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Volozhin Natives who Died in the State of Israel,
in Volozhin, and in the United States {cont.}

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Nachshon, Rachel (Ruchele)

She was the daughter of Shlomo and Lea Nachshon (nee Shif). She was born in Tel Aviv on 23 Elul 5711 (September 24, 1951), and died on 30 Shvat 5625 (February 29, 1968).

An Elegy for Ruchele Nachshon

by Sara and Pesach Berman

Tender in years you were
And your future who could imagine?
Your image was like a beautiful flower in the eyes of everyone who saw you
And your mannerisms, like a hind in the field, a charming mountain goat.
To your parents, you were like a joyous, pleasant wing.
Your face – the face of an angel, and the goodness of your heart
Knew no bounds.
Your faithfulness to your family –
Who can estimate?
To your brother – you were a tender mother,
Protecting him from all dangers,
Lest, Heaven forbid, something bad happen to him.
To your parents, a source of pride
And of sublimity of soul,
With their mouths they gave thanks to the good, benevolent, G-d,
Day by day, and hour by hour,
That he bestowed you upon them.
Fortunate is the ear that heard the words of your mouth.
And to your grandparents –
Who can count the hours
Blessed ones, in your company,
And the reparations that the Creator of Humanity bestowed upon them,
For their suffering during the war of annihilation.
We have all been bereaved, our souls mourn.
Even if we speak, we are not calmed.
Is there any comfort over the death of a daughter-sister-granddaughter?
Is there any comfort that in the prime of your innocence,
Your mouth licks the dust.^[1]
Is there any comfort,
Given that you will not return,
To bask in the light of life!
You were a sixteen-year-old girl, 16
And before you knew what life was,
You were cut off in the spring of your days.
How can we not scream out over the injustice of the cruel fate,
That stole your rights to life,
To love, and to happiness,
In our liberated land.
Holy ground, the ground in which you are buried
Shall cry out and scream
And the clods of earth shall weep.
And the heart will weep secretly
And will refuse to be comforted,
For the candle has been extinguished – the candle of Ruchele.
With bowed heads and anguished heart, we pray:
Would it be that your soul be bound in the bonds of life.
May your clods of earth be sweet to you.
Your memory will not depart from the hearts of all of us.

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Potashnik, Chaya Esther. She was born in Volozhin. She made aliya to the Land of Israel in 5699 (1939) during Aliya Bet. She was a member of Kibbutz Naan for a certain period of time, and then lived in Netanya.
She contracted a malignant illness and returned her soul to her Creator in purity after difficult suffering in the year 5706 (1946). She was buried in Petach Tikva.
Chaya Esther's lot in life was an uninterrupted chain of suffering, of agony, of pain, and of loneliness. During her final years, the years of her illness, she drunk from the cup of agony and suffering in a full measure. One can say about her: “She cried out from the depth of hear heart – – – but no ear from Above heard any more, the Throne of Honor saw no more, as such a soul was enwrapped in its agony.” (Ch. N. Bialik, “My mother, may her memory be a blessing”)

Potashnik, Yehuda Yosef

He was born in Volozhin in 5665 (1905), and died on 25 Iyar 5625 (May 27, 1965). He was buried in Holon.

Potashnik, Menachem Yoel

He was born in Volozhin in 5616 (1855), and was killed in Volozhin during Chanukah, 5690 (1930).

Potashnik (Eshlagi), Bracha

Potashnik (Eshlagi), Mordechai

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Perski, Galia

She was born in 5645 (1885), and died on 9 Shvat 5721 (December 16, 1961). She was buried in Bnei Brak.

Tzubner, Avraham

He died on 13 Sivan 5722 (June 15, 1962), and was buried in Kiryat Shaul, Tel Aviv.

Tsiberski, Tzvi Hirsch

He was born in Volozhin in 5646 (1886). He studied in Yeshivas in Minsk, Krynki, and the Ets Hayim Yeshiva of Volozhin, where he was ordained as a rabbi by the Yeshiva head, the Gaon Rabbi Rafael Shapira. He was among those who frequented the home of Rabbi Rafael Shapira. He stood out with his jolliness during celebrations of the Household of the Rabbi, and was very beloved by those present.

He died in Israel on 20 Cheshvan 5722 (October 30, 1961).

Perpetuatators: His wife Mina (a native of Lopets, the granddaughter of the shochet Yehuda Avraham, and a relative of the writer Daniel Perski), and his descendants in Israel

Kaminer, Alexander. Died 2 Tevet 5719 (December 13, 1958).

Kivilovich, Sima (nee Sharira)

She was born in Molodchina, and died in Volozhin on the eve of Passover, 5699 (1939).

Kleinbord, Moshe

He was born in 5670 (1910), and died in 5625 (1965). He was buried in Haifa.

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Kaplan, Chaya Yehudit

She was born in 5627 (1867) and died on 17 Adar II 5625 (March 21, 1965).

Kaplan, Eliezer

He was born in 5669 (1909), and died on 1 Tevet 5719 (December 12, 1958).

Kaplan, Tikva

She was the daughter of Eliezer Kaplan. She was born in 15 Tishrei, 5696 (October 12, 1935). She was killed during the Egyptian bombardment of Tel Aviv on 3 Tammuz 5705 (July 10, 1948).

Rubinstein, Yisrael. He was born in Volozhin. He was a straightforward, upright man, G-d fearing and turning away from evil. About him, one can say the following section of Psalms: He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart; That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour; He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. (Psalms 15:2-3 and 5).^[2]

Rogovin, Batya Malka (nee Schwartz)

She was born in Volozhin in 5644 (1884) and died in Israel in 5724 (1964).

Rudanski, Avraham Yaakov

(Avrahamel Yankel Yochanan's). He was one of the great scholars of Volozhin. He would conclude the study of the Talmud every seven months. He died in Volozhin.

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Rosenberg, Hinda. She was born in 5646 (1886), and died on 12 Kislev 5721 (December 1, 1960).

Sholman, Aharon

He was one of the first of Hechalutz in Volozhin. He was buried in Petach Tikva.

Shulman, Baruch Leib

He was tall, modest, and observant of the commandments – such was our grandfather, Baruch Leib Shulman. He died at the beginning of the 20^th century.

Perpetuators: P. and her husband Chaim Deitsh, Los Angeles, and other grandsons and granddaughters in Israel and the United States: Yitzchak Fruma Freda, and Shoshana

Shif, Avraham Moshe

Shif Leah

He was born in 5619 (1859), and died in Volozhin in 5700 (1940).

She was born in 5625 (1865), and died in Volozhin in 5681 (1921).

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Shani, Eliahu

He was born in Volozhin in 5665 (1905), and made aliya to the Land in 5684 (1924). He was one of the first of Hechalutz in Volozhin. He lived in Kfar Sava for all of his time in the Land. He died in 5726 (1966), and was buried in Kfar Saba.

Shapira, Rabbi Aryeh

He was born to his father, the Gaon Rabbi Rafael Shapiro, in the city of Novo-Aleksandrovsk (Kovno Region) in 5640 (1880). When Rabbi Rafael was appointed as the Yeshiva head of the Ets Hayim Yeshiva of Volozhin in 5659 (1899), Rabbi Aryeh came to Volozhin with his father. In 5666 (1906) he married Mina Gola, the daughter or Rabbi Chaim Naftali Hertz Halperin of Białystok. He served as a rabbi in Lebedevo and Białystok. He escaped from Białystok with the stream of refugees to Vilna during the Second World War. He made aliya to the Land in 5701 (1941). He died on 28 Nissan 5721 (April 14, 1961), and is buried in the cemetery of Bnei Brak.

Shapira, Rabbi Yehoshua

He was the son of Rabbi Shlomo Tzvi HaKohen Shapira. He died in Cleveland on 24 Kislev 5698 (November 26, 1937).

He was the father of Mr. Ezra Shapira of Cleveland United States.

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Shepsenwol, Rikla

In eternal memory of our dear mother Rikla. She was born in 5656 (1896), and died in 5724 (1964).

Perpetuators: Tzipora and Shmuel Eidelman, Lynne Eidelmn, Chaya-Liba and Max Camhi, Sonya and Robin Camhi

Rikla Shepsenwol

Born 1896- Died 1965

Frances and Shmuel Eidelman, Lynne Eidelman, Lucille and Max Camhi, Sonya and Robin Cahmi.

Translator's footnotes:

This phrase is taken from the Ten Martyrs elegy of Yom Kippur Musaf. Return

Translation from Mechon Mamre: https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2615.htm Return

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