Kazakhstan – A Kazakhstan lady, who mothered ten children, will be celebrating her 130th birthday this week, making her the world’s oldest person by 16 years.
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Sakhan Dosova’s age was discovered during a census in Karaganda in northern Kazakhstan, when the date of birth on her passport showed as 1879, which was the same year Edison invented the light bulb and Stalin and Einstein were born.
Dosova’s age surprised demographers when they found that she had been on Stalin’s first census of the former Soviet region in 1926, when her age was given as 47, and they are now trying to confirm the record.
For the 129-year-old lady, she puts her longevity down to her love for cottage cheese and her sense of humour, and never visiting a doctor or eating sweets.
“I don’t have any special secret. I’ve never taken pills and if I was ill I took grannies’ remedies,” the Sun quoted her as saying.
“I’ve never eaten sweets. But I love kurt — a salty dried cottage cheese — and talkan, a ground wheat,” she stated.
Dosova lives in poor conditions in an overcrowded flat with a granddaughter, Gaukhar Kanieva, 42, and apart from hearing problems she is in good health.
“She is a very cheerful woman. We think laughter and her good mood help her live so long,” Kanieva said of her grandma.
The aged lady has been congratulated by the local mayor, and as of now, she is the oldest living person in the world followed by American Edna Parker who is 114.
Dosova was born on March 27, 1879, when Queen Victoria had 22 years left to rule, Benjamin Disraeli was Prime Minister and Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first story.
What do you say in such a case? Till 220?
I THINK THEY FORGOT ABOUT HER UPSTAIRS
why only goyim???
Amazing story. I love this part.
“For the 129-year-old lady, she puts her longevity down to her love for cottage cheese and her sense of humour, and never visiting a doctor or eating sweets. “
How is it possible thàt someone could live more than 120
reply to #2 as the saying goes if you
“dont ask questions… they dont need to call you up and answer you”
Raboysay!!! This is a lie!!!! You cannot live older then 120
She was makpid in kibbud av
Where is it written that one can’t live past 120? On the contrary, in the Torah we see many who lived much longer!
Im sure its a mistake, the date should have read 1897
“Where is it written that one can’t live past 120? On the contrary, in the Torah we see many who lived much longer!”
That was before the flood, when the average lifespan of males was 912 years. Methusela lived the longest, to 969.I didn’t see any figures for the lifespans of the women.
After maton torah no one lived past 120
cottage cheese was not invented 130 years ago
Avraham lived to 175, Yitzchak to 180, Yaakov to 147. Moshe lived to 120.
You say “until 120” because that’s how long Moshe Rabbeinu lived- and he lived his life to his fullest potential.
People live 70-90 years usually, wishing them to live to 120 is not a wish in longevity, but rather in quality.
All of this is written in rishonim (I forgot if it was the ramban, or rambam, I’m pretty sure the former on chumash)
Achiya Hashiloni was from the yotzei mitzraim, that’s a bit more then 120.
In those days almost nobody wrote their real birthdates on the official ID’s.
Wow! She should continue to live and be well!
I believe it. I see no reason to say that 120 is a “Maximum” with no exceptions.
BS”D
Forget about it. There were so many discrepancies in the Soviet survey that this is most probably an exaggerated age.
I heard a story that someone once gave the Chofetz Chaim Ad Meah VeEsrim…and he said that was a Klalah, theres no reason that one cant live longer
so we can’t say “ad meah v’esrim” What does one say now?
She probably never spoke Loshon Hora, that segulah is in tehilim.
wow 130!! amazing because I only thought you can live ubtil 120 while we live in the ge’ula
I have a better idea on how to live long…. KEEP BREATHING!!!
Simple!
Well Rav Chutzpis (one of the asara harugei malchus) was killed one day short of his 130th birthday.
There is no reason why one can’t live past 120. Common misconception.
“Dosova lives in poor conditions in an overcrowded flat with a granddaughter, Gaukhar Kanieva, 42”
130-42=88
88/2=44
so she and her daughter/son gave birth at around 44 years old?
is her granddaughter Gaukhar Kanieva the youngest child of her youngest child?
i suspect in 1879 most people in Kazakhstan could not read and write; let alone keep accurate birth records.
most likely some kind of drunken soviet clerical mistake.
perhaps she bribed the record keeper with a bottle of vodka to add 30 years to her age in order to receive her social security pension earlier…
does anybody want to live that long?
If i’m not mistaken, the Lubavitcher Rebbe would wish people to live “till 180”. This is from my memory, though.
In any case, Moshiach will iyH be here any moment, and then chaim nitzchin bli hefsek klal v’klal!
What i love the most is to read the comments .You guys make me smile all the time…….keep on smiling its healthy and free(at least for now) LOL
Of course, at this age without any teeth left, all she can eat is probbely cottage cheese
Don’t even thing that they accurate records there!
Ask your grandparents if they had accurate records in Europe before world war 2!
The Lubavitcher rebbe told many “ad meah v’shmonim” ive heard him sa till 150, 180 etc.. its on living torah series.
if her granddaughter is 42 that means that she and her daughter averaged 44 when thay had a kid. she wes 88 whan her granddaughter was born.
if the RSO whats one to live …
serach bas asher is still alive in himel with eliyahu
and of achiya hashiloni (rambam says) he was meyotzei mitzraim and in dovid hamelechs beis did that would make him about 400yo
so… be nice and kind smile and eat healty…
veyihu yomov meah veesrim l’chaim!!
Her birthdate could be wrong. So far, no copy of her birth certificate has shown up. She may be old, but not that old. Coming from a rural area, records may have been inaccurate or nonexistent and she may have mistakenly given a wrong birthdate. Which can happen among poorly educated people in third world countries. There are others who have also lived long and claimed they were 125+, but if the records are not there, their claims should be taken with a grain of salt.
I had a rebbe in school (a Lubavitcher) who was makpid never to say “ad meah v’esrim” because he thought it was a curse — because there is no reason a person shouldn’t live longer.
um, im pretty sure edna parker of the US died recently…so this lady actually has no competition for being the oldest…
If you think about it, her father/mother were born During the last years of Kazakh Khanate! She could share her oldest memories of the past so that we would know more about the history of Kazakhstan.