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Menucha Rochel Slonim

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167:. His son was Eliezer Dan Slonim, who spoke fluent Arabic and was a member on the city council and a director of the Anglo-Palestine Bank. He had excellent relations with the British Mandate authorities and Arab community and was reported to have not believed in rumors of an impending riot. He and his family were slaughtered as they attempted to make a barricade in the Slonim family house. One-year-old Shlomo Slonim (1928-2014) survived the massacre. He was the grandson of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Slonim and son of Eliezer Dan Slonim. Shlomo Slonim went on to join the 192: 144: 152: 203:. The grave made headlines in 1997, when the H1 and H2 sections of the city were created. Concerned residents and supporters protested the government to ensure that the cemetery and Menucha Rochel's final resting place were not left outside of the designated area. Other venerated Jewish scholars buried in the cemetery include 159:
Her family went on to become leaders of the Hebron Jewish community, helping unite the Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jewish communities and reaching out to the Arabic community. Her son was Rabbi Yehuda Leib Slonim, who was the father of Rebbetzin Moshke Devora Epstein, who inherited Menucha Rochel's home
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Today, the local Chabad chapter in Hebron leads visits to her grave and continues her legacy. In 2002 The Menucha Rochel Kollel, a learning center moved to a historic building adjacent to the grave of Menucha Rochel in the cemetery. Daily classes and services are held there.
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For forty-three years she served as the matriarch of the Hebron community. New brides and barren women would request blessings from her. Before she died on the 24th of Shevat, 5648 AM (6 February 1888), she sent a letter to the then Rebbe, Rabbi
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She became renowned among both townspeople and beyond, Jews and non-Jews alike for her curative and salvation abilities, and was nicknamed "the grandmother Menucha Rachel". Every bride who visited the
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for almost 50 years, was married for 50 years, and had 4 children. His photo as a wounded toddler is included in the Museum of the Jewish Community of Hebron as are many photos of the Slonim family.
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used to visit her home three times a week when staying in Hebron. He was strict about standing when she entered or left the room and always asked her to bless him.
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Today, the grave of Menucha Rochel Slonim receives hundreds of visitors every year, especially on the anniversary of her passing. It is located in the
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The family of Rabbi Mordechai Dov Slonim, son of Rabbi Ya’akov Slonim and Rebbetzin Menucha Rochel Slonim of Hebron.
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Days in Chabad:Historic Events in the Dynasty of Chabad-Lubavitch, Brooklyn, 2002, pp. 70-71, 133-135
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was released from imprisonment in S. Petersburg. Her father chose the name Menucha because in
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After she fell dangerously ill, her father promised that she would live to emigrate to the
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on the day of her wedding came to get her blessing and the Admor Rebbe Elazar Mendel of
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when she got married. Other children included Rabbi Mordechai Dov Slonim.
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dynasty. She is regarded a matriarch to the Chabad dynasty as well as
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Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Slonim was the chief Ashkenazi rabbi during the
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Hebron matriarch Menuha Rochel still inspires 128 years later
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Memorial lecture in Hebron for Menucha Rochel Slonim
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Index

Menucha Rachel Slonim
Rebbetzin
Mitteler Rebbe
Dovber Schneuri
Rebbe
Chabad
Hasidic
Hebron's Jewish population
19 Kislev
Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Hebrew
Griver
Moses Isserles
Slonim
Land of Israel
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn
Sholom Dovber Schneersohn
Tomb of Machpela
Lelov


1929 Hebron massacre
Irgun Tzvai Leum
Haganah
Israel Defense Forces
Bank Leumi

Old Jewish cemetery, Hebron
Eliyahu de Vidas
Solomon Adeni

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