Zalmon Jaffe, would visit the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s home in Brooklyn, New York. As a result, Rabbi Lew had the privilege of visiting the home as well.

In the mid-1950s, Rabbi Yosef Goldstein and his family lived two floors below the Rebbe and Rebbetzin, at 346 New York Avenue.

On Shemini Atzeres 1977, after the Rebbe suffered a massive heart attack, Dr. Ira Weiss flew in from Chicago to join the medical team treating the Rebbe. Subsequently, he became the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s cardiologist.

Mendel Notik worked in the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s household during the 1970s. He shares a story he heard from the Rebbetzin about a “campaign” of the Rebbe to save Jews in Nazioccupied France.

Mrs. Hadassa Carlebach is a relative of the Rebbetzin. Here she recalls some memories of her visits to the Rebbetzin.

Mrs. Leah Kahan is a relative of the Rebbetzin. Here she recalls some memories of her visits to the Rebbetzin.

Mrs. Louise Hager was fourteen years-old when she first met the Rebbe's wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. Over the years, she developed a close relationship with the Rebbetzin.

Mrs. Danièle Gorlin Lassner’s parents and grandparents knew the Rebbe and Rebbetzin from Europe. On this occasion in 1987, she accompanied her parents to visit the Rebbetzin.

As an Israeli college student studying in London, England, Mrs. Orah Jurawel befriended a local Chabad family. When she subsequently traveled to visit New York, they asked her for a small favor: to deliver a gift to the Rebbe’s wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. (1974)