Ruchoma Shain
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Rebbetzin Ruchoma Shain |
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| Born | Ruchoma Herman December 6, 1914 Lower East Side, Manhattan |
| Died | March 16, 2013 (aged 98) Lakewood Township, New Jersey |
| Spouse | Rabbi Moshe Shain |
| Children | Yisrael Meir Mashi Refoel Yitzchak |
Ruchoma Shain (6 December 1914 – 16 March 2013) was an American-born rebbetzin, English teacher, and author. She is best known for her first book, All for the Boss (1984), a biography of her father, Yaakov Yosef Herman, which she wrote in her late sixties. In detailing her father's life, she also describes Orthodox Jewish life in America in the early 1900s.All for the Boss became one of the all-time bestsellers for Feldheim Publishers, and Shain's stories and observations are quoted by numerous authors.
Her second book, Reaching the Stars (1990), chronicles her experiences as a teacher. She also authored Dearest Children, All for the Best, and Shining Lights.
Ruchoma Herman was born on New York's Lower East Side to Rabbi Yaakov Yosef and Aidel Herman. She was the youngest of her parents' five children. She had three sisters and one brother.
When she was seventeen years old, she married Moshe, eldest son of Rabbi Shimon and Geneshe Shain. Shortly after their wedding, the couple, at the behest of her father, traveled to Mir, Belarus, where they spent nearly six years while her husband studied at the Mir yeshiva under Rabbis Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, Yeruchom Levovitz, and Yechezkel Levenstein. Her sister, Bessie, wife of Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, and her brother, Rabbi Nochum Dovid, also joined them in Mir. Then they returned to the East Side. When their children were grown, the Shains moved to Jerusalem, purchasing an apartment in the new development of Kiryat Mattersdorf.
In the United States, Shain taught several grades. In Jerusalem, she was a popular lecturer. After the publication of her books, Shain received visitors seeking her counsel regarding various topics.
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