Chaya Mushka Schneerson
| Chaya Mushka Schneerson | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 16, 1901 Russia |
| Died | February 10, 1988 (aged 86) New York |
| Resting place | Old Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, New York |
| Spouse(s) | Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson |
| Parent(s) | Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak and Nechama Dinah Schneersohn |
Chaya Mushka (Moussia) Schneerson (March 16, 1901 – February 10, 1988), referred to by Lubavitchers as The Rebbetzin, was the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh and last Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Judaism. She was the second of three daughters of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn. She was named after the wife of the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn.
Born in Babinovitch, near the Russian city of Lubavitch on Shabbat, the 25th of Adar of the year 5661 (March 16, 1901). Upon request of her grandfather, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, she was named Chaya Mushka after her great grandmother, the wife of the Tzemach Tzedek. She lived in Lubavitch until the autumn of 1915 when due to World War I, she and her family were forced to flee to Rostov. In 1920, on the passing of her grandfather, the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, her father became the sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch. In the spring of 1924, due to increasing dangers for the Jews in Rostov, she and her family moved to Leningrad. In the autumn of 1927 her father was imprisoned for disseminating Torah observance, and she participated in efforts to have him released that were ultimately successful. Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak’s harsh sentence was first commuted to exile, and Chaya Mushka accompanied her father to Kostroma. After his release, the Schneersohn family left the Soviet Union and moved to Riga, Latvia.
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