Children

Chana Rivka Bitton Vancouver, BC October 2009	Rivka Hott Brooklyn, NY February 2009	Gavriel Noach Chaim Sabol Monsey, NY January 2009	Gavriel Noach Emmer Milwaukee, WI June 2009	Gavriel Noach Kievman Liverpool, England December 2008
Gavriel Noach Levitin Wilkes-Barre, PA November 2009	Gavriel Noach Lew London, England February 2009	Rivkah Goldberg S. Paulo, Brazil October 2009	Rivkah Chanah Leibowitz Los Angeles, CA January 2009	Gavriel Noach Pelman Guatemala City December 2008
Gavriel Noach van Loon Almere, Netherlands Age: 63	Rivka Pink Plantation, FL December 2008	Rochel Rivka Rodkin Brighton, MA February 2009	Gavriel Noach Geisinsky Cedarhurst, NY September 2009	Gavriel Noach Kaplan Milan, Italy December 2008
Rivka Hazan Milan, Italy April 2009	Rivka Gevirtz Berlin, Germany October 2009	Rivka Bongart Brooklyn, NY December 2008	Gavriel Noach Mlynsky Sydney, Australia October 2009	Gavriel Noach Strasberg Media, PA November 2009
Gavriel Noach Wilhelm Brooklyn, NY November 2008	Rivka Kulek West Hartford, CT January 2009	Rivka Ives Brussels, Belgium December 2008	Yehudah Gavriel Noach Katzabi Ramat Hasharon, Israel November 2008	Gavriel Noach Druk Cancun, Mexico December 2008
Gavriel Noach Djian Sarcelles, France December 2008	Gavriel Noach Weingarten East Lansing, MI December 2008	Esther Rivka Brod Kfar Chabad, Israel December 2008	Gavriel Noach Leiberow Brooklyn, NY December 2008	Rivka Marasow Montreal, Canada November 2008
Rivkah Brown Brussels, Belgium December 2008	Rivka Brocho Sukhodolsky St. Louis, MO July 2009	Rivka Bracha Amar Golden Beach, FL July 2009	Rochel Soshe Rivka Friedman	Gavriel Noach Gopin Coconut Creek, FL December 2008
Gavriel Klazkin	Rivka Blesofsky Yorba Linda, CA March 2008	Moshe Gavriel Lifshitz Boise, ID January 2009	Rivkah Banon Montreal, Canada January 2009	Rivkah Chaya Citrin Atlanta, GA November 2008
Miriam Gavrielle Rivkah Horowitz	Gavriel Noach Gordon Charlotte, NC September 2009	Gavriel Chaim Shapiro Flagstaff, AZ December 2008	Rivka Vasershten S. Fe, Argentina July 2009	Gavriel Noach Jacobson Des Moines, IA July 2009
Gavriel Noach Touger Spring Valley, NY	Hinda Rivka Friedman Ashdod, Israel April 2009	Rivkah Lifshitz Katmandu, Nepal April 2009	Gavriel Noach Leiter Safed, Israel	Batsheva Rivkah Fogelman Worcester, MA April 2009
Gavriel Noach Storfer Brooklyn, NY August 2009	Freida Rivka Levy Los Angeles, CA December 2008	Rivkah Friend Brooklyn, NY April 2009	Gabriel Noach Benayon Buenos Aires, Argentina September 2009	Rivkah Krinsky Hillsborough, NJ August 2009
Rivkah Kaler Baltimore, MD September 2009	Libi Rivka Foa' Milan, Italy April 2009	Gavriel Osher Chaim Zahavy Bergenfield, NJ February 2009	Reuven Gavriel Yarmush Bellingham, WA January 2009	Sharonah Rivka Abraham Israel
Shmuel Gavriel Abraham Israel	Liam Gavriel Sapan Los Angeles, CA April, 2009	Rivka Chaya Levitt Philadelphia, PA April 2009	Rivka Weinman Manchester, England November 2009	Gavriel Simcha Gedalia Cohen Pittsburgh, PA July 2009
Gavriel Boruch Bonnardel Aventura, FL July 2009	Gavriel Noach Tzemach Zekri S. Cloud, France November 2009	Kayla Rivkah Goldblatt Las Vegas, NV August 2009	Rivka Zwick Johannesburg, South Africa June 2009	Chananya Gavriel Kelman Los Angeles, CA September 2009
Naomi Rivkah Gordon Los Angeles, CA March 2009	Kayla Rebecca Ghaytanchi Great Neck, NY February 2009

It was Shabbat morning, November 29, 2008, one day after the siege at the Mumbai Chabad House ended and the news of the murder of the Holtzbergs and their guests was broadcast around the world.

In Atlanta, GA, Mr. Yaakov Citrin approached Rabbi Yossi Lew, the local Chabad-Lubavitch emissary, and told him that his wife had yesterday given birth to a baby girl. Mr. Citrin received an aliyah to the Torah and named his daughter after Rivkah Holtzberg.

A few days later, on Tuesday, the day of Gabi and Rivky's funeral in Israel, in the Crown Height section of Brooklyn, Levi and Rivky Wilhelm celebrated the brit milah (circumcision) of their son, born to them eight days earlier. The boy was named Gavriel Noach.

These children named after Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg were followed by many more. According to the estimate provided by the parents of the slain couple, to date of the writing of this article in honor of the first anniversary of the couple's untimely demise, nearly 500 children carry the names of Gabi and Rivky.

Chani Lifshitz of Katmandu, Nepal, addresses the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries in February 2009.

The above list is incomplete. For example, we know that on that same Tuesday when the funeral was held, two circumcisions were celebrated in Kiev, Ukraine, with both boys given the name Gavriel Noach. We don't however have their full names or pictures.

We request of anyone who has information regarding other children named after the Holtzbergs to share the information with us, so that we can share it with the world.

To conclude with a fascinating story:

On Tuesday, November 25, 2008, the day before the terrorists invaded the Mumbai Chabad House, Rivky Holtzberg was talking to her dear friend Chani Lifshitz, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch in Katmandu, Nepal.

Chani was pregnant at the time, and Rivky assured her friend that she would come to Nepal when she gave birth to celebrate and help take care of her newborn child.

The child, a girl, was born on April 2nd. Her name is Rivky Lifshitz. Without a doubt, Rivky Holtzberg was there with Chani when she gave birth...