On Sunday, Rebbetzin Sarah Sheina Kaplan a”h, a distinguished mechaneches at the Bais Yaakov HaYashan in Eretz Yisroel, who devoted decades of her life to teaching and inspiring generations of students, passed away. She was 91.
Rebbetzin Kaplan was born in Yerushalayim on 14 Teves 5694 (1933) to her father, the gaon Rav Avrohom Yaakov Zelaznik zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Etz Chaim and member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah, and to her mother, Mrs. Itta, the daughter of Rav Yisroel Shalom Luria, one of the renowned nekiyei hadaas of Yerushalayim.
In her youth, she married her husband, Rav Yosef Kaplan, rosh kollel of Beis Asher in Yerushalayim, who was niftar nearly a decade ago.
She was known as an eishes chayil who stood as a crown to her husband, sacrificing much for his Torah and carrying forward the heritage of her illustrious family. She was admired for her extraordinary ayin tova and her devotion to chinuch al taharas hakodesh.
For many decades, Rebbetzin Kaplan served as a teacher and mechaneches at Bais Yaakov HaYashan, where her influence left an indelible mark on countless talmidos. Her legacy in chinuch continues to be felt to this day.
She is survived by sons and numerous descendants, many of them accomplished talmidei chachomim.
Her levayah was held Sunday evening from her home on Rechov Gesher HaChaim in Yerushalayim, followed by kevurah on Har Hamenuchos.
The family is sitting shivah at her home, 5 Gesher HaChaim in Yerushalayim.
Yehi zichrah boruch.
{Matzav.com Israel}
