Rivka Leah Leibowitz

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Rivka Leah Leibowitz (Sharshevski)

Also Known As: "Riva"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: אוקמרגה, Ukmergė District Municipality, Vilnius County, Lithuania
Death: October 16, 1956 (59-68)
Place of Burial: Ridgewood, Queens, NY, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Hanoch Henich Sharshevski and Hode Sharshevski
Wife of HaRav Dovid Leibowitz
Mother of HaRav Henach Leibowitz
Sister of Private; Private and ? Leibowitz

Managed by: Coby Pollack
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About Rivka Leah Leibowitz

From Voronova and Soletchnik Yizkor Book, p401:

"In our times the main Rabbi of Great Soletchnik was Khanokh Sharshevski. He was a scholar and well known in Rabbinical circles, not only because of his virtues but also because he was the son of the Gaon Chofetz Chaim's sister. He didn't have sons, and one of his daughters married David Leibovitsh who took over after his death.

R. David was a "parush" [someone who left his home to study Torah], who migrated from town to town looking for Torah houses until he ended up in Soletchnik, wed, and settled there."

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Rivka Leah Leibowitz's Timeline

1892
1892
אוקמרגה, Ukmergė District Municipality, Vilnius County, Lithuania
1918
June 2, 1918
בסלצ'ניק, עיירה קרובה לגבול ליטא-פולין, בקרבת קובנה
1956
October 16, 1956
Age 64
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Mount Judah Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, NY, United States of America