Rebbetzin Sarah Leah Kushelevsky devoted her life to the learning of her husband and his students in Yeshivas Heichal HaTorah. With her passing on Rosh Chodesh Nissan we lost a woman who embodied Eishes Chayil.
Rav Tzvi Kushelevsky, a towering talmid chacham, held many prestigious positions spreading Torah across Europe and Israel — each one requiring yet another move to a new place. And his loyal rebbetzin, Sarah Leah (Toki) Kushelevsky, gladly trekked to each new locale along with him. If he was where he was needed, that was her place too, and she was happy to be there.
The self-sacrifice of the Rebbetzin for her husband and his Torah was such that when her husband’s yeshivah Heichal HaTorah needed funds to complete its building, she sold the apartment they owned in Har Nof to finance it and moved into a rental apartment. For the Rebbetzin, a home for the yeshivah came before her own home.
It’s no surprise, then, that the yeshivah became her home and its students, her children.
Middos and yiras Shamayim were as much part of the Rebbetzin’s essence as her astute intelligence — all trademarks of her distinguished lineage. As her sister-in-law and cousin Rebbetzin Sarah Gurwicz puts it, “She inherited these from her parents and grandparents — they were part of her upbringing.”
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