Family members of Mrs. Menucha Vitka Lazaroff, whose first yahrtzeit is Elul 15, are working on a biographic publication.
Lazaroff spent many years teaching in various educational institutions and has influenced hundreds over the years.
Her two children – Rabbi Shimon Lazaroff of Texas and Mrs. Batsheva Shemtov of Philadelphia – are searching for stories and anecdotes.
When Lazaroff arrived from Russia in 1946, she worked as a house mother in Bais Rivkah of France.
In Paris she merited to assist Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson OBM, the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s mother.
Upon emigrating to Israel in 1949, she was appointed the house mother of the first Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch in Lod for 3 years.
From there she moved to work in the “Refugee Home” for girls on Chaye Olam street in Jerusalem.
The family moved to North America in 1958 – beginning in Toronto at a girls school and moving to New York in 1962.
At the instruction of the Rebbe, Lazaroff was the principal of the Bais Rivkah branch on Eastern Parkway. She remained as a teacher in the school for 35 years.
In addition, Lazaroff was the “camp mother” at Camp Gan Israel in Parksville, NY.
“We want to put together a collection of memories and experiences, as many have shared with us during the Shivah week, from students and friends,” the family asked.
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To be exact, Eli Lipsker – the youngest in the family (bottom row second from right) was born in the year 5677 (1916-1917) – in the picture he ooks about 10, That means this picture was taken around the year 5687 (1927-1928), if he was 11, than it was taken in the year 5688 (1928-1929) etc.
I have seen this picture before. My shver Reb Michoel Lipsker a.h and my first wife Batsheva bas Michoel a.h. had copies of it. It was definitely taken in the 1930s and not in the twenties. Most of the people would have been teenagers or below in the 1920s. The “parents” in the picture are Reb Chaim Tsvi and his Rebbetsin “The Bubba” Batsheva aleihem hasholom. A ksiva v”chatima Tova to all. We already deep in Elul, have you gathered in the pyafkes yet?
anyone knows any information on Mordechei Lipsker?
my great grandmother is chaya chera kluvgant (lazarof) who is the sister in law of menucho.
Never saw that picture before, thanks!
the picture was taken sometime in the late 1920’s
I see my great grandparents!
is the picture? Looks like before the war, or during.
From right to left:
Top row: Sender Menken, Mordechei Lipsker, Michoel Lipsker, Yakov Lipsker, Moshe Neimark, Leible (Aryeh Zev) Lipsker
Bottom row: Menucha (Lipsker) Lazarov, Eli Lipsker, Aida (Lipsker) Menkin holding her daughter Zlata (Menkin) Wilschanski, Bube Bas Sheva (M”M Yafeh) Lipsker, Leib Henich Menkin, Zeide Chaim Tzvi (Hirsh) Lipsker, Luba (Lipsker) Neimark, Malka (Menkin) Lipsker.