Family collection

Rudensky Family

Gravestone evidence and next research steps for Avraham and Chaya Leah Rudensky, born in Vilna and buried in Jerusalem.

Maternal line

Chaim Dov’s Rudensky grandparents

Faiga Miriam née Rudensky, Chaim Dov’s mother, is the daughter of Rav Avrohom Rudensky and Chaya Leah. Rav Avrohom was the son of Rav Aryeh Leib, son of Rav Yochonon Rudensky. Chaim Dov confirms that he carries the name of Chaya Leah’s father, Rav Chaim Dov.

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What the gravestones establish

The Jerusalem grave inscriptions identify a couple remembered as coming from Vilna:

Avraham Rudensky

Son of Aryeh Leib. Born in Vilna. Buried in Jerusalem.

Chaya Leah Rudensky

Daughter of Chaim Dov. Born in Vilna. Buried in Jerusalem.

The correct family spelling supplied by the family is Rudensky. Chaya Leah’s name is חיה לאה, not Chana.

Next records to seek

Turning the stones into a family line

Full photographs showing Hebrew dates and cemetery section details
Jerusalem burial registry entries
Vilna birth, marriage and residence records under Rudensky spelling variants
Passenger, immigration and Palestine Mandate records
Children’s names, spouses and approximate dates from family knowledge

Name variants to search

Keep Rudensky as the family’s preferred spelling, but search records under forms such as Rudenski, Rudenskii and Cyrillic or Hebrew transliterations. A variant in an index is a lead, not proof of identity.

From the archive

Pictures

Photographs and portraits of the family. See also the full Pictures and Letters collections.

Rav Aryeh Leib Rudensky

Rav Aryeh Leib ("Reb Leib") Rudensky in his younger years in Europe.

Rav Shlomo Heiman - early portrait

Rav Shlomo Heiman as a young man (family identification).

Rav Shlomo Heiman - passport page

Interwar Polish passport photograph and signature page, signed "Szloma Gejman".

Rav Shlomo Heiman at Camp Mesivta

Rav Shlomo Heiman with his talmid Rav Moshe Rapps, Camp Mesivta, Ferndale, early 1940s.

Rav Shlomo Heiman with Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman

Family identification; before 1945.

Rav Shalom Rudensky

Son of Aryeh Leib and Chaya Rachel; nephew and talmid of Rav Shlomo Heiman. Har HaMenuchos.

Rav Chaim Avrohom Rudensky and Chaya Leah Greenberg Rudensky

Har HaZeisim, Jerusalem - the family row.

Rav Chaim Avrohom and Chaya Leah Rudensky - close view

Har HaZeisim.

Rav Aryeh Leib and Chaya Rachel Rudensky

Har HaZeisim, family row.