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Vitkah Vilenken (Danzig)

Hebrew: (דאנציג) וילנקין ויטקע
Birthdate:
Death: November 14, 1848 (65-66)
Vilnius, Vilniaus pavietas ir gubernija, Lithuania, Russian Empire
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Daughter of Rabbi Avraham Danzig (Chayei Adam) and הרבנית הצדקית Sarah Danzig
Wife of Yankel Vilenken
Mother of Rabbi Shalom Yehiel Michal שלום יחיאל מיכל Vilenken ווילענקין
Sister of Rabbi Yitzchak Danzig; Rabbi Yechiel Danzig, Mo"tz of Vilna; הבחור Moshe Danzig and Rabbi David of Shtuchin Of Shtuchin Danzig

Managed by: Moshe אברהם משה יעקב...
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About Vitkah Vilenken

Mentioned in Chayei Adam, 155:41. In 1764 a great fire broke out in R' Avraham Danzig's courtyard, and thirty one people were killed. None of R' Danzig's family were killed, although one of his sons had his back pierced twice by shrapnel, his wife's face was bruised, her lip cut up, and many teeth knocked out, and his daughter Vitkeh -- the only one mentioned by name -- was miraculously saved from near death: "And a wall fell on my daughter Vitkeh, until there was but a step between her and death (paraphrasing Shmuel Alef, 20:3)."

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Vitkah Vilenken's Timeline

1782
1782
1811
1811
Minsk, Minsk Region, Minsk Region, Belarus
1848
November 14, 1848
Age 66
Vilnius, Vilniaus pavietas ir gubernija, Lithuania, Russian Empire