Shaina Horenstein (1904-1942) was the youngest daughter of Rabbi

Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn Yosef Yitzchak (Joseph Isaac) Schneersohn ( yi, יוסף יצחק שניאורסאהן; 21 June 1880 – 28 January 1950) was an Orthodox rabbi and the sixth Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic movement. He is also known a ...

, the sixth

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of the

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movement. In the Chabad community, she is referred to as Rebbitzin Shaina.

Biography

Sheina Horenstein was born Sheina Schnnersohn, the youngest daughter of Rabbi

, the sixth

of the

, and Nechama Dinah Schneersohn. As with many members of the Schneersohn dynasty, Sheina is referred to as "Rebbitzin Sheina" by many Chabad Hasidim. Rebbitzin Sheina moved to Paris in 1932 and married Menachem Mendel Horenstein on Tuesday, June 14, 1932 (Hebrew: Sivan 10, 5692). Her wedding was attended by many notable rabbis and Hasidic Rebbes. The couple lived near Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak in Poland for a number of years and were permanent members of his court. Sheina and her husband were killed by the Nazis during

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Treblinka Treblinka () was an extermination camp, built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. It was in a forest north-east of Warsaw, south of the village of Treblinka in what is now the Masovian Voivodeship. The camp ...

. Mordechai Unrad testified that he had been in Treblinka with the Horensteins and that Sheina was killed on the 2nd Day of

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, 1942.

Memorial

The tomb of Sheina's older sister,

Chaya Mushka Schneerson Chaya Mushka (Moussia) Schneerson (March 16, 1901 – February 10, 1988), referred to by Lubavitchers as ''The Rebbetzin'', was the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh and last Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad-Lubavitch bra ...

, contains a dedication to her death during the

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. The tomb is visited regularly by Chabad Hasidim.Rebbitzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson
''Shturem''. Accessed April 24, 2014.

References

External links

Handwritten invitation to Sheina's Wedding by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn
on

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