Yitta Schwartz died leaving around 2,000 descendants to carry down the family line. She had 15 children, more than 200 grandchildren, and so many great- and great great grandchildren that the number is not known for sure. She was born in 1916 and lived throughout the Holocaust and even had children during that time period. She claims that the reason she had so many children was that it was something that God wanted her to do. That the more kids or descendants that she had, the more she fulfilled what she was meant to. She was a very kind old woman and faithfully attended first haircuts, bar mitzvahs, engagements and weddings of her descendants. She was loved and cherished by her family very much. Even after her husband died she never seemed like a widow and even said, “When there are so many problems in life, I should put myself on the scale?” She always saw the upside to life and helped those that needed to see that as well.
I can’t believe there was someone like this amazing woman in the world. She helped so many and did so much for people that she didn’t even know. She even buried a woman who had died when she was in a camp. She also took in strangers just because they needed her help. But with how large her family was and how little they actually had, it just goes to show that she did so much more than what she had to. Everyone has a duty to fulfill, to their people, and to their family. But what Yitta did was above and beyond the call of duty. She really was an amazing person.
I don’t know if I would ever have that many kids…. because, ummm…. that’s a lot. One child sounds like plenty to me. But I think that now I will try a lot harder to go above and beyond. I want to be like Yitta and help people that need it, whether or not I have a lot of resources for myself. She just shows us all, that even if you have a little, you can really make it stretch to a lot of what matters.
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