Annual gathering for 135th yahrzeit of Menucha Rochel Slonim

Descendants of the first Lubavitcher Rebbe and other Chabad Hassidic
Jews visited Hebron yesterday for the annual memorial for Rebbetzin Menucha Rochel
Slonim on the 135th anniversary of her passing.

Menucha Rochel was the daughter of the second Lubavitcher Rebbe, known as the Mitteler
Rebbe and granddaughter of the first, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi.

She and her husband led the Jewish community of Hebron for over 40 years and helped
revive the city and create thriving neighborhoods.

Family and other Chabadniks from throughout Israel travelled to the ancient cemetery in
Hebron to recite kaddish and other prayers at her grave.

Afterwards, a farbrengen was held with dinner and speeches from members of the Slonim
family and Chabad shluchim from Hebron and other cities.

Chabad of Hebron, headed by Rabbi Danny Cohen, Chabad of Kiryat Arba, the Association of
Descendants of the Alter Rebbe and other groups organized the event.

BIOGRAPHY:

Menucha Rochel was born on the 19th of Kislev in 1798, the same day her grandfather the
Alter Rebbe was released from prison on false charges.

In 1845, with the blessing of her cousin Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third
Lubavitcher Rebbe, known as the Tzemach Tzedek, she and her family emigrated to Hebron.
On the day they were to depart for the Land of Israel, it was raining heavily. The
Tzemach Tzedek advised her not to delay and to allay her fears, blessed her to “walk
between the raindrops.”

For forty-three years she served as the matriarch of the Hebron community. New brides
and barren women would request blessings from her both from the Jewish and Arab
communities. Menucha Rochel’s descendants were important leaders in Hebron throughout
the 1800s and 1900s until today. In contemporary times, Rabbi Zev Dov Slonim, one of her
descendants, created the Chitas, a handy volume that combines the Chumash (Hebrew
Bible), Tehillim (Psalms) and Tanya (main work of Chabad hasidic
thought.)

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* Hilula and prayers
at Chabad grave in Hebron (Hebrew) 

 

* Rabbi Zev Dov Slonim,
Pillar of Jerusalem with Hebron Roots Mourned

* Full biograohy –
How Menucha Rochel Slonim United Hebron

* Menucha Rochel Slonim
memorial 2016

* Menucha Rochel Slonim
memorial 2018

* Menucha Rochel Slonim
memorial 2019

* History of Chabad
in Hebron

* History of Ancient
Hebron Cemetery

 

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