Mother of 15, grandmother of 200, dies in Brooklyn

The New York Times has reported that Yitta Schwartz, a member of the Satmar Hassidic sect, died at age 93. She had 15 children, 200 grandchildren, and upwards of more than 1,000 great- and great-great grandchildren. Her family told the Times that Schwartz could claim nearly 2,000 descendents — which means "she may have generated one of the largest clans of any survivor of the Holocaust — a thumb in the eye of the Nazis," the Times said.

Every Shabbat, Schwartz made six loaves of challah using 12 pounds of dough to feed her enormous family. 

The obituary is well-worth reading in full.

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