The important date of the Hasidic calendar, the twenty-second day of the month of Shvat, the day of the yortzeit of the righteous Rebbe Hai-Mushka Schneerson, wife of the Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem-Mendel Schneerson and daughter of the Sixth HaBaDa Rebbe Yosef-Yitzhak Schneerson, was celebrated this year in a completely new format – a fashion show by the girls of the mahon.
The fashion show was held in three categories – a Hasidic business suit for a businesswoman, home clothes under the motto “The beauty of the royal daughter inside” and a festive outfit “Sabbath princess”. “It was very unusual and for the first time in the history of the mahon,” Amora Sheina Smilyansky told our website, “there were representatives from each class and it was necessary not only to show the costume, but also to justify and defend it – how much the model presented by the girls is suitable for use in Hasidic life. The girls showed a very cool imagination, a very interesting presentation and everyone had a lot of fun”.
The presented models were evaluated by a competent jury, which included three women, respected in the Jewish community as having excellent Jewish taste and style – Sterna Sara Genzentsvey, Esther Kandel and Haya Loskutova. “Before them there was a very difficult task – it was necessary to define three winners in all nominations, – continues Sheina Smilyanskaya, – by decision of jury the 1st place was taken by 6 class, silver at 8 class, and the third place was taken by girls of 2 class. The prize for the first place will be a field trip master class to teach the rules of etiquette and table behavior, the girls who took the second and third place received gifts related to self-care”.
The fashion show was followed by the official part of the event – the big Hasidic farbrengen. “We watched the Rebbe’s videos, various memories of people who saw Rebetzn Chaya Mushka Schneerson and talk about her as a very intelligent, very elegant woman who was characterized by incredible regal grandeur and yet with very great modesty and tact,” noted Amora Sheina Smilansky, “we read the mishnayot by the letters of her name, and the lighting of the memorial candle was honored by Keila Bluma Petrushansky.
The mahon then held a raffle to make good decisions in honor of Rebbetzn Hai Mushka and a quiz on knowing the Rebbetzn’s life story with prizes. “We did very well, very unusual, the girls had a lot of fun and left with a lot of inspiration and knowledge of what it means to be a real Hasidic princess,” said Shayna Smilyanskaya in a statement.
