Chaya Mushka Schneersohn

Chaya Mushka Schneersohn
Chaya Mushka Schneersohn
Died	December 9, 1860 O.S. (Tevet 8, 5621; December 21, 1860 N.S.); Lyubavichi
Spouse(s)	Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Chabad Rebbe, married in 1803 (5563)
Children	Baruch Shalom; Yehudah Leib of Kopys; Chaim Shneur Zalman of Liadi; Yisroel Noach of Nizhyn; Yosef Yitzchak of Ovruch; Yaacov; Shmuel Schneersohn of Lubavitch; Rada Freida; Devorah Leah
Father	Rabbi Dovber Schneuri

Chaya Mushka Schneersohn was the daughter of Rabbi Dovber Schneuri, the second Rebbe of the Chabad Hasidic movement, and the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn the third Rebbe.^[3]

Chaya Mushka Schneerson died on December 9, 1860, O.S. (Tevet 8, 5621; December 21, 1860, N.S.), and was buried in the town of Lubavitch near her grandmother Rebbetzin Sterna and her mother Rebbetzin Sheina.^[4]

History

Chaya Mushka Schneersohn married the third Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. She is known in the Chabad community as "Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka." Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka was an advocate for Agunot, women who are bound to their marriages by Jewish law whether through the husband's disappearance or refusal to comply with divorce proceedings.^[5]

Chaya Mushka held the personal custom of reciting the Slichot prayers during the week between Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.^[6]

References

^ Hayom Yom, A12. "5621 (1861 [sic]): [The Tzemach Tzedek is w]idowed on the eighth of Tevet."
^ Hayom Yom, p. A8. "5563 (1803): His [the Tzemach Tzedek's] marriage.
^ Schneerson, Menachem M. Hayom Yom... Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Kehot Publication Society. (Hebrew edition). (1967): p. 6.
^ Kaminetzky, Yosef Y. Days in Chabad Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Kehot Publication Society. 2002. pp. 95-96
^ Lesches, E. "The Plight Of The Aguna." Beis Moshiach Magazine. Accessed April 19, 2014.
^ Schneerson, Menachem Mendel. "Letter No. 302: The recitation of Selichos during the Ten Days of Repentance." Chabad.org. Accessed April 19, 2014.

Shneur Zalman^[i]
(1745–1812)

Shterna

Shalom Shachna^[ii]

Devorah Leah
(d. 1792)

Dovber^[iii]
(1773–1827)

Sheina

Menachem Mendel^[iv]
(1789–1866)

Chaya Mushka
(d. 1860)

Baruch Shalom
(1805–1869)

Shmuel^[v]
(1834–1882)

Yosef Yizchak^[vi]
(1822–1876)

Yisroel Noah^[vii]
(1815–1883)

Chaim Schneur Zalman^[viii]
(d. 1879)

Yehuda Leib^[ix]
(1811–1866)

Levi Yitzchak
(1834–1878)

Shalom Dovber^[x]
(1860–1920)

Shterna Sara
(1860–1942)

Avraham
(1860–1937)

Yitzchak Dovber^[xi]
(1833–1910)

Shlomo Zalman^[xii]
(1830–1900)

Shalom Dovber^[xiii]
(d. 1908)

Shmaryahu Noah^[xiv]
(1842–1924)

Baruch Schneur
(d. 1926)

Yosef Yitzchak^[xv]
(1880–1950)

Nechama Dina
(1881–1971)

Levi Yitzchak^[xvi]
(d. 1904)

Levi Yitzchak
(1878–1944)

Chana
(1880–1964)

Menachem Mendel^[xvii]
(1902–1994)

Chaya Mushka
(1901–1988)

Light green indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty

Light purple indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Kapust dynasty

Light orange indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Niezhin dynasty

Light blue indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Liadi dynasty

Light yellow indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of Avrutch dynasty

Solid lines indicate parents/children, dashed lines show marriages, dotted lines show in-laws. Additional members of Schneersohn family are not listed here

Notes:

^ Founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, known as Shneur Zalman of Liady
^ Surname Altschuler
^ 2nd Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Dovber Schneuri and the Middle Rebbe
^ 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Tzemach Tzedek, first to assume the surname "Schneersohn"
^ 4th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Maharash
^ Rebbe in Avrutch
^ 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Niezhin
^ 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi
^ 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust, known as Maharil of Kapust
^ 5th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Rashab
^ 2nd Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi, known as Maharid
^ 2rd Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust
^ 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust, known as Rashab of Rechitsa
^ 4th Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust
^ 6th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Rayatz
^ 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi, Levi Yitzchak Guterman, son-in-law of Chaim Schneur Zalman Schneersohn
^ 7th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, uses the spelling of "Schneerson"

References:

Schneersohn, Yosef Yitzchak; Schneerson, Menachem Mendel (2005). Hayom Yom: Bilingual Edition. Brooklyn, NY: Kehot Publication Society. ISBN 0-8266-0669-5.

[1] Hayom Yom, A12. "5621 (1861 [sic]): [The Tzemach Tzedek is w]idowed on the eighth of Tevet."

[2] Hayom Yom, p. A8. "5563 (1803): His [the Tzemach Tzedek's] marriage.

[HayomYom67-3] Schneerson, Menachem M. Hayom Yom... Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Kehot Publication Society. (Hebrew edition). (1967): p. 6.

[4] Kaminetzky, Yosef Y. Days in Chabad Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Kehot Publication Society. 2002. pp. 95-96

[5] Lesches, E. "The Plight Of The Aguna." Beis Moshiach Magazine. Accessed April 19, 2014.

[6] Schneerson, Menachem Mendel. "Letter No. 302: The recitation of Selichos during the Ten Days of Repentance." Chabad.org. Accessed April 19, 2014.

[7] Founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, known as Shneur Zalman of Liady

[8] Surname Altschuler

[9] 2nd Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Dovber Schneuri and the Middle Rebbe

[10] 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Tzemach Tzedek, first to assume the surname "Schneersohn"

[11] 4th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Maharash

[12] Rebbe in Avrutch

[13] 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Niezhin

[14] 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi

[15] 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust, known as Maharil of Kapust

[16] 5th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Rashab

[17] 2nd Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi, known as Maharid

[18] 2rd Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust

[19] 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust, known as Rashab of Rechitsa

[20] 4th Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust

[21] 6th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Rayatz

[22] 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi, Levi Yitzchak Guterman, son-in-law of Chaim Schneur Zalman Schneersohn

[23] 7th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, uses the spelling of "Schneerson"

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