On the seventh yahrtzeit of Rav Shlomo Wolbe, Family First talks to the Mashgiach’s lifelong partner, Rebbetzin Rivka Wolbe, who shares her miraculous life story.
“Why does anyone want to hear about my life?”
Rebbetzin Rivka Wolbe sits in an old wooden chair in her tiny Jerusalem apartment. She looks genuinely puzzled. “I’ve had a sad life. I’m a survivor.” A pause. “If you want to hear about my husband ask his talmidim.”
I lean forward touching the lace tablecloth and study the portraits that hang on the wall — Torah giants all. And then I see a reflection of those noble features on the face of the woman who sits across from me. For despite her consummate modesty Rebbetzin Rivka Wolbe is a woman of greatness.
I ask questions talk sketch some history.
She sighs nods and begins her tale. And what a tale it is.
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