The Story of Rebbetzin Shirley Gross-Pelcovitz | Meaningful People #28

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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[@Judys_Jewish_Music]

I just spoke with an old family friend, from Miami Beach. She use to work for Rabbi Gross, obm, at Hebrew Academy, so I am sending this episode to her, now.

[@talmoskowitz5221]

This is solid gold. Thank you for interviewing this wonderful woman. Great history and life lessons.

[@l.s5067]

Phenomenal!!what a special lady!may she live many more happy and healthy years!!

[@theirishroses]

God Bless Shirley Gross. We first moved to Miami Beach with our newborn daughter in 1961. We lived in a building across the street from Rabbi Sender Gross and his Shirley and their children. On the other side of our apartment was the church that was converted into the Hebrew Academy and also a synagogue. They were my inspiration for putting my children into a Hebrew School. When I would go out to the backyard the windows of the classrooms would be open and I would listen to the children singing and learning with their Morah. After we moved away I hadn't seen her for twenty years. She knew exactly who I was! She had been visiting someone at the hospital on a Shabbat. We were having a Shabbat Kallah party. Rebbetzen Shirley came to the door and we welcomed her in. She had heard the singing and dancing in the house. We got her refreshments and I sat down with her. I smiled at her and said "I know you for over twenty years". She turned to me and said I know exactly who you are, your husband our little babies. I was so touched as she told some beautiful stories about us. I never realized that she had taken notice of us. Having a large family and congregation to care for.

[@MeaningfulPeople]

This is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this!

[@harrietkaplan6953]

Shirley Gross Pelcovitz is one amazing woman. Thanks for that amazing interview.

[@Irwin10010]

Yasher Koach on this beautiful and meaningful interview. You guys have done a great mitzvah by giving this incredible Rebetzin a public forum to tell her story. And what an important story it is!!! Hashem is cheering the three of you for this show.

[@miriambirenbaum7185]

Wow this was such an incredible interview thanks for inviting her over, I was very inspired.

[@Life_42]

She's so powerful! May G-d keep blessing her and her family!

[@ohrtemimimbuffalo]

Fabulous interview! What a treasure you have and what a zechus!

[@michalmehler7887]

Love this interview! What an amazing women! Yakov and Nachy your podcast are amazing your doing a wonderful job!!

[@tzirelchana]

Just listened to this yesterday. wonderful. thanks

[@Judys_Jewish_Music]

I also attended Barry University in N.Miami, for a summer class.

[@meirahfischer3036]

Nachi wow wow amazing. So strong When's part 2?

[@ilangrossman1594]

Thanks again please have her again

[@SimchaYaffa]

so powerful - thank you - thank you

[@chanieschanowitz1362]

Such inspiration

[@bbgee9762]

one of the best.....

[@Tissuefacer]

It was so nice to meet bubby shirley through this episode. I really hope she's writing a book. Thank you!

[@shirleyannelindberg1692]

Keep us posted, I’ll buy it 💞

[@beverlyweber2900]

Fabulous. Thank you

[@Judys_Jewish_Music]

(As I told Yaakov) I am glad to share that my Life included 2 of the Rabbis who Shirley mentioned. 1st, Rabbi Lehrman traveled to visit the DP Camps & to Israel on Nov. 29, 1947, with my paternal grandfather. 2nd, I use to visit Rabbi Lehrman’s Temple Emanuel on Miami Beach, when my classmates had a Bar/ Bat Mitzvah. 3rd, Rabbi David Lehrfield, obm, of The Young Israel of N. Miami Beach, signed a Jewish Single Certificate for me to be allowed to marry in Israel. B”H

[@yomtovpilchick9775]

I would use one word to describe her: regal. She is someone who represents the ultimate בת ישראל, a woman of nobility

[@noeliediendere651]

Great thank's for this nice interview!

[@SarahAvi]

Love this episode

[@MeaningfulPeople]

This episode loves YOU

[@SarahAvi]

I feel it 😃

[@Judys_Jewish_Music]

My word would be “Dynamo”- a Very Positive Dynamo

[@shomeresdevorahbayer9763]

My Dad A”H was born into poverty in 1930. He was raised to be a Chalutz. He left high school at age 14. He was primarily self taught. He worked at what he loved…tinkering, inventing etc. Eventually without a college degree he was at the top of the defense industry. We were raised that college wasn’t a plus….knowledge to e applied was the family vision!!!! haShem is in charge of our parnussah. College is in charge of sheker, hedonism and debt!!!!

[@Judys_Jewish_Music]

💙💙😍🥰🙏🏻🙏🏻👌🏻👌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Loved This Too‼️ Toda Rabba❣️❣️😍 My Singer friend, Darren Glick, released a song/ music video with the students at RASG Hebrew Academy, in Memory of a Special Student, called “Love Don’t Fade Away”.

[@shirleyannelindberg1692]

I’ve been to Ramat Gan, in 2017 💞

[@shomeresdevorahbayer9763]

I think both Rebbitzen Bender and Rebbitzen Kaplan were trained as Bais Yaakov teachers in Europe by Sara Schneirer!

[@hdonstraight]

Wait . How old is she again?

[@jonathankessel382]

she's 92, Eli Saks great grandmother

[@JewishLife]

very nice, why don't you guys record in a more professional setting, its 2020

[@shirleyannelindberg1692]

Why don’t you just appreciate this for what it is ⁉️ That’s the problem with today’s “entitlement” generation, with all your gadgets and gizmos 🤦‍♀️ 😡

[@jackjhonson5757]

This is proffesional Joe Rogan and other radio room set ups are annoying