10 Shvat 5719

Among the memoirs of the Rebbe my father-in-law the Ba’al

Hahilula there is a whole booklet about his grandfather, a

large part of the booklet also discusses his grandmother

which her Yartzait is also on the tenth of Shvat. Among the

stories there is a short story which has been printed already.

He relates that when she was 18 years old she was very not

well the Tzemach Tzedek -meaning her father in-law- called

her into his office to ask her what the doctor had said she

answered him he said being that she is so weak she should

eat as soon as she wakes up in the morning. The Tzemach

Tzedek asked “so what do you do?” She answered “so I wake

up very early in order to Daven the whole davening for I do

not want to eat before davening.”

Which means that sh ...