Rebbetzin Bracha Sheindel Perlow

Rebbetzin Bracha Sheindel Perlow

The "Yanuka" was orphaned from his father R. Asher of Stolin in his early childhood, and appointed Rebbe at the age of five. He became the son-in-law of R. David Twersky of Zlatopol, but died at the age of 53 and was buried in Frankfurt; and hence is known among Karlin Chassidim as "The Frankfurter." He had six sons and four daughters, all but one perished in the Holocaust. The only survivor was his youngest son, R. Yochanan of Lutzk (and later of Detroit, 1900-56), the grandfather of the present Rebbe of Karlin-Stolin and of his brother, the Lutzk (Loitsk) Rebbe.

 Rebbetzin Bracha Sheindel Perlow (ca. 1865-1942, perished in the Holocaust) was the daughter of Rebbe David Twersky of Zlatopil, who was a son-in-law of the Beit Aharon, Rebbe of Karlin. She married her cousin R. Yisrael Perlow in 1883 (the Yenuka, Rebbe of Karlin-Stolin, 1868-1921 – known amongst Karlin Chassidim as the "Frankfurter", after his burial place in Frankfurt), and bore him six sons and four daughters, from which the Chassidic courts of Karlin-Stolin branched out. After the untimely passing of her husband, she courageously continued leading her family, and became the royal mother of the Karlin-Stolin Chassidic dynasty. She perished in the Holocaust with two of her sons and dozens of her descendants, on Rosh Hashana eve, 1942.