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who were bubby ushpols 3 shadchanim?

1. brother hershel

2. binyamin gordetsky

3. rodals and the Rebbe

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What was rabbi ushpols mother’s name?

Chaya Rochel

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where did bubby ushpol marry each of her husbands?

1. Minsk

2. Sweden

3. Montreal

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What day of the week was Zaidy’s bris?

Friday, and the farbrengen went into shabbos.

150

when is bubby Ushpol's bday and yortzeit?

bday 2nd day of sukkos.

yartzeit- 2nd day RC Cheshvan 

200

who was Reb dovids second wife? and their daughter?

pessy landau, leah'le

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who evaded the army by hiding in bubby ushpol's house, and where did he hide?

chatzkel brod, under zaidy while zaidy was sleeping.

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where was zaidy born? And how much did he weigh?

kutasisi

10 lbs 2 oz

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what 3 unusual things do we know about R' Yisroel Kok?

1. bubby ushpols 'husband" in pinch story

2. he turned over a jeep

3. broke prison hut and then asked mechilla for doing it on shabbos

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how long ago did bubby ushpol pass away?

next week marks 19 years.

300

name all her siblings in order

rivka,raizel,hershel.aaron,cyla

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what were the names of Hershels first wife and daughter? 

miriam Lokshin and daughter rivka

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where did the story of the pinch happen?

czech border

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What special food did Zaidy have at his Pidyan Haben, and who sent it?


Corn meal cake from R’ dovid in Koidanov 

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What was the story of the yellow Tallis? And who did it happen to?

Reb Zalmen shimon dworkin’s tallis was very yellow, and bubby offered to clean it, and he said “ a Tallis that yellow from tears should never be washed.”

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what was bubby ushpols mothers first name and maiden name

chana maharshak

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who hosted bubby ushpol and zaidy meir Eliezer for their first seder in Kutaisi? How are they related?

laibel and malka lipskier 

Grandparents of Devorah Leah 

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When and where was R’ Dovid killed?

Gimmel Tammuz Burnt alive in shul in Minsk

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what was the mix up story in the hospital, and why?

the delicacy white bread that was intended for bubby ushpol was given to her roommate. as meir eliezer had light hair and eyes and the nurse gave it to the blue eyed and blond hair lady vs bubby Ushpol who was dark.

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why was Hershel given another year in the Gulag? and how many years in total?

due to bubby sending him a letter that shes gonna leave and his response(ofc was all in code)

total of 11 yrs from 1938-1949

550

what was chaim yehudas wife first name and maiden name?

fruma shuchat

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what were the names of rivka and yoel abramowitz children?

chana, shaina chasya, sarah tovah, rasia

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what was bubbys escape route from Kutasis to freedom?

kutasisi-Lvov-Poland-Czechoslovakia-Austria-Germany-France-Sweden

And then on to canada

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Where did Zaida Chaim Yehuda go to Yeshiva as a bochur?

He was a tomim in Lubavitch - actually very difficult to have gotten in at that time

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What are three points/brochos that the Rebbe shared with bubby ushpol in yechidus?

1. That she should have much nachas from her children and grandchildren ...that she has given the Rebbe much nachas.
2. She should be an akeres habayis and have a lot of guest
3. That when a person accomplishes his mission in this world, he's rewarded with gan Eden but when a person surpasses his mission in this world, Hashem bentches him with more years to accomplish more mitzvahs in this world 

and zaidy explained  That the Rebbe was bentching bubby with arichus yamim for surpassing her mission in this world.

(The Rebbe also advised her to sell her house in Montreal for a good price and forget about her past)