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By: Rivkah SternbergBy: Rivkah Sternberg

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Her FamilyHer Family

מרת חי'מרת חי'מושקאמושקא

מרת מרת דבורהדבורהלאהלאה

הר' מנחם הר' מנחם מענדלמענדל

הר' הר' אברהם אברהם סענדערסענדער

הר' שלום הר' שלום דובערדובער

הר' שניאור הר' שניאור זלמן אהרןזלמן אהרן

צמח צדקצמח צדק

ר' מנחם מענדלר' מנחם מענדל

רביצין שיינארביצין שיינאמיטעלער רבימיטעלער רבי

ר' דובערר' דובעררביצין דבורה לאהרביצין דבורה לאה

רביצין סטערנארביצין סטערנא

אלטער רביאלטער רבי

ר' שניאור זלמןר' שניאור זלמן

רביצין רבקהרביצין רבקה רבי מהר"שרבי מהר"ש

ר' שמוא-ל ר' שמוא-ל

ר' אהרןר' אהרן רביצין שרהרביצין שרה רביצין חי' מושקארביצין חי' מושקא

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A StoryA Story

Once, when Rebbetzin Once, when Rebbetzin Rivkah was about 18 years Rivkah was about 18 years old, she became not well. old, she became not well.

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So she went to the doctor. So she went to the doctor. The doctor said that she The doctor said that she should eat breakfast first should eat breakfast first thing in the morning.thing in the morning.

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She always davened before she ate. So she She always davened before she ate. So she woke up extra early to daven before she woke up extra early to daven before she ate so she would still eat early. ate so she would still eat early.

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Her father-in-law, the Tzemach Her father-in-law, the Tzemach Tzedek, said, “Mitzvos have to Tzedek, said, “Mitzvos have to be with chayus. In order to do be with chayus. In order to do mitzvos with chayus, you need mitzvos with chayus, you need to be strong and happy. It’s to be strong and happy. It’s better to eat so that you could better to eat so that you could daven, than daven so that you daven, than daven so that you could eat.”could eat.”

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Lesson Lesson

We could learn from this story that we also should We could learn from this story that we also should do mitzvos with a chayus. How? We have to eat do mitzvos with a chayus. How? We have to eat well to be strong and we should do the mitzvos well to be strong and we should do the mitzvos with simcha. We should eat before we daven so with simcha. We should eat before we daven so we should have enough koach to daven. (But we should have enough koach to daven. (But you shouldn't have a big meal that gets you you shouldn't have a big meal that gets you distracted from davening.)distracted from davening.)

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Yud Shevat Yud Shevat

On Yud Shevat 5674, after On Yud Shevat 5674, after she said the Shma and she said the Shma and Shmone Esrai, she passed Shmone Esrai, she passed away. She was buried in away. She was buried in Lubavitch.Lubavitch.

In 5710, the Frierdiker Rebbe In 5710, the Frierdiker Rebbe wrote the maamar, Bosie wrote the maamar, Bosie Ligani, for her yartzeit.Ligani, for her yartzeit.

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The Frierdiker Rebbe named Bais Rivkah The Frierdiker Rebbe named Bais Rivkah after his grandmother Rebbitzin Rivkah.after his grandmother Rebbitzin Rivkah.

And a lot of Rivkahs are named after her. And a lot of Rivkahs are named after her.

In her Memory In her Memory