Mrs. Moussia Schtroks of London, England, realized several years ago how little her children and grandchildren knew about their roots and ancestry decided to record as much as she was able to.
Schtroks held numerous interviews with her sister, Mrs. Riva Raskin, who passed away this week at the age of 84. She made the audio recordings available to everyone in their large Chabad family.
In 5762, Mrs. Raskin was interviewed for the Kfar Chabad magazine which ran a 10-page feature article in Hebrew about growing up as an orphan in the Soviet Union, surviving hunger and anti Semitism.
The full description of her memories was published in a 77 page booklet titled “My Name Is Riva” for the wedding of her granddaughter in 5764.
Her strong faith in Hashem and optimism despite hardships have led her to build a large family with her late husband Rabbi Sholom Ber Raskin and become a teacher and one of the founding families of the Chabad community in London.
“The story we present to you… is the original uncut version,” notes her son, Benny Raskin of Crown Heights about the booklet. “Although this story is not publication quality it is definitely worth reading.”
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my name is riva too!
A lot of us cannot read english, can anyone advise where or how we can read the 70 page booklet in Ivrit
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Cried through the whole thing
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INCREDIBLE!!!! OUTSTANDING PEOPLE!!!
Shayay Shapiro was my great uncle. Most of the names mentioned are from my family. . Over the years we heard different stories about him and his mehus. But we never heard so many details. I will make sure my children read this as well.
Mrs Raskin’s father Avraham Yeshaya Shapiro was also known as Avrohom Yeshaya Karalevitch. Several years ago there was printed in Beis Moshiach a picture of the ksav hiskashrus written to the Frierdiker Rebbe after the histalkus of the Rebbe Rashab. One of those (aprox 15) who signed was Avraham Yeshaya Karalevitch, Riva’s ע”ה father.
I wanted a copy for my kids.
just finished reading, and crying
You must print a book of a trilogy before war , war and after ….very touching story
Take the time to download the story and read it, to learn what a real chossid or chassidiste is. We today have no problems! Pay particular attention to the care taken with the children’s chinuch, this was priority #1 for the father.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to the family members who made this document available, may the Aibershter comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Yerushalayim.
It’s so important to record our early years for our children, grandchildren and future generations. Do it now, while you still have the energy, and haven’t forgotten many details.
I have no words. What an unbelievable and inspiring story. Thank you for sharing with us.
Thank you for sharing this amazing memoir of mesirus nefesh. May the family know only simchas