Rachel Cholem (Gerstein)

This was written about Rachil by her brother-in-law, Samuel Esterowicz

The eldest daughter Rachil was regarded the most beautiful woman of our city. She was divorced from her first husband, Dr Yacov Dayon. Her

second husband, was Yeremey Saulovitch Cholem.

The beautiful Rachil was a lavish spender never out of debt. She would

order large quantities of expensive clothes from Mrs Miller, the town's best

and most expensive dress maker and then, interestingly, she would never

wear them. The marriage of Rachil and Yermasha was not a happy one -

Yermasha was unfaithful to her and Rachil would not forgive him, even

though to mollify her Yermasha would bring her generous gifts.