Rebbetzin Menuchah Rachel Slonim, daughter of Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch and granddaughter of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, was born on Kislev 19, 5559 (1798) — the very day on which her illustrious grandfather was freed from his imprisonment in the Peter-Paul Fortress in Petersburg; she was thus named “Menuchah”, meaning “tranquility” (Rachel was the name of a daughter of Rabbi Schneur Zalman who died in her youth).
The Rebbetzin’s lifelong desire to live in the Holy Land was realized in 1845, when she and her husband, Rabbi Yaakov Culi Slonim (d. 1857), led a contingent of Chassidim who settled in Hebron. Famed for her wisdom, piety and erudition, she served as the matriarch of the Chassidic community in Hebron until her passing in her 90th year in 1888.
BH
What you didn’t mention is the contingent of girls who visited from Crown Heights and were saved from sniper bullets when they chose to move away from their spot in order to sing indoors.
im named after her!!!!
looks like it was a nice size crowd! BH!