‘Rebbetzin Chana Stayed Here’

A group of Jewish women gathered in a home in Paris last week to mark the Yartzeit of Rebbezin Chana Schneerson, the Rebbe’s mother, on Vov Tishrei.

The modest apartment on Rue Dieu in Paris had a special significance for participants, as it is the location where the Rebbetzin lived for 3 months in 1947, and where the Lubavitcher Rebbe farbrenged while visiting his mother in Paris.

Shlucha Rivky Belinow, of St. Denis, a suburb of Paris, organized the event after hearing about the location of the apartment from fellow Shluchos who had done research on all the locations the Rebbe had visited or stayed at during his time in Paris.

The building had been converted to offices years before, and had been renovated only in the past 10 years as a residence, the woman who currently lives in the apartment told participants.

The women gathered spoke about the three Mitzvos of the Jewish woman, and made good resolutions to continue to add in good deeds.

Mrs. Belinow distributed Lekach which were baked with crumbs from Lekach she received from the Rebbe many years ago.

The apartment’s current resident, a Jewish woman who joined the farbrengen, said she was deeply moved by the event and asked the Shlucha to continue making regular gatherings in her home.