Even after loss, Rebbetzin Shterna Wolff is determined to spread light
It’s just over a month since the petirah of Rabbi Binyomin Wolff, and I’m expecting my conversation with his wife, Rebbetzin Shterna Wolff, to be somewhat subdued. I’m assuming that the buzzing Chabad house they built together will have gone quiet, and we’ll talk in hushed tones about the loss to the family and the community.
But when the Rebbetzin manages to squeeze in my call, it sounds like she has a lot going on there in the Beit Chabad. It’s hectic, with family — there are eight Wolff children — guests, and deliveries clamoring for her attention.
“Everyone is helping us,” she explains, immediately upbeat.
Our conversation in Hebrew about the couple’s shlichus and the community they’ve built up gets off to a good start, but then the Rebbetzin excuses herself for a few minutes to speak warmly in Russian to a couple who have just walked in. Tones of surprise and excitement float over the phone as she exclaims and hugs.
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