Today, 29 Menachem Av 5773, is the first Yartzeit of Reb Yechezkel ben Reb Shneur Zalman a”h Lewintow.
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Chossid Shared His Memories
Before his passing a year ago, Crown Heights chossid R' Yechezkel Lewintow OBM shared his memories from a war-torn Europe. Video
Before his passing a year ago, Crown Heights chossid R' Yechezkel Lewintow OBM shared his memories from a war-torn Europe. Video
To # 3 I am Rosies younger son i would love to know who this is?. To everyone else i am also the nephew of Uncle Chaskel and Tanty Freada,to say their whole life was filled with hardship is an understatement, but to tell you the truth they tried to live their life to the fullest.They were like our second parents. they were always their for us Birthdays.,Graduations,Bar Mitzvahs,Bas Mitzvahs,Weddings,and always being very very Generious to us, and to our children and everyone who came by or stayed in their home.They were their to lend a hand help in anyway… Read more »
as a child i was a neighbor of freida’s sister a”h rosie i used to love going to rosie’s house and when i got older i baby sat for bella raksin a’h it was the sadest day in my life when i had to go to thier funerals i wish with all my heart and sole that moshiach would come so i could eat rosie’s delicious tuna sandwiches again rosie freida’s sister was a kind sole and we used to talk about the old days many times when i would see her in the street going our own ways i… Read more »
Reb Chazkel and his wife Frieda OH were the most caring and generous people. When we arrived as refugees from France we stayed in their house for quite a while. Not only were we treated well, but Chazkel took us younger children out to zoos and other places were children like going.Frieda was the greates baale bosta and cook. She always had cookies or cakes in the house in case anyone should drop by.
They hosted many many people.
tehei nishmosom tzrura betzror hachayim.
(here is a short biography etc. (i tried to be as accurate as possible be’ezras hashem – included r some points of the video translated to english) reb chatzkul a”h grew up in rostov to reb shneur zalman halevi and sara lewintow (his mother’s parents were reb nachman and rivka lokshin of rostov). reb chatzkul had 2 brothers: reb sholom dovber and reb shmuel, and 3 sisters: rivka, malka and muska. many chassidim (in the video he mentions reb itche der masmid) that would come to visit the rebbe rashab ohel would stay by his home. in his youth (age… Read more »