Rabbi Moshe- Zalman Rajchenberg( Reichenberg)
and his family.
Mitau/ Jelgava
Рабби Моше- Зальман Рейхенберг и его семья.
Митава/ Елгава


Рабби Моше- Зальман Рейхенберг

Moshe- Zalman Rajchenberg was born Moszk- Zalman and Ruchla in Warsaw, Poland in 1887. He died in 1973 in Jerusalem.
On 20 April 1907 in Szczuczyn, Poland, he married Sima- Liba , born in 1886 to David Simnowicz and Czyza Surawicz. Sima- Lea died on 20 June 1969 in Israel.


The family of Rabbi Rajchenberg. Mitau. 1925.
Seated on the floor Cecilia( Cziza)
Second row from the bottom and from left to right: Nechama( Naomie), Sima- Liba, Moshe- Zalman, Sora( Sarah), Miriam on Ruchla's knees( Ruchla was the mother of Moshe- Zalman Reichenberg) .
Third row from left to right: Sheina( Szeina) and Ishaya.
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Moshe- Zalman Rajchenberg and Sima- Liba Zimnowicz had the following children:

Sarah Reichenberg birth records

  • Miriam Reichenberg, born on 22 January 1922 in Mitau. She died in Johannesburg, South Africa. She married Morris Miller, who died on 20 June 1978 in Johannesburg.
  • Leah Reichenberg, born on 11 May 1925 in Riga. On 19 May 1948 she  married Benjamin Tucker in Queenstown, South Africa.

Rabbi Moshe- Zalman Reichenberg and his wife, Sima- Liba. Israel.

Rabbi Moshe Zalman was a twin. His brother, Mendel Rajchenberg was naturalised in France in early 1900’s. His wife was killed in the holocaust.



Photos and info submitted by Dr Shana Mink, the Great- granddaughter of Cecilia( Cziza) Mink, born Reichenberg.