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Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson was born in 1880, on the 28th of Tevet, in Nikolayev, Ukraine, to Rabbi Meir Shlomo and Rachel Yanovsky.
She was the eldest of four children: she had two sisters, Gittel and Ettel, and a younger brother, Yisrael Leib, who passed away as a youth.
Rabbi Meir Shlomo was the chief rabbi of Nikolayev; indeed, the Yanovskys were known as a prestigious rabbinical family of scholars and leaders.
The chassidim of Nikolayev would fondly recall Chana’s scholarship as a teenager. When a maamar would arrive from Lubavitch—either repeated by a chassid who was present at the rebbe’s discourse, or as notes sent to her father’s home—she would meticulously and faithfully transcribe it, making it available for the eager chassidim.
Bright and talented, Chana had an excellent ear for music — a quality she shared with her father.
Watch a short documentary about her special life by JEM:
This is as close as i can get to the greatness of the Rebbetzin. So very much appreciated.
Beautiful work
Image from SBG & Goldstein collection