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Meaningful People

Rebbetzin Shirley Gross-Pelcovitz

Meaningful People

Meaningful Minute

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Jewish, Jew, Meaningful, Self-improvement, People, Judaism

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2020

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Bubby Shirley was born in 1929 in New Jersey and has seen the United States change in so many ways.

In her early years, she helped grow Miami Beach's frum community with her late husband Rabbi Alexander Gross a'h. In her more recent years, she was married to Rabbi Raphael Pelcovitz, Rav of the White Shul in Far Rockaway.

She has had many experiences with people like the Ponevezher Rav, R' Shlomo Carlebach and Frank Sinatra (lehavdil).

She feels like the luckiest person in the world, even though she has gone through so much. In this episode, Rebbetzin Shirley talks to us about her life, experiences in chinunch and how the world has changed.

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0:00.0

Thank you for clicking on the Meaningful People Podcast.

0:03.0

This is episode 28.

0:05.0

For you though, it might be episode 1.

0:06.0

I don't know where you're up to exactly.

0:08.0

Or episode 7.

0:10.0

Okay, Yaku, there you go.

0:12.0

Yeah. But we set down with an amazing guest for this episode,

0:15.0

Bubbie Shirley Gross-Pelkowitz.

0:17.0

Revitzen-Bubby Shirley. So many titles.

0:20.0

We, throughout the episode you'll hear Nachie and I referring to her as Bubby. She's not our Bubby, but you'll hear her personality

0:27.2

She's everyone's Bubby. Yeah, she you know it's funny story and I was

0:32.3

Bubby Shirley was born in 1929.

0:35.0

Really nice lady.

0:38.0

She's born in the 20s.

0:39.0

Yeah, when Yaku brought into the building,

0:41.0

I walked with her towards the elevator, she said are there steps and I said yeah so let's take

0:47.5

I'm a steps person let's take the steps and there I was panting walking at the stairs and she's like ahead of me I'm like

0:54.1

Could you hold on but incredible incredible woman who

0:58.8

Barchehem has an amazing life an amazing story amazing kids

1:02.2

Amazing step kids and we delved into all of that her impact on

1:06.4

clients or our impact on major Jewish communities in this episode guys and girls

1:12.2

and girls so I think you'll enjoy this one and we hope to

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