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Jacob Zakuta's avatar

Thanks! Very interesting. And what a family!

By the way , in my childhood I played such “baseball “ it was called: цурки-палки. (Tzurki-Palki)

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Menachem Berkowitz's avatar

R Zalman’s mother was Liba Leah, the sister of Yitzchak Issac Menuchin. Aka, two Menuchin siblings married great-grandchildren of the Tzemach Tzedek

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צמח's avatar

Bottom line, it's hard for a kid to have a religious structure without a father.

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Levi H's avatar

Nice article. Moshe Menuchin and Zalman Schneerson were first cousins.

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צמח's avatar

Father of Moshe and Mother of Zalman brother and sister?

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צמח's avatar

It would be interesting to know what happened to the brother and sister that went to live with the grandfather in Palestine.

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Levi H's avatar

They lived out their lives in Israel.

https://mountofolives.co.il/smoil/?id=29083&lo=31.7742338913245&ln=35.243267856343

There are identified Israeli descendants of Menuchin (LY) and Hochstein (Mushka) families. They have a pretty active Geni tree.

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צמח's avatar

Interesting, there was a daughter from the 2nd marriage to Libo

https://www.geni.com/people/Vera-Pnina-Greenshpon/6000000006605849312

PS Added photo of Libo from Geni

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Chaim Mendel's avatar

I am told that the Rayatz wrote a letter claiming Yehudi inherited his״ חוש הנגינה״ from Reb Levi Berdichev

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יהודה's avatar

Not a word about the antisemitic Menuchin descendant?

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צמח's avatar

I purposely avoided going in the second generation after Moshe. But whom do you mean specifically?

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יהודה's avatar

Yehudi's (violinist) son Gerard.

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