By Esther Gopin – Lubavitch.com
New York City Council voted on a bill Wednesday, May 24th to co-name Lefferts Avenue between Brooklyn and New York avenues “Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, Schneerson Square.”
Campus Chomesh, named for the Rebbe’s wife and is part of the flagship Beth Rivkah girls school, sits on the corner of Lefferts Avenue.
The idea to co-name Lefferts Avenue was originally suggested by Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, chairman of Beth Rivkah’s board.
Mayor Bill De Blasio will sign the bill into law in the coming weeks. The new sign is expected to be installed before Beth Rivkah’s upcoming dinner.
Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson (1901-1988), of blessed memory, was the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. She was also the daughter of his predecessor, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson.
The bill alludes to the selfless dedication of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka to help others under both Soviet and Nazi rule, and later helped her husband during his time as Rebbe of the global Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
Since her passing in 1988, she has become the namesake of thousands of Jewish girls worldwide. Her legacy is perpetuated by the campus’s alumni, which number tens of thousands, who are dedicated to a life of Jewish outreach.
“When Rabbis Moshe Pinson and Yaacov Behrman approached me with the idea, I was immediately on board. It is a great honor to represent a district that was home to this remarkable woman,” said Councilman Mathieu Eugene, who sponsored the bill.
At that time there was fighting over the Gabboim so the Rebbe didn’t want any moves by independent power seekers. Yankel Goldstein has the wrong info. The Ksav Yad will come out…
Yes true, that in Israel.
NOT in crown heights.
We’ll have a street named after Rebitzen Chaya Mushka!Btw.from a fifth grader.
The Rebbe was not opposed to street co-naming. The Rebbe wrote a letter to the Mayor of an Israeli city thanking them for naming a street after “Chabad”.
Thank you Yaacov for taking the initiative to give honor to the Rebbitzin. As we see you were approached by Rabbi Shem Tov, a long time Chassid on behalf of the Board from Bais Rivka. This is an opportunity to bring awareness of who the Rebbitzin was and for our community to take pride in one of the ‘Great Women of our Time the values she tried to instill and pass on to our generation.’ To those who may criticize because in ‘their day this wasn’t the thing to do,’ lets rather practice ahavas yisroel and celebrate those who are… Read more »
I think that this instills pride into our school and gives respect to our rebbetzin, Great idea.
thank you
I am very surprised that this was requested and done . When I was the Chairman of Communty Board 9 (1979- 2014) a group of Chassidim approached me in the 1980’s to co- name the street in front of 770 the ” Rabbi Joseph I . Schnerson ” road in honor of the Freirdker Rebbe . I told them I would ask the Rebbe if this was appropriate . I received a phone call from Rabbi Hodakov who told me NOT to do it . People knew of the Rebbe’s response. Why was was this done now !!!!!!! I wish… Read more »
Yasher Choach, hoping this will help hasten Moshiach’s coming Now!!