Family
Shach had three children, all born in Kletsk in the 1920s: Miriam Raisel, Devorah, and Ephraim. Miriam Raisel died as a teenager in 1939 of pneumonia. Devorah married Rabbi Meir Tzvi Bergman, and had 9 children. Ephraim was unsatisfied with the Haredi lifestyle and eventually joined the Religious Zionist camp. He served in the Israel Defense Forces, received a doctorate in history and philosophy, and worked as a supervisor for the Israel Ministry of Education. Ephraim married Tamara Yarlicht-Kowalsky and had 2 children. He died October 17, 2011, at the age of 81.
His wife, Guttel Schach died in 1969 from complications relating to diabetes.
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