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During those 10 years in 31
Montreal and Baltimore, their
family expanded as four more
children were born. One
daughter was named Bat Tzion,
an expression of her parents’
“longing to return to Tzion.
by Shira Bracha Shugarman
Land and loved Geula. “The hustle bustle of today’s Geula
was non-existent back then,” she says. “There were some
stores but little variety or modern goods. My neighbors were
welcoming, though, and our Gerrer chasidishe neighbors
drove me to the hospital when I was about to give birth to
my first baby.”
Aside from her loneliness, Mrs. Blumenfeld didn’t experi-
ence any major aliyah challenges. Language was no issue, as
she had learned Hebrew fairly fluently from her school years
in Boro Park. The Mandelcorn home was considered an
”open house for American yeshiva bachurim learning in
Geula. “One time I came home after going for a walk and
there was no place for me to sit!” says Mrs. Blumenfeld.
“Someone in the crowd said to me, ‘What are you doing
here?’” No one knew she was the ba’alas habayis.
Mrs. Blumenfeld took a job as secretary in a yeshiva,
where she was valued for her English language skills. But a
short two-and-a-half years later, the Mandelcorns were forced
to leave Eretz Yisrael after their corrupt contractor stole
money from them, which left them without ownership rights
to their apartment. Back in America with their two young
children, the plan was to pay off their debt and return to the
Holy Land. During those 10 years in Montreal and Baltimore,
their family expanded as four more children were born. One
daughter was named Bat Tzion, an expression of her parents’
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Montreal and Baltimore, their
family expanded as four more
children were born. One
daughter was named Bat Tzion,
an expression of her parents’
“longing to return to Tzion.
by Shira Bracha Shugarman
Land and loved Geula. “The hustle bustle of today’s Geula
was non-existent back then,” she says. “There were some
stores but little variety or modern goods. My neighbors were
welcoming, though, and our Gerrer chasidishe neighbors
drove me to the hospital when I was about to give birth to
my first baby.”
Aside from her loneliness, Mrs. Blumenfeld didn’t experi-
ence any major aliyah challenges. Language was no issue, as
she had learned Hebrew fairly fluently from her school years
in Boro Park. The Mandelcorn home was considered an
”open house for American yeshiva bachurim learning in
Geula. “One time I came home after going for a walk and
there was no place for me to sit!” says Mrs. Blumenfeld.
“Someone in the crowd said to me, ‘What are you doing
here?’” No one knew she was the ba’alas habayis.
Mrs. Blumenfeld took a job as secretary in a yeshiva,
where she was valued for her English language skills. But a
short two-and-a-half years later, the Mandelcorns were forced
to leave Eretz Yisrael after their corrupt contractor stole
money from them, which left them without ownership rights
to their apartment. Back in America with their two young
children, the plan was to pay off their debt and return to the
Holy Land. During those 10 years in Montreal and Baltimore,
their family expanded as four more children were born. One
daughter was named Bat Tzion, an expression of her parents’
u 410 358 8509 u
