tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24456396860539809302024-02-09T23:57:13.511-08:00(going) The Extra Yad...a helping hand in genealogyEmily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.comBlogger607125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-33111346471294006612023-07-02T14:52:00.004-07:002023-07-02T14:53:09.513-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak, 23 April 1914<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
is the last post of translated letters and postcards originally in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of
the correspondence, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi
Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">I plan at least one additional post after this one to summarize the series. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, please scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhOds_dzpItZxHIAC1cm-GlKNpS39LU11mAzxqDW4yQYAOBHR1SDTpLiDnO93POn-eKu-HmS5x-24aIwGwYsrJmzAaoNR2SikJdKg0Vi5LO5zQWCJTqTkkRIUgFaEmghajUsSZh6-SBhGbAdlrDPQhb0VPeZziX6G7IdA11ofaHYPh4uV4xcoPe2Qdg/s1536/Screenshot%202023-05-28%20at%207.25.40%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1536" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhOds_dzpItZxHIAC1cm-GlKNpS39LU11mAzxqDW4yQYAOBHR1SDTpLiDnO93POn-eKu-HmS5x-24aIwGwYsrJmzAaoNR2SikJdKg0Vi5LO5zQWCJTqTkkRIUgFaEmghajUsSZh6-SBhGbAdlrDPQhb0VPeZziX6G7IdA11ofaHYPh4uV4xcoPe2Qdg/w689-h431/Screenshot%202023-05-28%20at%207.25.40%20PM.png" width="689" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJH5GKfemr5-pMh1QNftTdLakEaJk2rXK8j4WmtNAVsgBk98bb1DS8U9EUxqYbyz2BvSHfpOZCpFn-CetUmkVW-6dOzT9fmITa7yplsqc7sDFb0demOAN163LN4vqn1QXqf_yIvxdO_tvhQBsB2bBxdIE2xczNOLU9w0C6grqwt--7NAA9vu9RR_Jmw/s1574/Screenshot%202023-05-28%20at%207.26.53%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1574" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJH5GKfemr5-pMh1QNftTdLakEaJk2rXK8j4WmtNAVsgBk98bb1DS8U9EUxqYbyz2BvSHfpOZCpFn-CetUmkVW-6dOzT9fmITa7yplsqc7sDFb0demOAN163LN4vqn1QXqf_yIvxdO_tvhQBsB2bBxdIE2xczNOLU9w0C6grqwt--7NAA9vu9RR_Jmw/w690-h423/Screenshot%202023-05-28%20at%207.26.53%20PM.png" width="690" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>Translation</font></font></span></span></b></div><p></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky.<br /></i></font></font></font></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.]</font></span></font></font></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Postmarked:</span></span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Baranovka, Vol. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Volhynia Gubernia]</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>, 23 April 1914 </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Russian date; the equivalent date in the United States was 6 May 1914]</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Addressed to: <br /></span></b></span></span></span></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Вг.Амирику <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[in America] <br /></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Morris Lederman</span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">127 So. Upper St.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">in Lexington Ky </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[1]</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> America </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">[side 1]</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">April 21</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> / May 4</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> 1914</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">My dear and beloved son who sweetens my soul, Mr. Moshe Shalom, should live. You should have peace, my dear son.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">My dear and beloved son, since I received your letter and _____ Sh"b Uri should live, I did not manage to find time to respond.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> I was very busy to _____ [finish?] _____ to be done with the balances because the _____ [<i>franzpalin</i>?] decreed and said that we must finish the books and leave Zhary because _____ job here.<span style="color: #2b00fe;">[in previous letters Levi Yitzkhak said he was finishing work in the forest near Zhary and expected to be seeking another job.]</span> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">Understandably, I am a bit stressed now. As you understand, I must look for a different position with honor and abundance. And God will probably help.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">I have a _____ promise from the rich people _____ Eisenberg's that Aba [?] Zacku [?] will stop and they will take me to a different forest that thy purchased two years ago. Not far from </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;">Турискуь. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[3] </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now I still have some work here in Zhary for a short while. I don't know exactly how long. Bottom line, </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">my </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">dear son, God should have mercy and guide me well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 115%;">And that is why I haven't written the entire time, but happens to be, a thought entered my mind that it isn't right that I am not writing letters to you. So now, Monday night, <i>Parshas Acharei Kedoshim</i>, the 21st April here, 4 May for you _____ _____, and I told myself that I should respond to your letter and expand a bit on what your wrote.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[4]</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;">_____ _____ that you wrote the truth to me about everything. I am very pleased and thank and praise God for your pure thoughts and your words. They are holy and pure to me and I believe in you and my hope _____ that you are walking on the right path and in the future you will continue to walk on the right and good path with God. And I am blessing you from the depths of my heart and will that you should always find grace in the eyes of people and God. And may God give you success in all your endeavors and ways. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;">I don't have any special news to write. They write from home to you almost every week because I told them again and again that they should not refrain from writing to you. And, indeed, they write to you from home because they know better than me what to write to you from here. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sarah probably wrote to you from Zaida'n that he didn't even come for <i>Pesakh</i>.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[5]</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> He wrote that he couldn't leave, he is very busy there. And he doesn't write much about how things are for him. You know him, he doesn't like to write long letters, and when he does write, he writes only shortly.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;">From Faiga'n, thank God for their health. Babekel is a fine child.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[6]</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> He studies very well. In Baranowka he is known as a child, a mensch. He is indeed <i>bli ayin horah</i>, a fine child.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[7]</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Studies very well, learns <i>Ivrit</i>.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[8]</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> He nearly finished "high" and remembers well, does well. Raika is, <i>bli ayin horah</i>, also a fine child.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[9]</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> _____ was here for Pesakh and traveled back after Pesakh.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[10]</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">[side 2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">To _____ honorable Mr. Uri, should live, and your entire family, send them our greetings and tell them we thank him very much for his kindness towards you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[11]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">And from here, my son, I will _____ letters from time to time. Write details, let me know about everything in detail. The _____ [<i>frustug</i> or <i>prustug</i>] came to Grafiri'n and wanted to place an arrest for my dawdling over their request [?]. They told him that I am not in Zhary anymore. God should help in everything.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">Your father that loves you and is blessing you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">_____ _____</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i><u>Notes</u>:</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 115%;">1. In his <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html" target="_blank">letter of 8 July 1913</a>, Levi Yitzkhak wrote that he understood that his son Morris was thinking about moving from Lynn, Massachusetts, to Detroit, Michigan. We know that Morris did move to Detroit. But, apparently, before moving there, he stopped for a visit in Kentucky with Harry Greenfield. The 1910 census shows that Harry Greenfield and his family lived at 127 South Upper Street, Lexington, Kentucky. Harry was Morris' sister, Feiga Grinfeld's, brother-in-law (her husband, Shalom Shakhna's brother). 1910 U.S. Census, Fayette Co., KY, pop. sched., Lexington, e.d. 34, sheet 16B, dwelling 211, family 378, Harry and Sophia Greenfield family; images, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (accessed 2 July 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 474.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 115%;">2. Harry Greenfield's gravestone confirms his Hebrew name as Arye ben Yitzkhak. Uri appears to have been his Yiddish nickname. His gravestone inscription has been photographed and is online. Harry Greenfield, grave, 11 March 1941, Lexington Cemetery, Fayette County, Kentucky; index and images, <i>Billion Graves</i> (accessed 2 July 2023: <a href="https://billiongraves.com/grave/Harry-Greenfield/687941">https://billiongraves.com/grave/Harry-Greenfield/687941</a>).<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 115%;">3. This community may have been Turiysk, southeast of Kovel. Turiysk is bout 280 km WNW of Baranivka. The <i>JewishGen</i> community database page for the town is at <a href="https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1056891" target="_blank">https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1056891</a></span></span><style><a href="#" target="_blank" data-original-attrs="{"data-original-href":"https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1056891","target":"_blank"}">@font-face
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{page:WordSection1;}</a></style><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 115%;">4. For information on </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>Parshas Acharei Kedoshim</i> (<i>Leviticus</i> 16:1-20:27), see </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/2894/jewish/Acharei-Kedoshim-in-a-Nutshell.htm">https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/2894/jewish/Acharei-Kedoshim-in-a-Nutshell.htm<br /></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 115%;">5. Sarah was one of Morris'/Moshe's sisters and Zaida'n (sometimes referred to as Zanvel) was his older brother.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">6. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Babekel Was the only son of Feiga and Shakhna. He immigrated to the United States on 12 October 1921 and settled with his mother and sister, Raya, in Cincinnati. He was known in the United States as Robert Greenfield. Passenger manifest, <i>S.S. Polonia, </i>Danzig to New York, arrived 12 October 1921, list 5, entry 20, Wolf Grinfeld, age 16; images, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (accessed 2 July 2023). <i><br /></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">7. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><i>Bli ayin hora:</i> Yiddish saying used with a positive statement. The concept was to ward off the evil eye.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">8. <i>Ivrit:</i> the Hebrew language.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">9</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 115%;">. Raika, also known as Raya, immigrated to the United States with her sister Leah on 2 December 1921. She married Harry Young in Cincinnati on 19 August 1934. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Passenger manifest, <i>S.S. George Washington, </i>Bremen to New York, arrived 2 December 1921 1921, list 8, entries 16 & 17, Raya Grinfeld (age 14) and Leja Grinfeld (age 15); images, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (accessed 2 July 2023). </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 115%;">10. This likely refers to Leah, the eldest child of Feiga and Shakhna. We know that <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2013/01/avrums-women-part-8-fannies-story.html" target="_blank">she attended gymnasium (secondary school) in Russia</a>. We do not the years in which she attended. After immigration, she and Joseph Saltzman, who she knew from Baranovka and Koretz, married on 17 April 1922 in the Bronx, NY (certificate no. 1494). They settled in Louisville, Kentucky.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 115%;">11. Harry [Uri] Greenfield, married Sophia Gindy (daughter of Isaac Gindy and Rose Saphir) in Cincinnati on 28 June 1903. They had four children between 1904 and 1915: Isadore, Esther, Martin and Lucille.</span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><b>Posts in this Series </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1910</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 January 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span 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{page:WordSection1;}</style></span></p>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-3330340412903130912023-05-28T18:14:00.004-07:002023-07-02T14:53:46.459-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of
the correspondence, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi
Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, please scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8O9bCUd_grZ3-72h05K4663-iV6ws6Ei3zWbzgRrTt4Z09Jy9I8x0FapRJiNQgneObJg-XUhyS3VBQnFIZQS0o6WvvrzXGGIwUGjoJ8PbRxB9MONYwMzRfb7QJt9eJZUINSXgYS8K1dAe6pmNiyp1ErBTETAnL99_Afc_tR9lKY-1wSyh0Cmkf4G-1Q/s1475/Screenshot%202023-05-28%20at%203.12.24%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1475" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8O9bCUd_grZ3-72h05K4663-iV6ws6Ei3zWbzgRrTt4Z09Jy9I8x0FapRJiNQgneObJg-XUhyS3VBQnFIZQS0o6WvvrzXGGIwUGjoJ8PbRxB9MONYwMzRfb7QJt9eJZUINSXgYS8K1dAe6pmNiyp1ErBTETAnL99_Afc_tR9lKY-1wSyh0Cmkf4G-1Q/w689-h448/Screenshot%202023-05-28%20at%203.12.24%20PM.png" width="689" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSo7bnwpyzNgEDeDTDpVVQNgAMU7l5UGnXVhCwAFg7YeksbwSbPJOLSQzMGV2dHkSitE0lEVqDERWnCDunMH7sVaUbz3JhRsBtzASlel5ZnSjbwSIEZ0dYy6CP_x6NwzGo-AAlhc9fCJgwczA-dTGxnVvBl51ruMaIdZRo8HJRK_6ejDBswhNuOqyBw/s1540/Screenshot%202023-05-28%20at%203.12.44%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="1540" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSo7bnwpyzNgEDeDTDpVVQNgAMU7l5UGnXVhCwAFg7YeksbwSbPJOLSQzMGV2dHkSitE0lEVqDERWnCDunMH7sVaUbz3JhRsBtzASlel5ZnSjbwSIEZ0dYy6CP_x6NwzGo-AAlhc9fCJgwczA-dTGxnVvBl51ruMaIdZRo8HJRK_6ejDBswhNuOqyBw/w691-h432/Screenshot%202023-05-28%20at%203.12.44%20PM.png" width="691" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>Translation</font></font></span></span></b><p></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky.<br /></i></font></font></font></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.]</font></span></font></font></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Postmarked:</span></span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Grayevo <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[?]</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[1]</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>, Kiev Gubernia, 9 July 1913 <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Russian date; the equivalent date in the United States was 22 July 1913]<br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Addressed to: <br /></span></b></span></span></span></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Вг.Амирику <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[in America] <br /></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Mr. Morris Liderman</span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">9 Olsen Place</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">Lynn - Mass off<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">Shepard St.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">[side 1]</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">8/21 </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> July [июль], Parshas Matos </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> _____ Zhary </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">My dear and beloved son Mr. Moshe'le, Should live. We received your cards. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">What's the story, why are you complaining that we don't write to you? I think that not a week passes that we don't write from home to you. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">You also don't have what to complain about Faiga'n and Shakhna'n, simply because they are busy and overwhelmed with work. You think it's a small issue? They need so much. _____ from _____ [Leon's] about teachers at home, from Zaida'ns (or Baba's), from Reich's, about every single thing _____. Bli Ayin Horah, there are many expenses _____. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[5]</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> 100 a month is enough, but you shouldn't think that we have forgotten about you. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">My dear son, you are allowed to believe me that not a minute or second pass that we forget about you. Here in the forest, I keep your card in my small Siddur in which I daven [pray] and when I take out th Siddur'l, I see you and tell you <u>good morning</u>, <u>good evening</u>, <u>good Shabbos</u>.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bottom line, my dear son, let's talk practically. How are things there for you? What are you thinking? What do you say? Who do you talk to? Write to me, my child, write something to me. I read in your card, you write - I am writing to father in the forest today - but I didn't see and didn't hear anything, no photo, or word, except for the cards that you sent to our home and from there, they sent it to me.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[side 2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>You wrote something to Shakhna'n that you are thinking of traveling to Detroit where Michel [?] Bashka's [?] is located.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[6]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> What is your reason for traveling, and what is your goal? Bottom line, write to me, my son. Write to me about everything clearly and precisely.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>Your father who wants your good, your happiness and your well being.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>_____ _____</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>Send regards to everyone that I know in you neighborhood. What does Zona Kona'n do there? Send letters from _____ brother-in-law from New York, from Nakhum, from Mottel.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[7]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>Your father _____. </span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><i><u><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">Notes</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></u><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">1. It is not clear from which community Levi Yitzkhak mailed the postcard. The Russian letters clearly spell out раево (rayevo). The first letter may have been Г. If so, the town name was </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">Г</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">раево </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">(<i>Grayevo</i>). I have not located a community of that name in Kiev Gubernia.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> We do know that Levi Yitzkhak had been working in the forest near Zhary, west of Baranovka (see note 1 in <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">this post</a> for a location map). To be located in Kiev Gubernia, Levi Yitzkhak would have been more than 100 km east of Baranovka.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">2. Levi Yitzkhak wrote the date in both the Julian (in use in Russia) and the Gregorian (in use in the USA and much of the rest of the world) calendars. It was 8 July 1913 in Russia and 21 July 1913 in the USA.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">3. The <i>Torah</i> reading that week was Matos (or Matot) which means tribes and is from <i>Numbers</i> 30:2-32:42. Moses negotiated with the tribes of Israel regarding portions of the Promised Land. See, Chabad.org: </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><a href="https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/296691/jewish/Matot-in-a-Nutshell.htm">https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/296691/jewish/Matot-in-a-Nutshell.htm</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">4. Levi Yitzkhak had been working in the Zhary forest in Volhynia Gubernia for over a year (see blog post linked in note 1, above). Why his postcard was mailed from a community well east in Kiev Gubernia is unknown. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">5. <i>Bli ayin hora:</i> Yiddish saying used with a positive statement. The concept was to ward off the evil eye.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">Faiga (Moshe's older sister) and Shakhna Grinfeld (her husband) had three children: Laya, Wolf (called by the nickname Baba in another post) and Raya (Reich/Reichl). All three were excellent students and attending school or cheder (religious school). That, in itself, would have been costly for a family.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">6. By April 1914, Moshe/Morris was on his way to Detroit and remained there for the rest of his life.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">7. The brother-in-law in New York was Jacob Simberg, Levi Yitzkhak's wife's brother. Nakhum and Mottel were Nathan and Max Garber, Levi Yitzkhak's brother Avrum's sons who had immigrated in 1910 and 1908, respectively (Nathan and Max were my great uncles). <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><b>Posts in this Series </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-33741792602917604282023-04-09T18:02:00.009-07:002023-07-02T14:54:02.979-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of
the correspondence, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi
Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, please scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpLkcZZo4ZsR32w6s1sHHBoS-wCpZr1bkdZINL36mCAMmPl6c6d4CpdbCKT0oYV4yOMWR-12CB4Td_3GP09AX3xM72u4eNtab_BSzpZik826SndFLx_mvqczpGvxznG4KRM0nuN3tkfVEhJw-RI_LLriMOvtWKr49C1r2SHR7y-3BL5cVbBeL5t_H6Q/s1479/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%209.17.09%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1479" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpLkcZZo4ZsR32w6s1sHHBoS-wCpZr1bkdZINL36mCAMmPl6c6d4CpdbCKT0oYV4yOMWR-12CB4Td_3GP09AX3xM72u4eNtab_BSzpZik826SndFLx_mvqczpGvxznG4KRM0nuN3tkfVEhJw-RI_LLriMOvtWKr49C1r2SHR7y-3BL5cVbBeL5t_H6Q/w695-h454/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%209.17.09%20PM.png" width="695" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3SydE9Htabtv_bdp6OaWCSPLvLNvT84rO59CYWeqsdt072p3uzhP9sbj3GYZ0xCxv0y_7Ptv8Eu-kT4SDP1DzIBqyXNmVjajPGtHXovLpdf1wqlUnBohujkOylkAzNfPWtBZojMjzQKjUmcDeJVecAo2f4iTLyAk32Cly5BZG5FeDdTJPlVxcb8OPQ/s1438/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%209.17.37%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1438" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3SydE9Htabtv_bdp6OaWCSPLvLNvT84rO59CYWeqsdt072p3uzhP9sbj3GYZ0xCxv0y_7Ptv8Eu-kT4SDP1DzIBqyXNmVjajPGtHXovLpdf1wqlUnBohujkOylkAzNfPWtBZojMjzQKjUmcDeJVecAo2f4iTLyAk32Cly5BZG5FeDdTJPlVxcb8OPQ/w693-h464/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%209.17.37%20PM.png" width="693" /></a></div>Translation</font></font></span></span></b><p></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky.<br /></i></font></font></font></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.]</font></span></font></font></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Postmarked:</span></span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Baranovka, 1 June 1913 <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Russian date; the equivalent date in the United States was 14 June 1913]<br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Addressed to: <br /></span></b></span></span></span></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Mr. Morris Liderman</span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">9 Olsen Place </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">Lynn - Mass</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">oft Shepard St</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">America</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">[side 1]</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">June 13, 1913</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[June is written in Russian (Июнь). The date is in the Gregorian calendar, i.e., the calendar used now and in the United States at that time.]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My dear and beloved son Mr. Moshe - Shalom - Mordekhai, should live.</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>We </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>received your cards and we thank you that you write often. And we wish and ask God that we should hear good news, and you should write something good. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>Everything here is as usual. Thank God for our health. God should hear the same from you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>From Zavel'n we received a letter on <i>Erev Shavuos</i>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> He also doesn't write any news, everything is as usual. He asks what happened to the $20 that Mikhoel [unclear - possibly Mikhel or Mirel] sent you for expenses. Nu, where is the money? What can we tell him? He asks that I should write to you and ask what this is about. About him, I can't write more than that he does not have a kopek of his earning. It seems he stays with nothing. He had sent me 20, and he barely managed to send 10 and for the second 10 he apologized with the reason that he is stuck now. It isn't surprising. 18 rubles goes towards _____ [stahl], _____ [kamtiamen], shoes, _____ [dumerga], _____ [vinterga] and so on. One by one, he stays with nothing. He writes to me that he changed the regulations, and added to the _____ [zhavania], because it is very little.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>I stayed in the home for Shabbos, since Yom Tov, and will travel to the forest on Sunday.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> Yes, from Zavel'n, that we collected 100 to put away for percent </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>[following text is around the outside of the card] bond, you already know that it was done, as we wrote to you about it.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[5]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> I think mother, should live, wrote to you about it. And since then, it is indeed a bit more manageable. As long as he gives me great regards, thank God. The bosses are very, very pleased with him. God should help that the blessing should find grace with everyone. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>[side 2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>Now my dear son, I am asking you in my name, in mother's name, she should live, and the name of everyone, Feiga, Shakhna, Sarah, Zavel.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[6]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> We are all inquiring about you and want to know and hear what's going on with you. Do you remember, Moshe'la, you once learned King David's song in Tehillim [psalms]. If I forget you...if I don't remember...if I do not rise... </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[7]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>This is true for us. We don't forget about you, we don't let it slip our mind. Who is even discussing mother, should live, and so my dear and beloved son, write to us, write to us.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>Feiga and I bought a sewing machine. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>I am ending my writing and greeting you and greeting you in the name of everyone. A warm greeting to everyone we know. As an example Zuna Kona'n and in the family of Yisrael Pesakh's, and the family of David Wallach. _____</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><i><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>Notes</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>1. 9 Olsen Place ("oft Shepard St") was a new address for Morris. The last postcard in this collection, from <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">December 1912</a>, showed that he lived at 92 Blossom. No listings for Morris Lederman have been found in any Lynn city directories (1911-1914). And no listing for Olson Place has been found in Lynn directories from 1912 or 1913. The 1914 directory (viewed in <i>Ancestry</i>'s "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995" collection) included three residents of 9 Olsen Place: Samuel Brenner (clerk), Charles Gould (plumber), and Joseph Savio (shoemaker). Olsen Place was a stub of a street that started near 134 Shepard Street. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>The <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn03772_004/" target="_blank">1938 Sanborn Fire Insurance maps</a> showed 9 Olsen Terrace as a three-story, frame building (see map 54, image 63 of 80). Morris' previous residence on Blossom Street was only about a block away.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0wDOUbbsmaSBPVg8oM0MzqEMX4IO9b4RpMBBbSQ9lD_4HJlkaa_pPojyeDeGCF6sWvynRBUEMuXE-IXLJEFDaoVKEj9JKQwNCjcXEPFH4Yxtt8IDW7qQFj4pRggCBRka4lgIXcuCWMhUExLv10NXFLxyJYIUV7LA72U9-bI6kPyTI5rhYkZKGgzeiw/s1165/Olsen&Blossom.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1165" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0wDOUbbsmaSBPVg8oM0MzqEMX4IO9b4RpMBBbSQ9lD_4HJlkaa_pPojyeDeGCF6sWvynRBUEMuXE-IXLJEFDaoVKEj9JKQwNCjcXEPFH4Yxtt8IDW7qQFj4pRggCBRka4lgIXcuCWMhUExLv10NXFLxyJYIUV7LA72U9-bI6kPyTI5rhYkZKGgzeiw/w640-h432/Olsen&Blossom.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The red marker on the following map shows the approximate location of 9 Olsen Place within the broader area of Lynn and close to the ocean.</span><br /></p><div style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jngwI46wWXGJdEKXSwQdbl-FW2OpPtQmeKQl-uKL2glsaj_tcL6fi8YCWTxXj3vd3vzWwwgjBClJRK35zPxxuQstkV_jqeaKbKdNQsNw8XbOTScTMrIqZPPNvSf1EEdd42b7StQyF256nopp7CYJOqpEpRWFdFiygaRrGkm-eOPE35lD8s4yo6teew/s1032/Screenshot%202023-04-09%20at%205.04.41%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="1032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jngwI46wWXGJdEKXSwQdbl-FW2OpPtQmeKQl-uKL2glsaj_tcL6fi8YCWTxXj3vd3vzWwwgjBClJRK35zPxxuQstkV_jqeaKbKdNQsNw8XbOTScTMrIqZPPNvSf1EEdd42b7StQyF256nopp7CYJOqpEpRWFdFiygaRrGkm-eOPE35lD8s4yo6teew/s16000/Screenshot%202023-04-09%20at%205.04.41%20PM.png" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>2. Zavel (or Zanvel) was Morris' brother. <i>Shavuos</i> (or <i>Shavuot</i>) is the anniversary of the Jewish people receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai. It starts on 6 Sivan each year. In 1913, the eve (<i>erev</i>) of the holiday fell on 10 June (Gregorian calendar, used in the United States) and 28 May in Russia (Julian calendar).<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>3. The words in brackets are likely in Russia. I have not been able to determine their meaning. If any reader can identify the words and their meaning, please provide a message, below. I will appreciate any expertise in this matter.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>4. <i>Yom Tov</i>: literally, good day. It refers to a Jewish holiday - in this case, <i>Shavuos</i>.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>5. The meaning of this "percent" or "bond" is not clear. In previous letters, Levi Yitzkhak was concerned about the family raising the 300 ruble fine required because Morris was in the United States and would not report for the Russian military draft when he was called at the age of 21. It is possible that the 100 cited was put away for that purpose.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>6. Feiga (Morris' older sister), Shakhna (Feiga's husband), and Sarah (another of Morris' sisters).<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>7. These are lyrics from <i>Im Eshkakhekh Yerushalayim</i>: <a href="http://hebrewsongs.com/?song=imeshkachech">http://hebrewsongs.com/?song=imeshkachech</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>They are from Psalm 137:5-6.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><i><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></u></i></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>Let my right hand forget her cunning.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span>If I remember thee not...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><b>Posts in this Series </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1910</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 January 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-4_2.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-86069433327109350022023-03-27T20:57:00.003-07:002023-07-02T14:54:50.509-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of
the correspondence, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi
Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, please scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Only a few of the correspondence saved by Morris Lederman were letters sent to him in closed envelopes - the content hidden from prying Russian
government eyes. The subjects of these letters, as one might expect,were a bit more
personal than those seen in the postcards. In his <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">previous letter</a> (sent about 1.5 months earlier) Levi Yitzkak begged his son to come home and face the Russian military draft, lest the family be fined 300 rubles. While we do not have Morris' response, we can tell from this letter that he refused to return to Russia. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Levi Yitzkhak clearly wanted the best for his youngest son and, while confused about Morris' economic situation, was supportive of his decision to stay in the USA. Despite this, there were, understandably, great worries about how the family would raise the money should they be fined 300 rubles when Morris did not report for the Russian military draft.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsxsPDYdD1XYkYPovABqS-KR4a7iLUJ6hYMR3btBvTdOtIL5kn_LZRYbYuyphaUOhi-DURP3zKgUNbrGEBgcr23FGEkMws1iNiOKx9B6MsQHmZtTqG3zm8xofQMqiq3KLqHHE4oqdgY0gQQ93DXbOj62WjM7BKr3PvHBtnzbhKSykCseM02ex4SINBA/s996/Screenshot%202022-11-25%20at%2012.49.15%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="758" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsxsPDYdD1XYkYPovABqS-KR4a7iLUJ6hYMR3btBvTdOtIL5kn_LZRYbYuyphaUOhi-DURP3zKgUNbrGEBgcr23FGEkMws1iNiOKx9B6MsQHmZtTqG3zm8xofQMqiq3KLqHHE4oqdgY0gQQ93DXbOj62WjM7BKr3PvHBtnzbhKSykCseM02ex4SINBA/s16000/Screenshot%202022-11-25%20at%2012.49.15%20PM.png" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""></font></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiURuUlvVZXtNWjCa5ScplHkSB60GE29RdFsk6HWNpR8tO9IPQ7BhdQ5vKuEb50glvLz9m61P6q1cduUgR33CN5frC-NWCDRKyvGQpg93sKuzTzvttaDYFyOfLk3D1kHOji59RVJnVuRicsUIo_1HJ-1PfwGZE_M2q8pwipkB87CfmZno9_WjS3R-7g/s1258/Screenshot%202022-11-25%20at%2012.49.43%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1258" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiURuUlvVZXtNWjCa5ScplHkSB60GE29RdFsk6HWNpR8tO9IPQ7BhdQ5vKuEb50glvLz9m61P6q1cduUgR33CN5frC-NWCDRKyvGQpg93sKuzTzvttaDYFyOfLk3D1kHOji59RVJnVuRicsUIo_1HJ-1PfwGZE_M2q8pwipkB87CfmZno9_WjS3R-7g/w742-h568/Screenshot%202022-11-25%20at%2012.49.43%20PM.png" width="742" /></a></font></span></span></b></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>Translation</font></font></span></span></b></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky. My understanding of the first paragraph on side 2 has also benefited by a separate translation of this section completed Rivka Schiller. <br /></i></font></font></font></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.]</font></span></font></font></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span>[side 1]</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">29 March 1913</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">11 April English</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday, Erev Shabbos, Metsora <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[1]</span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My dear and beloved son, who revives my soul Mr. Moshe Shalom Mordekhai, should live.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My dear son...This week I received your card of the 12th of March English, and a few days later your letter from the 24th of March English. Parshas Metzora, the _____ [reads as <i>tshusles</i>] from 5 April, and again English. The time that we received the letters we had a situation, just a situation. I was home for <i>Shabbos</i>, <i>Parshas Vayikra</i> and had a very disturbed <i>Shabbos</i>. We won't even discuss mother, should live. She always has a song, "My child, my child"...We're not even discussing that we don't get letters from you often. But now, that we have received your card, and afterwards your letter, it turned into a happy time, thank God. Thank God that our mouths are full, "All our bones are singing the praises of our king who lives forever."</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You wrote in the card to Faiga'n that you did not intend it as a negative that you call yourself a laborer. On the contrary, it is a praise. You are happy in America and pleased that you see yourself with money. You don't need to borrow 10 for a tie, or for a _____ [transliterated as <i>forhitzt</i>]. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Later in the letter, where you wrote separately to mother, should live, you ask mother who is this and what is he that told you that I am living badly in America? _____ all your wishes, we are giving you our blessing, I wish, I wish, <i>Ribono shel olam</i>.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> It should indeed be good, good. But from my side, I am coming to ask you "what changed?" Why are you not answering my questions that I am asking you? You should write in detail all about your business. In the bookkeeping lingo, it's called "active passive." In fact, in the letter you write <u>father wants details, but I can't do it. </u>I am asking you, what is this? What do you consider me?</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 2] </span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do you think I intend anything other than devotion? I only want you to let me know how God is overseeing your life there.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> What else can parents intend? My dear son, however, _____ _____ _____ _____ what do you gain by denying my wish to know? You can't accuse us like some others who have ulterior motives. You also can't compare us to other parents. You know well that our entire lives depend only on you, and in all our children. Our dear, what don't we do for our children's sake with our entire strength, with the last bit of power, with whatever we can help. We do what we can and God should help. Bottom line, my dear son, many times I am asking you, and this time as well, I will wish and ask in many ways that you should write about everything in your life. It should be a sort of "historical" sort of "statistic." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You write about not coming to _____ [crossed off word - was it perhaps censored?] with the motive - where you are - you write - there is a "bear," a wild animal. "For what reason should I leave such freedom?" And this is _____ your, it is for the 300, you will take into action.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[3]</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> What I gather from this is that you do not have money. <i>Nu</i>, I am asking you, my dear son, it is an oxymoron. You write that it is good for you. But in the previous letters you wrote that it isn't good: How do I travel if I don't have a cent? It seems to be the opposite. What do we do if we need to borrow money for expenses from a stranger, and we must send it? Bottom line, my dear son, all these questions and requests that I am asking is without any goal. I do not intend this to be _____ that the money _____, but I am _____, but I want to know, my child, I only have you in mind. You are on our minds very much.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">About you not coming...[most probably Levi Yitzkhak did not want to write it out. It's just three dots] that you write, I am telling you the same that you, and _____ and mother, should live. Also the _____ that you write in the letter. True, true, we miss you very much. But how can we take a human and place them in front of a wild animal's teeth. Happens to be, according to Jewish law, one is not allowed to break off a <i>shiddukh</i>. But rather such a woman that is suspect in everything and to God forbid ruin one's life...But the truth is, it's really not good. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Send regards in my name to Yisrael Pesakh's <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[child]</span>. Also the newly arrived. Mr. _____ _____ [Zuna? Kona'n?], send warm regards in my name. What happened to Mr. _____ [Zuna?]. It seems to be true what they say about him. There is no wisdom and no reason against bad _____ [cards? gambling?]. In Annopol, Adam Harishon never walked and was never there. A pity, a pity on Annopol, as I already said that his _____ [gematria] . And the fanaticism is worse than this. Mr. Zuna, Mr. Zuna, perhaps maybe they want to give a message to someone. What was written in the letter that Moshe'le wrote as well about the situation. Bottom line, he's only hinting a little bit about the situation. And this is how they will understand who is against myself and my household. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Moshe'leh, my son, please inquire from R' David Wallach [?] and his family, how R' Khaim Wallach is doing? If you meet him, send regards to him in my name as well. In all, send greetings to everyone we know, in my name.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[4]</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">From home, Moshe'leh, they write letters to you often, often. You must believe me that we think about writing letters to you all the time, more than we think about eating and drinking. _____ for everyone is to write to you often. Therefore, my dear son, you should also see please to write letters as much as possible. Because whenever we receive a letter from you, there is happiness and celebration in the home, and everyone is busy and occupied with reading your letter just like <i>Simkhas Torah</i>. Bottom line, write, write, and we will write to you as well.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well and strong and wishing you a Kosher and happy <i>Pesakh</i> and be happy and with spirit. Greet all our acquaintances. You father that is blessing you and worrying about you, _____ _____. </span></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><u>Notes</u>:</span></span></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>1. Levi Yitzkhak wrote this letter on 29 March 1913 in Russia's Julian calendar. In the United States (and much of the rest of the world), the date, by the Gregorian calendar, was 11 April 1913. The Hebrew calendar date was 4 Nisan 5673 and the Torah reading for that week was <i>Metzora (Leviticus </i>14.1-1533). Metzora is often translated as "leper." It more correctly refers to someone infected with a spiritual malady who needs ritual purification (see, <a href="https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/1761/jewish/Metzora-in-a-Nutshell.htm">https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/1761/jewish/Metzora-in-a-Nutshell.htm</a>).<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>2. Hebrew - Master of the Universe (i.e., God)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>3. Likely referring to the 300 Ruble fine his family will have to pay when Morris does not report for the Russian military draft.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>4. Thus far, I have not been successful trying to locate information about those mentioned in this and the previous paragraph, neither in Annopol nor in Lynn, Massachusetts. </span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><b>Posts in this Series </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1910</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 January 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-4_2.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></span> </p>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-91181643727828161172022-11-24T20:10:00.005-08:002023-07-02T14:55:02.734-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of
the correspondence, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi
Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, please scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Most
of the correspondence saved by Morris Lederman was on postcards from his father. A few
were letters. This letter and the letter sent to Morris on <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">28 November 1912</a> were sent in closed envelopes - the content hidden from prying Russian government eyes. The content as expected, therefore, was a bit more personal than what was seen in the postcards. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">We do not have the original
envelope for this letter. We have been lucky, however, in that Levi Yitzkhak identified
the date on which he wrote to his son. By our calendar, the letter was
written on Tuesday, 18 February (Gregorian calendar). The equivalent Russian date in the Julian calendar was 5 February. While he did not provide a year on the letter, we know that it had to have been 1913 because those dates fell on a Tuesday in that year.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4rO59HXOnaclHLOGw08PpseH0ClMZ0PFXRbOOgAMFn4wXpjiyFEaPdmtUhtY8B8iCiagwa2IQvJtzybmlGdb4KSGqA1qLQsw2C9ilmZxu9Mc4U0_z53pqowWWypuEg33JaWwLBFKQ-_VgZ8R1LrSycXxk5tV2_neJ8m9LU1e6_27fJFJycpoS1TOAA/s987/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-23%20at%208.46.13%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="767" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4rO59HXOnaclHLOGw08PpseH0ClMZ0PFXRbOOgAMFn4wXpjiyFEaPdmtUhtY8B8iCiagwa2IQvJtzybmlGdb4KSGqA1qLQsw2C9ilmZxu9Mc4U0_z53pqowWWypuEg33JaWwLBFKQ-_VgZ8R1LrSycXxk5tV2_neJ8m9LU1e6_27fJFJycpoS1TOAA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-23%20at%208.46.13%20PM.png" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>Translation</font></font></span></span></b><p></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky.<br /></i></font></font></font></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.]</font></span></font></font></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesday, February 5 Russian, February 18 English</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My dear and beloved son Mr. Moshe Shalom Mordekhai, should live.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My dear son, we received all your cards _____ [torn] received a letter from Zanvel - received all my letters from home.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[1]</span></span> <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Every time you write about wanting to visit Michel'n.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2]</span></span> And you write that you can't go because you are lacking the money. And so, it's baffling to me. I don't understand what is going on. The entire time you wrote that you earn $10-12-13 a week. You used to ask to which address you should send the money. At a later time, you bought a watch for $75. And now it's actually the opposite. On the contrary, I see in all your letters that you barely get by in life...</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And about conscription, my child, what are you planning? Well, my beloved son, from the 300 _____ [fine?] I am not even discussing.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[3]</span></span> But it is very bad for me. My opinion about the conscription. I am writing my opinion that you should come home, meaning you should come home and serve. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can't seem to convince _____ to serve. You think it's a small thing to serve, serve ... _____[torn] we hear about the wars that happened _____[torn], also talking about a war here in Russia, Austria, Germany, etc...And they say that the soldiers are currently having a very hard time serving. Everything is very strict this year. They say that because they are preparing for a big war, they are very strict right now about serving. Bottom line, I am really unnerved about all of this. I don't rest, I don't sleep, just keep on thinking what we can do? What do we do? It is very bad, and very bad?</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Moshe'le, you most likely are reading the papers there. Here we gather that the papers there are more accurate than our papers. Because here they write as usual, the _____ is hidden, so that the people should not be afraid. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My dear son, we can't even discuss mother, should live. Not a moment, a second passes that she isn't thinking about it. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bottom line, my dear son, write to me about this, about your opinion. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am sending you Faiga's letter.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[4]</span></span> I don't have any news to write about myself. My business isn't too great, but thank God for our health. God should help we should hear the same from you and God should help we should see each other in health and <i>nakhas</i>. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Your father who wants you to have good luck and it should be good, for your happiness and wealth. ________</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't have anything to write about Zanvel'n. Everything is as usual. He himself wrote to you.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Notes</u>:</span></i></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. Zanvel or Zeidel was Moshe's/Morris' older brother.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. I have not yet determined this person's identity or where he lived in the United States.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. If a young man called up for Russian military service did not appear (regardless of the fact that he had left the Russia), his family were fined 300 rubles - a huge sum. Gur Alroey, in his article "Out of the shtetl. In the Footsteps of Eastern European Jewish Emigrants to America, 1900-1914," estimated that it would have cost a Russian adult about 215 rubles to get to the United States - $107 in 1908 money; about $2860 in 2021. <i>Leidschrift</i> 22:2 (April 2007); <a href="http://easteurotopo.org/articles/alroey/">http://easteurotopo.org/articles/alroey/</a> . </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. Faiga Grinfeld was Moshe's sister who lived with her husband and children in Baranovka.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><b>Posts in this Series </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1910</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 January 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-4_2.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi-Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-43142132311151070812022-10-23T16:20:00.008-07:002023-07-02T14:55:44.113-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of
the correspondence, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi
Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, please scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3756_QeBvUkJAxjJiGrBk7GdT56QONU78IlPVgruM1SdhQ3OOKoqrNRCS202-9kS2bxDQmsiGG6Nf8OKdXoefuPeCspzns2GiAKTvcMuOzcZW_0lCugn2iANVK4r8kDPm0tI8s1A1RazzSaTTjJRSCiIEzkf3i6Y0Pz-iIkKhQW5ttDI3Y4Wu_yAaHQ/s1467/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-23%20at%204.21.00%20PM.png" style="clear: left; 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font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiL8xAUc5gGEXr-kBI0pfoLoV1I0FNiurng9bIbOL5Q6lQdeYmC45RhtqinHu-uzghDsHCzdm4DYDdigAOZmmRuJGLFH2IIszo9Yalh9MUYLHVPwyudTLLLXEhu_NXl7CqgnoH-1iU9t0KrZUilXbmz_SaxMUPbFeoOR2sXVFeoFVvH332wWgfnWFjQ/s1516/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-23%20at%204.21.15%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1516" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiL8xAUc5gGEXr-kBI0pfoLoV1I0FNiurng9bIbOL5Q6lQdeYmC45RhtqinHu-uzghDsHCzdm4DYDdigAOZmmRuJGLFH2IIszo9Yalh9MUYLHVPwyudTLLLXEhu_NXl7CqgnoH-1iU9t0KrZUilXbmz_SaxMUPbFeoOR2sXVFeoFVvH332wWgfnWFjQ/w640-h405/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-23%20at%204.21.15%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></font></font></span></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><br />Translation</font></font></span></span></b><p></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky.<br /></i></font></font></font></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.]</font></span></font></font></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Postmarked:</span></span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Baranovka, 29 December 1912</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Addressed to: </span></b> <br /></span></span></span></p></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Mr. Morris Liderman</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>92 Blossm St.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Lynn Mass</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>America </span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span> <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></span></div><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 1]</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday, Parashas Bo</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">December 28, 1912 <span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Russian (Julian calendar) date] <span style="font-size: medium;">[1]</span></span></span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My dear and beloved son Mr. Moshe - Shalom - Mordekhai, should live.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is Friday 2 pm. I am home for Shabbos. Thank God everyone in our home is healthy and whole. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Zavel was here this week for two days. He came on Tuesday and left yesterday, Thursday. There is no news with him. He is a _____ and that's it. Of course he would _____ already be _____ at least [sutchold?] - he told me that he wrote a letter to you. Most likely you received it already. What did he write to you about his opinions? </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is no news here, except for the fact that there is a great crisis here in Russia. The war, the Balkans is causing us.<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">[2]</span> <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Aside from that, our brethren in Russia have it very bad. Every day new decrees, one after another. They are torturing us sadly without mercy. And we are awaiting some war in Russia. What are the American papers writing about it? <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[3] </span></span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Moshe-le, what's news at your end? We are all sad over you. We already see the success that you have made over there. We understand from your letters that you do not have a penny and that in general there is no point in you being there. And so, my son, my son, write something about the full truth. What's going on with you?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[side 2]</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">I thought that I will know the honest truth from you at all times, because I believe in you, that you are an honest man. And so my son, write to me something about the truth and you opinion on the "Prizov."</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">From me, your father that worries about you.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">_____ _____</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Mother, should live, Faiga, Shakhna and the children, Sarah are greeting you warmly and very friendly. </span></span> </span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><u>Notes</u>:</i></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. The post card was written on 28 December 1912 and postmarked the following day. 28 December was equivalent to 2 Shevet 5673 in the Jewish calendar and 10 January 1913 in the Gregorian calendar (in use then, as now, in the United States). In the <i>Torah</i> reading Parashas Bo, the last three plagues impact the Egyptians: locusts, darkness and, finally, death of the first-born. The Israelites leave Egypt and receive the commandment to observe Passover. See, "Parashat Bo: Summary," <i>MyJewishLearning.com</i> (<a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/parashat-bo/">https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/parashat-bo/</a> : accessed 23 October 2022).<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. This is likely referring to the first of two Balkan Wars. In October 1912, Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia attacked the Ottoman Empire with the goal of ousting them from Europe. The Treaty of London in May 1913, ended the fighting and most of the Ottoman Empire's rule in Europe. Russia supported the anti-Ottoman combatants because it sought access to the Mediterranean via the Black Sea. See, "Balkan Wars," <i>Wikipedia.com </i>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Wars">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Wars</a> : accessed 23 October 2022).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. While specific decrees by the Czar were not covered often by newspapers in the USA, the Boston Globe did publish an article, "Discontent in Russia," on 12 May 1912 (<i>Newspapers.com</i> : accessed 23 October 2022).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifbGWITUBzgStGwySAnZmDMbRnZ8oXNpJ2jbKvGGdqedEEgSB2xVpJq-Rosc9si1nJ1Gt4A_pg0q7y3gwADdsd-DiJT-kyGgMhsHM9iejJFrHkRF428-fON6uA2pKCZTssGwZ1ibYP19bbMzfgAx-04vxw-ed7EApbjBf3VKahFwOeieXONGSOr_xqA/s1428/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-23%20at%204.14.03%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="1208" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifbGWITUBzgStGwySAnZmDMbRnZ8oXNpJ2jbKvGGdqedEEgSB2xVpJq-Rosc9si1nJ1Gt4A_pg0q7y3gwADdsd-DiJT-kyGgMhsHM9iejJFrHkRF428-fON6uA2pKCZTssGwZ1ibYP19bbMzfgAx-04vxw-ed7EApbjBf3VKahFwOeieXONGSOr_xqA/w541-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-23%20at%204.14.03%20PM.png" width="541" /></a></span></div><p></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><b>Posts in this Series </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><br /><p></p>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-72507684858493971302022-09-04T18:46:00.009-07:002023-07-02T14:55:58.051-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of
the correspondence, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi
Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, please scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Like the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">last post</a>, this correspondence, as well, was a letter for which we do not have the original
envelope. The letter was
written on 2 December 1912 (Julian/Russian calendar) which was equivalent to 15 December 1912 on the Gregorian calendar, then (and now) in use in much of the world. So, this letter was written by Levi Yitzkhak four days after <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">the one posted previously</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="5"><font><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMn_5-DoG7e4qJy7IKy9ixrx102cleXoSgkaYA-8TuvLXsjp8ApoIsrMDdxmQYVz11MgGDtbeFHLsXonOt3WXXVC8VF2dn-37QR6Frwl6eVFSp1JeJzC2QcT1Tv5yB4i-mP2fendugk-lpTS8szHFAbc77P08i_TaBCiWmC5CBzMtsvW8CZl8V5Wu1bQ/s994/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-07%20at%206.26.42%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="763" height="897" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMn_5-DoG7e4qJy7IKy9ixrx102cleXoSgkaYA-8TuvLXsjp8ApoIsrMDdxmQYVz11MgGDtbeFHLsXonOt3WXXVC8VF2dn-37QR6Frwl6eVFSp1JeJzC2QcT1Tv5yB4i-mP2fendugk-lpTS8szHFAbc77P08i_TaBCiWmC5CBzMtsvW8CZl8V5Wu1bQ/w688-h897/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-07%20at%206.26.42%20PM.png" width="688" /></a></div> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3T05CZ9mtjV9k0FbFWBEY-Ps2oZXgC5M2doohLOQd_uQAlKFxU2iFcuwZGaI_pCjomHg-gcvcLClwLj3rL2qEO_hihdS1Tr9PB7Dte9t7KUJyD7A_4aqLoH3H-D_uxnSU4VCc4qOXmULMFLCMyKRRwMIWbw9OvXMAXVHD7oVcKLdfcsyYlXPezOfTQ/s997/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-07%20at%206.31.10%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="761" height="907" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3T05CZ9mtjV9k0FbFWBEY-Ps2oZXgC5M2doohLOQd_uQAlKFxU2iFcuwZGaI_pCjomHg-gcvcLClwLj3rL2qEO_hihdS1Tr9PB7Dte9t7KUJyD7A_4aqLoH3H-D_uxnSU4VCc4qOXmULMFLCMyKRRwMIWbw9OvXMAXVHD7oVcKLdfcsyYlXPezOfTQ/w692-h907/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-07%20at%206.31.10%20PM.png" width="692" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></font>Translation</font><font>
</font></font></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><h4>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky.<br /></i></font></font></font></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation. The underlined words in this letter are as written by Levi Yitzkhak.]</font></span></font></font></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 1] </span></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Monday, <a href="https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3228/jewish/Vayechi-in-a-Nutshell.htm" target="_blank">Parshas Vayechi</a>, 2/15 1912 Zhary forest <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[1] </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">My beloved and dear son who sweetens my soul, Mr. Moshe Shalom Mordekhai should live.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">I am writing this letter in the forest. It is Sunday evening, Parshas Vayechi, December 2 English December 15. Today the people traveled from the kantur [?] to Baranovka.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2]</span></span> I gather that they will most likely bring back a letter or card for me, from you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">But right now, I am only writing a response to your earlier letter from 19 November English that you wrote. It arrived to me last week Sunday already. This is a calculation of 8 December English. Meaning, that from when you wrote it, until now is about 18-19 days.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">You write in the letter that you met with Baruch Zharlitzer's [son].<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[3]</span> </span>You write about your happiness when you saw him and that he really did give you a truly warm greeting. Mother, indeed, told me that the entire time before he left, she asked him, told him that she should greet you and to give over. I, myself, did not see him before he left, as I was not home. Bottom line, my son, when we read something in you letters about your happiness, we feel a lot of pleasure. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">It's been a few times that you have written something that you will _____ _____ [travel to?]. But you don't write why and when. What is <u>this</u>? What is <u>this</u>? You wrote to him and you still haven't received a response from him. All your words are obscure, you don't write details.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Can you believe how many times I have asked you in the letters that you should write something of "importance/purpose" - I say purpose - but by the way, I am of the opinion that a person, a human being don't know what purpose is. There is The One Who Created and runs the world, He does things with a purpose and that's what lasts forever. But my dear son, even so, a person can't always keep his hands in the pocket. A person must do and God will help. So my dear son, write something important. What are you thinking? What are you saying about the future. I want to know your opinion. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">From Zavel'n, the story is as follows: from the start, I understand that things were hard.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[4]</span></span> That's what I saw in his letters every time he wrote to us. He constantly complained that it was hard for him.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;">And by the way, Gedalya Eisenberg was here. From the start. The Gabbai is the son, Shmuel Eisenberg's <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[i.e., Shmuel Eisenberg's son]</span>.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">[5]</span> <span style="color: black;">He is currently the main manager [?]. Meaning, in Polin and ____ [<i>forkshne</i> or <i>porkshne</i> or similar] he is the organizer - he told me in the beginning that he isn't too impressed with Zavel'n.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[6]</span></span> Meaning, it would, he said, it would be very good if I would write to Zavel'n that he should be more devoted in the shop - you can understand that from what he said, I was already not calm. That's when I sent mother, should live, to be there. I have written about this to you. This still happened in the summer.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;">But now I was at Chona Eisenberg, and Gedalya was also home.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[7]</span></span> But happens to be he went down to the street then. I spoke about this again. From what Chona said, I understand they are happy with him now. He got used to the shop already. They said that it isn't surprising that a new person takes time to get used to the shop. A few minutes later, Gedalya arrived home and he said the same thing as Chona said.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;">But from Zavel himself, I did not have any letters about this topic. There were no letters home either. I told G. with wonder - how is it that Zavel doesn't come home this entire time? You think one would want to travel from such a shop? He told me - you should write the address. So I'm writing here. But I think it's better that you write him at our address and we send it to him. This is the address:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[in Russian:]</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span>Bumazhnovo Polyanskovo Frabrika [plant/factory]<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span>To: Mr. Zeidel Liderman</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">station [railroad station] Krivin, Volinskava Gubernia <span style="font-size: medium;">[8]</span> </span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;">Greetings to R'David _____ [Wallach?] in my name. Greet Yisrael Pesis [?], everyone we know, all my acquaintances should be sent regards.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[9]</span></span> We ask that if it's possible to do a favor, you should not forget about us. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;">Greet Baruch Zharizher [?]'s boy in my name.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;">Your father that worries about you and is awaiting to see you with much <i>nakhas</i>. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><br /></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Notes</u>:</span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. "2/15" was not February 15, but Levi Yitzkhak's way of recognizing the same day as designated on the two calendars: 2 December 1912 (Julian) and 15 December 1912 (Gregorian).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The <i>Torah</i> reading for Vayechi is <i>Genesis</i> 47:28 - 50:26. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For information on the location of the Zhary forest, see note 1 in this earlier <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">post</a>. Levi Yitzkhak had been working for a private timber company in the Zhary forest.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. The exact meaning of the transcribed word "kantur" is not clear. I think the word may actually have been "canton" - a small administrative division. This would make some sense as the Zhary forest was not close to any large communities. So, some people from the local area (or, perhaps, his company) traveled to Baranovka (where Levi Yitzkhak's family was living).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. I have been unable to locate anyone with that surname or something similar. There are several issues. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><h2 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There is no indication of Baruch's son's first name. And we do not know where he might have been living in the USA. Morris/Moshe was in Lynn, Massachusetts, at this time.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2></li><li><h2 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The last name is transcribed with two different spellings in this letter (here and several paragraphs down): Zharlitzer and Zharizher. These renderings could be spelled several ways in Russian (including staring with letters that sound like Zh, Ch, Shch, and Ts). I have checked <i>JewishGen</i>'s FamilyFinder and have located no researchers seeking similar surnames. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2></li><li><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is not clear from which community Zharlitzer lived in Ukraine. It could have been Annopol where Morris lived with his parents before he emigrated. Or, it could have been Baranovka where Morris' parents moved. I tried to located a similar name with the first name Borukh in 1906 and 1907 Voters Lists for Ostrog District (for Annopol) and Novograd Volinskiy </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">district (for Baranovka). I found no similar listings</span></span></span>.<span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2></li><li><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black;">I search for similar surnames in the Ellis Island manifest database using the Gold Form search box on <i>SteveMorse.org</i>. Similar searches of other immigration databases on <i>Ancestry.com</i> (specifying Jewish</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> collections) were fruitless.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2></li></ol><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Zavel and Zeidel and names for the same person, Moshe's older brother.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. A gabbai is the synagogue official who is in charge of finances - a treasurer or administrator.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. So far, we have not been able to determine the meaning of the word </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><i>forkshne</i> or <i>porkshne.</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. I have looked for Chona and Gedalya Eisenberg (Aizenberg) in Annopol, Baranovka and Polonne and have not found them in Voter's lists from 1906 and 1907.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. Krivin appears to have been a rural area (just a train station) about halfway between Ostrog and Slavuta.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to Oleksiy Khrystuch and Nina Vinakovsky who responded to my post on the <i>FaceBook</i> page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/361690548110384" target="_blank">Genealogical Translations</a> and helped decipher the Cyrillic handwriting.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">9. I have not located people with these surnames in Lynn, MA, in the 1910 and 1920 census or the 1912 and 1913 Lynn city directories.</span> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h3 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><b>Posts in this Series </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><b> </b><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-50070782028355265032022-07-24T16:27:00.008-07:002023-07-02T14:56:37.190-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of
the correspondence, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi
Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, please scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">This correspondence was a letter for which we do not have the original envelope. We have been lucky, however, in that Levi Yitzkhak identified the date on which he wrote to his son. By our calendar, the letter was written on 11 December 1912 (Gregorian calendar). While the paper has been torn, we do not appear to have lost much of the writing on the first side. We have lost some text in the first two paragraphs on side two, however. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Most of the correspondence saved by Morris Lederman was on postcards. A few were letters sent in closed envelopes. This letter seems to have a bit more personal detail than the others. Likely, this may be attributed to the fact that the letter was closed in an envelope and not available to Russian government prying eyes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Several aspects of the letter stand out: the emphatic request that Morris leave the United States and return home; </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">the social unrest that made it impossible for Levi Yitzkhak to continue his forestry work; and </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span>the marital challenges of the Grinfelds. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Mail service between the United States and the Pale of Settlement was sometimes excruciatingly slow. Even knowing this did not keep Morris' parents from worrying about their son who was so far away. In our time of <i>Zoom</i>, texts and <i>What's App</i> - where communications are instantaneous over oceans and political boundaries - it is difficult to recall that letters such as these were usually the only ties that bound family members otherwise separated by great time and distances.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">"...You should come home"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></h3></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Levi Yitzkhak noted that it had been three years since Morris had left home. Morris had boarded the <i>S.S. Noordham</i> in Rotterdam on 20 August and landed in New York on 29 August 1910.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[1]</span></span> If Morris left home shortly before 20 August, then he had been gone about 15 months. It is possible that Morris lived temporarily in another community before heading to Rotterdam. But, on the passenger manifest, it stated that Morris' last permanent residence had been his home community of Annopol. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Many of the postcards previously posted here indicated that Morris' was challenged to find meaningful and adequately paying work in the United States. His family at home faced severe economic troubles. It seems that Morris' parents had decided that having their youngest child so far away and still struggling was just not worth the emotional toll. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">For some reason - despite his troubles with locals as he tried to continue work in the forests - Levi Yitzkhak thought things were looking up. He expected that if Morris returned home things might be better for his family.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Morris' son said that his father never returned home to eastern Europe - even for a visit.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><b>"...there will be peace..." </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Levi Yitzkhak 's words were either blind optimism or a fervent hope for better times. Regardless, we know that there was no peace at all until into the early 1920s. The Russian Pale of Settlement was soon overwhelmed by what became World War I (The Great War). After Armistice in November 1918, Russian factions fought a civil war that continued to seriously impact the Pale and its Jews for several years.<b> </b><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Marital discord</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></h3></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">We learn that Morris' sister Feiga and her husband Shakhna Grinfeld were not getting along. The reasons for this were not clear in the letter. It seemed, however, that the Grinfeld children had respite from their sometimes challenging home life by visiting their grandparents (Levi Yitzkhak and Frieda) who lived close by. Feiga and Shakhna stayed married and continued to live in Baranovka. Shakhna, a respected leader in the local Jewish community, was murdered in a progrom in Baranovka in about 1919 or 1920. In 1921 and 1922, Feiga and her children immigrated to the United States. Feiga and two of her children settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. You may see my 12-part series on my research into Feiga Grinfeld and her family starting <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2012/07/avrums-women-part-2-feiga-grinfeld.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJs3bhEtt3GrkrUZmfVSopvd2tW1upyX3smszcWXXxhmx8Rh-8MwaJXqWAXYhwCqX4BfdSe2I15Ir87UvuLlYoF7o4F15A9Da5HS40h5Fq_frQTw7oqG4_xQzEZmCeFHWcrhHFdBhSCEwfvGO18khSqVerj2UFlXuzXDga9SB_hv3UqcjCkGbysbkSIQ=s998" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="885" height="758" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJs3bhEtt3GrkrUZmfVSopvd2tW1upyX3smszcWXXxhmx8Rh-8MwaJXqWAXYhwCqX4BfdSe2I15Ir87UvuLlYoF7o4F15A9Da5HS40h5Fq_frQTw7oqG4_xQzEZmCeFHWcrhHFdBhSCEwfvGO18khSqVerj2UFlXuzXDga9SB_hv3UqcjCkGbysbkSIQ=w673-h758" width="673" /></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSHhLniO1nEPjiaM68th0VIyaWHUAZmnIn8K4XalNIKzAqqCg-wWnI1KcqtAjNXnA0zVlMX4AcRji45eKSf8zI5dEB5EcyEXvOFdoaXDxa4UK-1LVsLrs9Wkw419eXqx46xE7zQciJDP3uRANQ8Bd72lEyqz09aYZ_WG3BDZGFy1oDO4b-n8onAVNltg=s965" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="868" height="751" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSHhLniO1nEPjiaM68th0VIyaWHUAZmnIn8K4XalNIKzAqqCg-wWnI1KcqtAjNXnA0zVlMX4AcRji45eKSf8zI5dEB5EcyEXvOFdoaXDxa4UK-1LVsLrs9Wkw419eXqx46xE7zQciJDP3uRANQ8Bd72lEyqz09aYZ_WG3BDZGFy1oDO4b-n8onAVNltg=w677-h751" width="677" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h1 data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="5"><font>Translation</font><font>
</font></font></span></span></h1><h4>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky.<br /></i></font></font></font></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation. The underlined words in this letter are as written by Levi Yitzkhak.]</font></span></font></font></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 1] </span></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Chanuka, 28 November Russian, 11 December English<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2] </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">My dear son who's beloved like my own soul, Mr. Moshe Shalom Mordekhai, should live! </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">My dear son, I received your card from the 29th of August, English, Parshas Teitzei, the 18th August Russian. We received it in our home in Baranovka on Monday, Vayeshev, November 20 Russian, the 3rd December English. And it as been day by day, to 95 days. That's more than 3 months. And yesterday mother sent it to me in the forest. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">We are very pleased with your writing. Especially as we haven't received any letters from you in a long while and were already worried. We didn't know what to do, especially during such a time. You can already imagine how much angst it caused here. And second of all, we thank God that you are not an American citizen yet and you have a choice, it is better and more sensible that <u>you should come home</u>....</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">My dear son, from that time, meaning, from 3 years that you have gone and everything that happened isn't even possible to write. And this is what we call <u>if all the waters were ink</u>...<u>if all the inhabitants were scribes</u>...<u>if all the forests were quills</u>...<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[3]</span></span> It is impossible to write, and even now, until today, it is only that God should have mercy and should say enough, enough of the troubles. But now there's hope that there will be peace. I wish, Dear God, Amen. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">My dear son, our opinion is that you <u>should come home</u>. I believe it is already time. Hopefully, with God's help, it'll improve. As long as there will be peace. The world keeps on saying that there will be peace. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">It shouldn't happen to you, it is very bad at this moment for me. Meaning, aside from everything that is going on, since the _____ there has been great anarchy, and pogroms all over. They are robbing us in the forests and claiming it is theirs. The forests _____ _____ _____. They are tearing it apart and there is nothing we can do. I am now in a little forest next to Rogachev, which is 20 verst from Baranovka.<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Last year January, they started cutting here. Now the non Jews from the surrounding villages banished the _____ [Rogachover?] and they are robbing them officially. They threatened me that I must leave the forest and indeed, I will have to leave for home within a week or two weeks. God forbid, it isn't dangerous, but simply put, there is nothing to do in the forest because they do what they want and there is no solution. There is no law and no judge. We hope that God should help and there will be peace and everything will be back in order.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Sarah is in Kiev now. She left on July 18 this year. She very much wanted to see a big city. We thought she would _____, but in the end, she had to take on a job. She sews in a _____. She earns 132 a month. But she doesn't consider helping. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">The inflation here is unbearably great here, especially _____ [next to?] Kiev. 190 today was valued at 10 in the past. Every single thing, from the smallest to the biggest is greatly expensive. I now earn 160 a month, and I barely have a piece of bread. We must send packages of food from home to Sarah all the time. For example, bread, butter, schmaltz and so on. Bread is currently 55-60 instead of 2.5-3 it used to be. Every single thing is very expensive now. But let it be whatever it will. As long as God will help, peace. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">They are saying that now is already a <i>Pravda</i> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[The Russian word правда means truth.]</span>. Perhaps God will have mercy already and there will be peace. We will have the merit that you should come home already, for good reasons <u>in peace</u>... </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 2] </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">[The torn page has affected the readability of the first two paragraphs (especially the first one).]</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">My dear son, I am writing this letter and <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[torn page] </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">that we can write Yiddish letters already and a bit <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[torn page]</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">what happened here. Ink and paper is not enough <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[torn page]</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">until today one had to write only in Russian language <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[torn page]</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">_____as you know, we to _____ <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[torn page]</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">My dear son! You ask in you card about Feiga's and Shakhna's behavior. The story is that <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[torn page]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">nothing to talk about, remember? When you once came to Baranovka, we were still Nareyvka [?], you were protected Feiga and told mother, should live, that we should send Feiga, but <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[torn page]</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">there was little, 600, to send for them? This is Torah and this is the reward! Now they [or she] <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[torn page]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">behave this way! One to another, they don't enter the room together, they don't talk. Mother is also very <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[torn page]</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">we sit in the rooms, were it not for this, I would not have wanted to sit here. If they would <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[torn page]</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">it is _____ <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Possibly the Russian word pustenya/пустыня, which means desert or wilderness]</span> it's cold, dark and so on...Happens to be, Sarah is currently in Kiev and <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[torn page]</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">also there, and they are together in one living space. They pay 60 a month for a living space.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">[in the right margin]</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Babekal and Rayka sometimes do go in to mother. Rayka sleeps over from time to time, as mother is alone at home. It isn't bad that Rayka sometimes sleeps over.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[5]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">[third paragraph] </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">I am writing a card to mother at home and I am writing that I wrote a letter to you in Yiddish. She will be very pleased. She will feel less pain and heartache over the entire 3.5 years that she suffered because we couldn't write, it is indescribable.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[6]</span></span> The tears still haven't dried. Not a minute passes that she doesn't talk about you. But her whole comfort was that we allowed her to express her heartache, that rich people and others would have wished for the same. Even more, we need to thank and praise God that this is how it turned out.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Bottom line, my dear son, I am ending my writing, and God should continue to help and bestow kindness, amen.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Your father who is awaiting to see you <u>alive and in peace</u>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">You <u>peace</u> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Your name <u>peace</u><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> [7]</span></span><u><br /></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">May it be His will that He will protect you <u>in peace</u>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">[signature]</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Of course it would be good if it wouldn't take so long until the letters arrive. The letters that we write to you and the letters that you write to us.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Send greetings _____ Mirel, should live, how are you doing, Mirel?</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Why don't you ever write to us?</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">My dear son! I am asking that you should write <u>very often</u>, because this is at least a bit of the pleasure when we receive a letter from you. _____ it is a strong _____ see please to write <u>often often</u>, your father. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><u><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></i></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><u><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Notes:</span></i></u> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">1. Manifest, <i>S.S. Noordham</i>, Rotterdam to New York, arrived 29 August 1910, sheet 15, entry 19, Moris Lederman, age 19; images, <i>Ancestry.com</i>; NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 1542.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">2. As noted in other letters in this series, by 1912 most of the world (including the United States) had changed to the Gregorian calendar. Russia did not change from the Julian calendar until after World War I.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">3. The underlined words are quote from <i>Akdamut Piyyut</i> by Rabbi Meir ben Yitzhak Nehorai, cantor in the city of Worms, Germany in about 1100. Tradition states that Rabbi Meir was one of Rashi's teachers. The poem is in Aramaic, a language known to those Jews who study the Talmud and its commentaries. So, if we did not already have a good idea of Levi Yitzkhak Lederman's character from all these cards and letters, we now surely know that he was a deeply religious and learned man.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">I have found this excerpt with a similar translation:</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><blockquote><h2 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">If all the heavens were parchment</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">if all the trees were pens,</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">if all the seas were ink, and</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">if every creature were a scribe,</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">they would not suffice to expound</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">the greatness of God. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2></blockquote><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">The poem is recited in synagogue during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavuot" target="_blank">Shavuot</a>, which usually falls on 6 Sivan (50 days after the first day of Passover) - usually between May and June 15th. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">For more on this poem see <a href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/akdamut-millin" target="_blank">here</a> and Eliyahu Kitov, <i>The Book of Our Heritage: The Jewish Year and Its Days of Significance </i>(New York: Feldheim Publishers, 1997), pp. 777-779.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">4. I am not aware of pogroms in the area in 1912. There were pogroms in 1905-6 and 1919-1920. I will continue to research this period and see what I can find.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Rogachev (Rogachiv) is 8 miles NNE of Baranovka (Baranivka)</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2EjpD4G38MpF_AbrZDmvkn_33Asz2iU2yKCgU1aeHGwtZdBK59Zw592ZMBIgoQYYKMedrNIqIKzaU5HuHIhKtioO6u7gHiM2fde_ojuSaO7ckj8-_VwScolP7-AaNVTBa2hUSncIshFS2TBwuwGyomrcwaZiMLugMVkitaatDSn6vTLQN2IxlLdb8g/s403/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-23%20at%209.45.02%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="368" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2EjpD4G38MpF_AbrZDmvkn_33Asz2iU2yKCgU1aeHGwtZdBK59Zw592ZMBIgoQYYKMedrNIqIKzaU5HuHIhKtioO6u7gHiM2fde_ojuSaO7ckj8-_VwScolP7-AaNVTBa2hUSncIshFS2TBwuwGyomrcwaZiMLugMVkitaatDSn6vTLQN2IxlLdb8g/w365-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-23%20at%209.45.02%20PM.png" width="365" /></a></div> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">5. Babekal and Rayka were two of Feiga and Shakhna's three children. The oldest was Leah. Babekal became Robert Greenfield and Rayka became Ray Greenfield Young after immigration to Cincinatti, Ohio.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">6. Clearly, with about 30 cards and letters from Levi Yitzkhak, the couple did write during that time - and they wrote in Yiddish. It is possible that we do not have all the cards and letters. It is also possible that when he says they "could not write," he meant that they could not write their true feelings in postcards that anyone could read.</span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">7. Levi Yitzkhak always refers to Morris by his full name: </span><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Moshe Shalom Mordekhai. The name Shalom means peace.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h3 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><b>Posts in this Series </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><b> </b><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1910</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 January 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-4_2.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-30527916724102669832022-07-17T21:03:00.004-07:002022-07-25T09:56:03.375-07:00Getting to Gittle: Some of the Rest of the Story<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we last met (<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-gittle.html" target="_blank">here</a>) I was celebrating the discovery of Gittle Ett Rothleder's long-sought last name. I was able to link her to Gertrude Rothleder identified in the 1950 census living with her brother Dave Ett and his family. I found that she'd passed away in 1952 and located her grave in Mount Hebron Cemetery. But genealogy leaves no time for dilly-dallying. There certainly are more questions about Gittle.</span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">More of the Story </span></span></h3><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Family members who remembered her told me that Gittle lived in Argentina and immigrated to the United States sometime in the 1940s after her daughter died. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">My research found that Gittle lived for almost 20 years in Argentina.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Indexed arrival manifests on <i>CEMLA.com</i> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>(Centro de Estudios Migratorios Latinamericanos) </i></span></span></span></span></span></span>showed that Gittle arrived in Buenos Aires aboard the <i>S.S. Arlanza</i>
as Guitla Rothleder on 22 September 1926. She was identified as a
widow, born in Zaleszczyki, of Polish nationality, and 50 years old
(born about 1875 - consistent with most of the other records we have for her thus far). She had embarked on her voyage from Cherbourg,
France.<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;">[1]</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM43GFPHxvX0PQzeeHQQMiOXWbvi6B0HiAaJ101AHVwcKywbFIK3f7lpkg8DXZxFwsJzh3HuMDlXSX5CcATSst92_AqG7F_QWW2GJc8JB9ybR_JUedgW8AbRhN0HqjN2uugswL-pfChvLXIUMEj7_TopOgWgyAmr7bIorahj47n-19PXKYV0XzU8tfuA/s2228/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%204.15.24%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="2228" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM43GFPHxvX0PQzeeHQQMiOXWbvi6B0HiAaJ101AHVwcKywbFIK3f7lpkg8DXZxFwsJzh3HuMDlXSX5CcATSst92_AqG7F_QWW2GJc8JB9ybR_JUedgW8AbRhN0HqjN2uugswL-pfChvLXIUMEj7_TopOgWgyAmr7bIorahj47n-19PXKYV0XzU8tfuA/w683-h48/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%204.15.24%20PM.png" width="683" /></a></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why did she go to Argentina when most of her siblings were in New York? By that time the United States had implemented restrictions on those who were allowed to immigrate. But, her decision, likely after her husband died in the Zaleszczyki area, was probably more personal: her daughter, Perla, and Perla's family were already in Argentina.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was no indexed arrival manifest for Perla on the CEMLA.com website.</span></span></span></span> This is, apparently, not unusual: the records are not complete.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lucky for our research, the surname Rothleder is uncommon. Alexander Beider's seminal work on Jewish surnames in Galicia indicates the name is from the Zaleszczyki area and several of the adjacent towns and districts in what had been eastern Galicia: Lwow, Stanislawow, Horodenka, Czortkow, Husiatyn, and Tarnopol. He also noted that it means red leather.<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;">[2]</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://JewishGen.org"><i>JewishGen.org</i></a>
has indexed gravestone records from Cemeterio Comunitario de Tablada
(Tablada Cemetery) in Buenos Aires - one of the cemeteries used by Askenazi Jews in Argentina. The index included a young woman named Perla Rotleder Feingold
(mis-indexed as Fenigold). Perla died on 2 July 1941. AMIA (Asociacion Mutual Israelit Argentina), which administers the cemetery, provided photos of the gravestone.<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;">[3]</span> Unfortunately, the inscription is
worn and not all of it is readable. There is, however, a wonderful photo
of Perla on the stone.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgZRgQNBUhtP3CBqjwkA5sjhu3lUyw702w-A-BCg6QVLUfDFAiFW9J7fEaJLHT08yCiFtvZnoZE1GaBu7nBoSwKutBJgVOnI9BdBrnslPt1R7koszJNRRo7Nzs8TjfuYEBVei5llbe4OLNGhGER64pv5shq_ZKdqLz6Z9d-nUuWHm9Je2N9MRtIu4oA/s1000/FeingoldPerlaRotleder_gravestone_TabladaCemetery_1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgZRgQNBUhtP3CBqjwkA5sjhu3lUyw702w-A-BCg6QVLUfDFAiFW9J7fEaJLHT08yCiFtvZnoZE1GaBu7nBoSwKutBJgVOnI9BdBrnslPt1R7koszJNRRo7Nzs8TjfuYEBVei5llbe4OLNGhGER64pv5shq_ZKdqLz6Z9d-nUuWHm9Je2N9MRtIu4oA/s16000/FeingoldPerlaRotleder_gravestone_TabladaCemetery_1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>[Hebrew:]</i> Perel <i>[remainder of name not readable]</i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>[Hebrew date not clear. It might be </i></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><i>7 Tamuz 5701]</i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><i>[Spanish:]</i> PERLA R. de FEINGOLD</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>2 - 7 <i>[July]</i> - 1941</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>39 YEARS</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Her husband, children,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>grandchildren</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">While Perla's maiden name is represented by only an R on the stone, clearly, at some point the cemetery had a record that Perla's maiden name was Rot[h]leder. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">AMIA has a difficult history. In July 1994, anti-Semitic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMIA_bombing" target="_blank">terrorists bombed</a> and destroyed the AMIA building, killing 85 people and injuring 300. The bombing also destroyed most of AMIA's 150,000 registrations. The organization could not provide me any clarifying information about the grave.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I
was also hoping to learn Perla's father's name. But that area of the inscription is worn beyond readability. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But from this stone we can see that Perla was 39 years old at
death - born about 1901 or 1902. She was married to someone named Feingold and had children and grandchildren.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The name Perla makes perfect sense for Gittle's child. Gittle's mother Perl died in 1895. Of course Gittle would name her child after her recently deceased mother (several of the Ett siblings named girls in honor of their mother). We can pursue the surname Feingold with the hope we can confirm that we have, indeed, located Gittle's daughter.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">An Argentinian genealogist
was kind enough to contact the Buenos Aires Archive to help locate Perla's death certificate. The archive did not find one among their collections. Either someone lost the record or Perla did not die in Buenos Aires. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What I have learned about Argentinian genealogy research is that record search is not usually very easy. Records for Buenos Aires may be centralized, but areas outside the province are not. I found that to place an order for a vital record from the archive in Buenos Aires either one has to be from Argentina (and provide an Argentinian ID number) or one must visit the archive in person. If the Feingold family did not live in Buenos Aires I would need to figure out where they may have been when Perla died.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">While I did not find a passenger arrival manifest in the CEMLA index for Perla Rot[h]leder Feingold, I believe I may
have found her husband's. Izaak Feingold was a married 25-year-old when
he arrived in Buenos Aires on the <i>S.S. Francesca</i> from Trieste on 4 July 1924. He was from the same community as the Gittle's family: Torskie (or Torske).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsVyNfFFV9Evp813bVCm9mxQjoyk6Oxszkkbpiu1fr747FOMIRfsW8pqXL9yh6ffMCIK_M55ToEnnM6dveUbtGnTrXkKHaqetzMFBWjCEHUiMmSiwjxsfBj3upPR_FyUd6fDL15qKPseKCE0tfj4CBep816goaBnRi8KeViLnPH_JMnCxHr3wEwJmqA/s2628/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%205.20.52%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="2628" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsVyNfFFV9Evp813bVCm9mxQjoyk6Oxszkkbpiu1fr747FOMIRfsW8pqXL9yh6ffMCIK_M55ToEnnM6dveUbtGnTrXkKHaqetzMFBWjCEHUiMmSiwjxsfBj3upPR_FyUd6fDL15qKPseKCE0tfj4CBep816goaBnRi8KeViLnPH_JMnCxHr3wEwJmqA/w690-h121/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%205.20.52%20PM.png" width="690" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There are no birth or marriage records in <a href="https://jri-poland.org/" target="_blank">Jewish Records Indexing-Poland</a> and <a href="https://www.geshergalicia.org/" target="_blank">Gesher Galicia</a> databases for Izaak and Perla (nor for Gittle Ett and Mr. Rothleder). However, owing to record loss in the Zaleszczyki district (of which Torskie was a part), I did not expect to find anything.<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;">[4]</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Torskie (I <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2013/06/torskie-9-june-2013.html" target="_blank">visited</a> in 2013), however, was a very small community with only a few Jewish families. In fact there was neither a synagogue nor a Jewish cemetery. My cousin Sally Barath Eisner told me that in the 1920s and 1930s she, her brother Abe, and her parents would walk three miles to the closest synagogue, which was in </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="Uścieczko">Uścieczko</a>, for Shabbat and holiday services. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, the fact that this Isaak Feingold had the same surname as on Perla Rothleder Feingold's gravestone, was close in age to Perla, was from the same community in the old country, and arrived in Argentina two years before Gittle is compelling. Not enough, but interesting. <br /></span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gittle's Voyage to the United States</span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Ancestry.com</i>
provided several versions of Gittle's U.S. arrival manifest in 1946. She
arrived in Miami from Buenos Aires on 10 June 1946 via Pan American
World Airways flight 33612 from Buenos Aires. She was 69 years old, of Polish nationality,
and admitted to the United States based upon a affidavit.<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;">[5]</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">She, apparently, did not have a passport.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span style="color: black;">That
may indicate that she never naturalized in Argentina. I will check with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Service to see what they may have on Gittle in their immigration files.
She may not have naturalized in the USA, but she would have had to register
as an alien.</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">We do not know how she traveled from Miami to New York to stay with her brother, Dave Ett and his family in Belle Harbor, Queens. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></span><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Online Trees?<br /></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Both <i><a href="http://MyHeritage.com">MyHeritage.com</a> </i>and <a href="http://Geni.com"><i>Geni.com</i></a> have online trees for a Rothleder-Feingold family in Argentina. Based on these it appears that Isaak and Perla Rothleder Feingold had three children (all now passed away). Using some clues from these trees I located a grave for Enrique (Tzvi) Feingold in Ashkelon Cemetery in Israel on <a href="https://billiongraves.com" target="_blank">Billion Graves</a>.</span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tzvi Feingold, son of Perla and Yitzkhak, of memory, was born in 1931 and died on 5 Cheshvan 5770 (22 or 23 October 2009).<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yitzkhak is the Hebrew version of Isaac.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In my <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-gittle.html" target="_blank">previous post about Gittle</a>, I noted that one of her father's Yiddish names was Hersch and that the Hebrew equivalent of Hersch is Tzvi. Enrique is the Spanish equivalent of the English name Henry. Enrique/Henry, whose Hebrew name was Tzvi was probably named for his grandfather whose had the Hebrew name Tzvi. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At least one of the online trees suggested that the two oldest of the Feingold children were born in Galicia, but that Enrique, the youngest was born in La Pampa, Argentina - a province about 850 kilometers southwest of Buenos Aires. </span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have to consider that perhaps the family lived in one of the Baron Hirsch/Jewish Colonization Association agricultural colonies outside of Buenos Aires. There were several in the La Pampa area. The small amount of reading I have done indicates that Jews from Galicia <i>did</i> participate in Argentinian colonies, especially in the 1920s. So far I have not located evidence of the family tied to a JCA project. I will keep looking.<br /></span></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Family Contacts</span></span></h4><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think this Feingold family is likely related to Gittle. I have sent messages through <i>MyHeritage</i>'s mail system to three of the tree owners. I hope at least one will respond and help answer a few of my questions.<br /></span></span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Notes</u>:</span></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. "Arrival Records," index, <i>CEMLA.com</i> <i>(Centro de Estudios Migratorios Latinamericanos)</i>,
entry for Guitla Rothleder, age 50, <i>S.S. Arlanza</i>, from Cherbourg
to
Buenos Aires, arrived 22 September 1926. Unfortunately, Argentinian
passenger arrival manifests are hit or miss. Many passenger manifests
have been lost. CEMLA
only has indices. Originals should be at the Argentina National Archives, but,
they are in the process of moving to a new building and are not
currently fulfilling record requests. <i>FamilySearch</i> has some digitized Argentinian passenger records (arrival and departure - as far as I can tell). But browsing through all the images on digital film 103972426 ("Lista de pasajeros, AR-AGN-DAI-DNM-LPM-S-0448-edi (Puertos de Ultramar), 1926 Sep" did not locate relevant records.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Alexander Beider, <i>A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia</i> (Bergenfield, New Jersey: Avotaynu, 2004), p 456. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Perla Feingold, gravestone, 2 July 1941, </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cemeterio Comunitario de Tablada
(Tablada Cemetery)</span></span>, lot 50, row 419, parcel 25; photo provided to E. Garber by AMIA (<a href="https://www.amia.org">https://www.amia.org</a>), 8 July 2022).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. I did note some Feingolds in Zaleszczyki in the Residence List books from 1941 (in the <a href="https://jri-poland.org/" target="_blank">JRI-Poland</a> database). But until I determine Isaac's parents names (or at least his father's name), it is hard to know if these people might be related.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Passenger manifest, Pan American World Airways flight </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">33612, from Buenos Aires to Miami, 10 June 1946, passenger no. 10, Gitla Rohtleder <i>[sic]</i>, age 69; images, <i>Ancestry.com</i>;
citing NARA RG 85, roll 73. <i>I will have to see if I can get a copy of
that affidavit - likely from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Service.</i></span></span></p>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-10274191159756530122022-07-10T20:40:00.006-07:002022-07-17T21:10:10.970-07:00Getting to Gittle<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gittle Ett has been a mystery. Neither of her nieces (Sally or Pearl) recalled her married name. I could not find any Gittle with the maiden surname Ett in Argentina, where she first immigrated, or New York, where she spent her last years.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally the 1950 U.S. census provided the critical information and her gravestone inscription clinched it! This has led to a slew of additional records that start to fill in the story. In this post I will go through just a few pieces of evidence and the records in which they appeared. A full discussion of all the proverbial stones that have come loose as a result of this initial research is too much for one blog post. [I promise to get to it soon!]<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gittle was the oldest of Tillie Liebross Wilson's (my grandmother) first cousins from the Ett family. While Gittle's younger brother (Dave) and sisters (Clara, Sarah and Sophie) immigrated to New York (between about 1900 and 1910) and settled in Brooklyn. Gittle and the youngest sibling, Jutte, stayed in the Zaleszczyki, Galicia, area. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2013/03/treaure-chest-thursday-jute-ett-birth.html" target="_blank">Jutte, born in in Skole in 1894</a> - 18 months before her mother Perl Wenkert Ett passed away - moved back to Zaleszczyki with her father Hersch Leib Ett. Years later she married Moshe Efraim Barath and had two children. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before
the Shoah, Jutte lived with her family in Torskie, a small community
within the Zaleszczyki district (and the place where her brother Dave
Ett and sister, Sprintze/Sophie, said they was born).</span></span> While Jutte's and Moshe Efraim's children managed to survive the Nazi invasion and the Shoah (ultimately immigrating to Canada), Jutte and Moshe Efraim did not.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">But what happened to Gittle? Family stories indicated that Gittle had, at some point, immigrated to Argentina. Her (unnamed) daughter died there (Gittle's nieces said her daughter died of Sleeping Sickness) and sometime after that, in the 1940s, Gittle moved to New York and lived with her brother Dave Ett's family. She died sometime in the early 1950s.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, Zaleszczyki vital records were lost during World War II and the only records relevant to this time period and available thus far, remnant residence lists from Zaleszczyki, did not include anyone from the Ett family.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">At some point I tried the shooting-fish-in-a-barrel research strategy (NOT!): I tried to find anyone named Gittle (or Gertrude, or Gussie) in cemetery plots where her siblings were buried.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clara Rappaport in Wellwood Cemetery, West Babylon, NY<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sarah Cohn in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Queens, NY</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dave Ett in Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, NY </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sophie Leiner in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Queens, NY</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bottom line on that? Too many Gittles/Gertrudes/Gussies and too little known information to allow for identifying the correct one. <br /></span></span><div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">For me, Gittle's life remained in darkness. I settled in, hoping that I could find her living with Dave Ett's family in the 1950 census when it became available in April 2022.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>I have been (s0mewhat) patiently waiting for several years.</span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 1950 U.S. census reveal at 12:01 AM on April 1, 2022? Yes! <b>Gertrude Rothleder</b>, a widow, lived with her brother David Ett's family. <br /></span></span></p><div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_oEthmtjebGQ0H52C0T6aUCk7xpVuUAbO4lqVTT39o51hyhCs9cXdQR__c-MqX7tenLGEEk1XwnQ32j2jDLTU3g_RgH8EROueOPUOpWXxi5zsP3hSxCJ-3qyHUJfoXjZ7zxanQ-nxEi0wmH7XF2k7_JY8lmyMTqs8gwNxatvzMJNYEMZWk_CcvccOg/s691/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%201.59.50%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="134" data-original-width="691" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_oEthmtjebGQ0H52C0T6aUCk7xpVuUAbO4lqVTT39o51hyhCs9cXdQR__c-MqX7tenLGEEk1XwnQ32j2jDLTU3g_RgH8EROueOPUOpWXxi5zsP3hSxCJ-3qyHUJfoXjZ7zxanQ-nxEi0wmH7XF2k7_JY8lmyMTqs8gwNxatvzMJNYEMZWk_CcvccOg/w640-h124/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%201.59.50%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dave and Bessie Ett, as I expected, lived at 278 Beach 138th Street, Queens, NY. They were in 1950 census enumeration district 41-2123.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[1]</span></span></span></span><div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">Since I had heard that Gittle (aka Gertrude) died in the early 1950s, I searched the New York City death indices indexed on <i>Ancestry.com</i> and found a Gittle Rothleder who passed away on 31 January 1952 in Brooklyn.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2]</span></span> It seemed like a good bet. But, of course, I am still waiting for the New York City Department of Health to approve the application for a copy of her death certificate [kindly submitted by one of Gittle's great nieces (thank you!) because I am Gittle's first cousin twice remove - too distant a relative to be eligible for a 1952 death certificate in NYC].</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime, <i>Find A Grave</i> to the rescue. They included Gittle Rothleder in an index (no photos) in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Queens, NY.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[3]</span></span> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, there was another Gertrude Rothleder in New York City and, amazingly, buried in the same cemetery. That one, however, despite the name, could not have been Gittle Ett. A bit of research indicated that Gertrude Rothleder [II] had been born Gussie Horn on 6 February 1901 in New York City to Max Horn and Lena Schwartz and died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on 19 March 1990. She married Emanuel Rothleder on 22 May 1922 in Brooklyn, New York.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: small;">[4]</span> <span style="color: black;">She was a generation too young, not born overseas, and not an Ett sibling.</span></span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.mounthebroncemetery.com/" target="_blank">Mt. Hebron</a> has a nice feature where one may order an inscription photo online. Of course, after I placed my order I found out that Gittle's gravestone was toppled over - no inscription could be photographed. In mid-April I paid to reset the stone and waited.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday I finally received photos of Gittle's gravestone.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[5]</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-MKKzAvPZcXpjOZscvPr7pDiS5jVlrFlR4Fd-hafxp9zverWyj15tvNqZC2HutoK7WMqrylFlr6H1xSQNnmeUaQuusTwe-pMYysPc7R8cnNMj0l5-5ZVphGZDeyHVzBmJqz7GtumhAVm1jRLJNhlNOxX2FaEMhLjpmtXqVZQkRljFpRo0eU7fCvGnw/s1080/RothlederGitel_Grave_MtHebronCem_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-MKKzAvPZcXpjOZscvPr7pDiS5jVlrFlR4Fd-hafxp9zverWyj15tvNqZC2HutoK7WMqrylFlr6H1xSQNnmeUaQuusTwe-pMYysPc7R8cnNMj0l5-5ZVphGZDeyHVzBmJqz7GtumhAVm1jRLJNhlNOxX2FaEMhLjpmtXqVZQkRljFpRo0eU7fCvGnw/w480-h640/RothlederGitel_Grave_MtHebronCem_1.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><p></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i>[Hebrew:] </i>Here lies</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>Mrs. Gittle </span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>daughter of Tzvi Arye</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>Died 3 Shevat 5713*</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>May her soul be bound in the bonds of the living</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i>[English:]</i> OUR BELOVED SISTER</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>GITEL</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>ROTHLEDER</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>JAN 31, 1952</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>AGE 76 YEARS</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>IN OUR HEARTS</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>YOU LIVE FOREVER</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">[* the Hebrew year is incorrect. It should be 5712.] </span></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gittle's age of about 76 would make her just older than her sister Clara (who was born about 1879).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Ett siblings' father was known to the family as Hersch Leib Ett. Gittle's father is identified on her gravestone as Tzvi Arye. In fact, Hersch Leib and Tzvi Arye are the same names in two different languages (known as calques or loan translations): respectively, Yiddish and Hebrew. Hersch and Tzvi = deer; Leib and Arye = lion). </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">But, for further confirmation, I checked other previously located records for renderings of Hersch Leib Ett's first names.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2013/02/treasure-chest-thursday-perl-wenkert.html" target="_blank">Perl Ett's death certificate</a> in Skole in 1895 identified her surviving husband as Hersch Leib Ett. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clara Ett Rappaport's gravestone inscription in Wellwood Cemetery indicated that her father had been Hersch Leib.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[6]</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhvS84RNV9XYqsHTAi12vMoMxW928N7HcD0E6qM_ZzPy7m3dvN1cIsDVd5RhSp1gcDYmAst-Wz58f13q5HafdVqioQ8SvRKG1Sth-NsKMYUuPKFQflkyiFFtdtWA0MLZfN6stVi5SCIWPk842TuFNyd1wBFW_e4iPhxX7oqj7kZC0OrvJGcx7iAtgMw/s525/RappaportClara_Wellwood.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="525" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhvS84RNV9XYqsHTAi12vMoMxW928N7HcD0E6qM_ZzPy7m3dvN1cIsDVd5RhSp1gcDYmAst-Wz58f13q5HafdVqioQ8SvRKG1Sth-NsKMYUuPKFQflkyiFFtdtWA0MLZfN6stVi5SCIWPk842TuFNyd1wBFW_e4iPhxX7oqj7kZC0OrvJGcx7iAtgMw/w640-h488/RappaportClara_Wellwood.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>[Hebrew:]</i> Here lies Khaya daughter of Hersch Leib</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><i>[English:] </i>BELOVED MOTHER</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>AND GRANDMOTHER</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>CLARA</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>RAPPAPORT</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>DIED AUG. 29, 1966</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>AGE 84 YEARS</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>GREAT GRANDMOTHER </span></span><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2014/06/tombstone-tuesday-louis-and-sarah-ett.html" target="_blank">Sarah Ett Cohn's inscription</a> on her gravestone at Mt. Carmel Cemetery showed her father as Hersch Leib.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2013/11/tombstone-tuesday-sophie-and-charles.html" target="_blank">Sophie Ett Leiner's</a> father was Hersch Leib on her stone in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Only David Ett's stone in Beth David Cemetery named his father as Tzvi Arye.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[7]</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJC_lL5v_yEh2ejY9eXdXvhiaDHMadf0T56OwWYVvizgBgklBoeUvaKeQXfcp8S_BJ3WhRbbPgJYjII74TZo25d9HaLeMfxddzEm_wtx4OT-5xqgzcG6qUVPxj0Llp3hD8E2X7TGhHifjlDlX3bk_gPLud7NyzOUmlrZjxQ9oRebn0v0P7HmPiNd9Xw/s3648/DSCN4392_DavidEtt.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJC_lL5v_yEh2ejY9eXdXvhiaDHMadf0T56OwWYVvizgBgklBoeUvaKeQXfcp8S_BJ3WhRbbPgJYjII74TZo25d9HaLeMfxddzEm_wtx4OT-5xqgzcG6qUVPxj0Llp3hD8E2X7TGhHifjlDlX3bk_gPLud7NyzOUmlrZjxQ9oRebn0v0P7HmPiNd9Xw/w640-h480/DSCN4392_DavidEtt.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>ETT</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Here lies</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>David son of Tzvi Arye</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Died 4 Tevet 5719</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>DAVID</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>DIED DEC.15, 1958</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>AGE 67 YEARS</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>BELOVED HUSBAND</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>DEVOTED FATHER</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">A few thoughts. I will stay with the calque concept: that Tzvi Arye is the Hebrew version of Hersch Leib. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the Ett siblings' generation, women were not called to read the Torah in synagogue in conservative or orthodox congregations. David Ett belonged to and was active in Temple Beth-El in Rockaway Park, Queens - a Conservative congregation.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: small;">[8]</span> </span>So, of the Ett siblings, Dave, the only son, would have been the one for whom his father's Hebrew name was critical to his synagogue participation. A traditional Hebrew name, used in ritual, identifies the person by their [<i>Hebrew name</i>] son of [<i>their father's Hebrew name</i>]. Of course Dave knew that everyone called his father Hersch and/or Leib, but he also knew that his father's ritual Hebrew name was Tzvi Arye. <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since Gittle had been living with her brother, it is probable that Dave and his wife Bessie were the informants for Gittle's death certificate. In the Jewish tradition, gravestones are often ordered months after burial. There is not necessarily any relationship between the informant on a death certificate and the informant for an inscription on the deceased's gravestone. So, when and if we receive Gittle's death certificate from the NYC Department of Health, we still will not know who ordered the stone. I will have to check with the cemetery to see they keep that kind of information. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Three siblings were still living when Gittle died: Clara, Sarah and Dave. </span></span></span></span>The
English inscription on Gittle's stone provided another clue about the family members
still alive when Gittle passed. It referred to her as Mrs. Gittle, but
only identified her as a sister. The assumption is that those who took responsibility for erecting the stone were siblings, not a spouse, children or
grandchildren. She was referred to as Mrs. So, although she was not identified as a wife, she clearly
had been married at some point, and her husband was no longer in the picture.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">In another post I will provide evidence of the widow Gittle's arrival in the US from Argentina in 1946. I also have evidence that Gittle's daughter died in Argentina in 1941.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">One small mystery: I do not know why she is buried in the Kurlander landsmanshaft plot in the cemetery. Kurland, Russia Empire, around the time Gittle was born is in Latvia today. Gittle was born in Galicia, Austrian Empire - today in southern Ukraine. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">~~~~~~~~~~~~ <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Read more of this story in my next blog post: </span></span><a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-gittle-some-of-rest-of-story.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span data-offset-key="6u689-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span><span class="py34i1dx"><span data-offset-key="6u689-1-0"><span data-text="true">https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/getting-to-gittle-some-of-rest-of-story.html</span></span></span></span></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>Notes</u>:</i> </span></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. 1950 U.S. census, Queens Co., NY, population schedule, Queens, e.d. 41-2123, sheet 19, dwelling 161, David and Bessie Ett family; images, NARA (<a href="https://1950census.archives.gov">https://1950census.archives.gov</a> : accessed 1 April 2022). </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. "New York, New York, U.S., Death Index, 1949-1965," index, <i>Ancestry.com</i>, entry for Gittle Rothleder, 31 January 1952, Brooklyn 2120; citing New York City Department of Health. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Gittle Rothleder, grave, 30 January 1952, Mount Hebron Cemetery, Queens, NY; index, <i>FindAGrave.com</i>, memorial no. 78053154. The date of death on this record is likely in error. Acquisition of Gittle's death certificate with the correct date is pending.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. New York Co., NY, birth certificate no. 8383 (1901), Gussie Horn, 6 February 1901; Municipal Archives, New York City. Kings Co., NY, marriage cert. no. 6241 (1922), Emanuel Rothleder and Gertrude Horn, 27 May 1922; Municipal Archives, NYC. Both documents were accessed via <a href="https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/">https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/</a> on 10 July 2022 after locating indexed records via <a href="https://www.germangenealogygroup.com/">https://www.germangenealogygroup.com/</a>.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Gitel Rothleder, grave, 31 January 1952, Kurlander Young Friends Benevolent Association, </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Block 11, Ref 1, Sec A-C, Line 3, Grave 24, Mount Hebron Cemetery, Queens, NY. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. Clara Rappaport, grave, 29 August 1966, Section 1, Block 7, Row H, Grave 2, Wellwood Cemetery, West Babylon, Suffolk Co., NY.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. David Ett, grave, 15 December 1958, Section D, Block 1, Zion's Bruder Bund Society, Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, Nassau Co., NY.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. Several newspaper articles indicated that Dave Ett and his family were members of Beth-El's congregation. His obituary stated that, as well. "Dave Ett, 67; Had Been Fur Dealer," Obituary Notices, <i>The Wave</i> (Rockaway Beach, NY), 18 Dec. 1958, p. 6, col. 1; images, Fulton History (<a href="https://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html">https://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html</a> : accessed 21 Dec 2013).<br /></span></span></p></div></div></div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-2612528993574880632022-02-23T20:26:00.000-08:002022-02-23T20:26:12.193-08:00My heart is with Ukraine<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSwEhdhlyUVp5aMXV2c2qWeZB-M1GAu-1mNKC5ifoWX3ZtQxYe9ESNFbJ3HRucLTSUuXeXG6PBhaZUby9YUdSNksVABIqLtBFO8LAayJD0N0OYorO7q1EcAqiooZYPGYljJSvTRWp7OnOwsInTxBHZWI-oAqPtbcoiE9Q6ysz9psSVZxzlIjH2an4NMg=s275" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSwEhdhlyUVp5aMXV2c2qWeZB-M1GAu-1mNKC5ifoWX3ZtQxYe9ESNFbJ3HRucLTSUuXeXG6PBhaZUby9YUdSNksVABIqLtBFO8LAayJD0N0OYorO7q1EcAqiooZYPGYljJSvTRWp7OnOwsInTxBHZWI-oAqPtbcoiE9Q6ysz9psSVZxzlIjH2an4NMg=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-23909879523398334852022-01-30T17:28:00.010-08:002023-07-02T14:58:22.889-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of
the postcards, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi
Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span>
</span></font></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;">Translation
is an art. Any comments or
clarifications by Yiddish and/or Hebrew speakers/translators are
welcome. Despite the best efforts by a talented translator, there are
always places where the handwriting is challenging or the meaning
confusing.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1nQwXprlqRqD4Wgp9otccg2D48At8YFQWrUKCQTBv3rvw1tmB_KBjiUXDXjAiZ_z3kmzdxSrrLFzwZFG97x-onsMiWNpWZxM7mIffcvPgKwOO6A230cnGrJKdIR8lgzkfe0NbS3VcB6guZ-IiQ6en8AYEQBtSAwHqxZ8k9Y-60dBBVwn0hC6EfNFfag=s1529" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1529" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1nQwXprlqRqD4Wgp9otccg2D48At8YFQWrUKCQTBv3rvw1tmB_KBjiUXDXjAiZ_z3kmzdxSrrLFzwZFG97x-onsMiWNpWZxM7mIffcvPgKwOO6A230cnGrJKdIR8lgzkfe0NbS3VcB6guZ-IiQ6en8AYEQBtSAwHqxZ8k9Y-60dBBVwn0hC6EfNFfag=w640-h404" width="640" /> </a></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisynzJhU_idiwAe0hmqVRu8dWJdbBuThf0hbe4V_JMT90A1ZycPIGD6LW3Clp1MuzZ412oEMaCp9hRTi-vqpl8_urYpWktxh36xIxAXRDIJk8SyXjxvDi3G1wJqLg-bUBizaS4yCm4DA0vMPK8EL1st8ZxEQ6SyAaX1myFlGXffYhjVpjDT1xtVIzJxQ=s1530" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1530" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisynzJhU_idiwAe0hmqVRu8dWJdbBuThf0hbe4V_JMT90A1ZycPIGD6LW3Clp1MuzZ412oEMaCp9hRTi-vqpl8_urYpWktxh36xIxAXRDIJk8SyXjxvDi3G1wJqLg-bUBizaS4yCm4DA0vMPK8EL1st8ZxEQ6SyAaX1myFlGXffYhjVpjDT1xtVIzJxQ=w640-h404" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="color: black;">Postmark</span></b><b><span style="color: black;">:</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: black;">30 August 1912, Baranovka, Vol. <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Volhynia gubernia]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Printed on address side of the card: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Л. Лидерманъ. <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span>[L. Liderman</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span>]</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;"><font color="#000000" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: black;">Addressed to:</font></font></font></font></span></span></b></span></p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="line-height: 1.15;" style="line-height: 1.15;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>America</span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span> </span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>Mr. H. Berger <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">[1]</span><br /></span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">94 Blossm street <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Blossom street]</span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lynn - Mass</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">U.S. of America<br /></span></span></div><h1 data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="5"><font>Translation</font><font>
</font></font></span></span></h1><h4>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Khane-Faygl Turteltaub, z'"l, with recent input from Esther Chanie Dushinsky.<br /></i></font></font></font></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.]</font></span></font></font></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 1] </span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With God's help 1912 Wednesday, the eve of Rosh Hashanah.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[2]</span> <span style="color: black;">Let the year and its curses end, and may the New Year and its blessings commence.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">My dear, beloved Moshe Shalom Mordekhai, long may you live.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">I am now home. Today is the day before Rosh Hashanah, 10 [o'clock] in the morning. I went to <i>slikhos</i> [and said] <i>Zakhor Bris</i> last night.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[3]</span><span style="color: black;"> First and foremost, even before eating or drinking I am writing you this postcard. It is more important than anything else to give you my blessing and your mother's blessing to all: to bless you all with a good and sweet year. May the Master of the Universe fulfill our wishes for you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">From Zanvel [we heard that] Shimon Galperin called him to a job. But we already told you. Zanvel is wasting all his time. It's been 2 or 3 weeks since Zanvel was written and he can't make up his mind. Perhaps he is deciding whether or not to go see Galperin. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">But at this time I know nothing. I should write him my ideas, but I can't do this either because I do not know the details. I wish I had enough vacation time to go to Galperin and Zanvel. Of course it would be good to know, but I do not have time off. I cannot leave the woods</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 2] </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">since this is our livelihood.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[This last section includes contributions from translator Esther Chanie Dushinsky] </span></span>We received a postcard from Yakov recently, and we answered him. What is going on now with him? You wrote to us that you will still write all the details about what happened to him. Write, please. Usually, we don't write anything to him about it because it is not appropriate.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[5]</span></span> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">My son, my dear, a few times I already asked you to write details about yourself and you aren't writing. Write, write, my child.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">Your father, who wishes you blessings and tranquility for the New Year. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">_____ _____ </span></span> </span></span></span></span></p></div><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><br /></span><u>Notes</u>:</span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">1. H. Berger was Harris Berger. For more about him, see <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">this post</a>, footnote #5.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">2. The eve of Rosh Hashanah in 1912 (1 Tishrei 5673) fell on Wednesday evening, 11 September, in the Gregorian calendar in use in the United States and 30 August in the Julian calendar then in use in the Russian Empire. </span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">3. <i>Slikhos</i> (or <i>selikot</i>) are prayers of forgiveness said in the days before <i>Yom Kippur </i>and other fast days. For more about them, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selichot">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selichot</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><i>Zakhor Bris </i>is one of the <i>slikhos</i> prayers and involves remembering the Covenant.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">4. Levi Yitzkhak had been working in the Zhary Forest for a forestry concern in Polonnoye: the Zharskoy Forest Dacha and Sawmill. See this <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">post</a> for a map of the approximate location of his work. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">5. There were two men named Yakov, that I am aware of, related Morris. One was Yakov Simberg, Levi Yitzkhak's brother-in-law (his wife Frieda's brother and Morriss uncle) who lived in New York City. When Morris first arrived in the United States in 1910, he lived with his uncle and his uncle's family. The second was Yankel Garber, my grandfather. Yankel left Libau, Latvia (now called </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span>Liepāja)</span> on 20 August 1912 aboard the <i>S.S. Birma</i> and arrived in New York on 3 September 1912 (Gregorian), about eight days before Levi Yitzkhak wrote this postcard. It seems possible, although perhaps unlikely, that a postcard from Yankel Garber had already reached his uncle, Levi Yitzkhak, in Baranovka. But, maybe.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Posts in this Series</span></b></span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-51784271322357505832022-01-16T15:05:00.008-08:002023-07-02T14:58:36.559-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of
the postcards, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi
Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span>
</span></font></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;">Translation
is an art. Any comments or
clarifications by Yiddish and/or Hebrew speakers/translators are
welcome. Despite the best efforts by a talented translator, there are
always places where the handwriting is challenging or the meaning
confusing.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgduq7MFvlGaedZvIz8Y8C7pcJICuoDsjsRWYjdhaRG4ckyLs2JDDpjZHxzPKPBSxjswrRW_mICep_Zx7efcEo7FojQfFxz3H8H8rsxUPlKaSzkYkioFnfMNOJ_Hg-gUQAyLZcz9H5E7puhxhYsPTOCgiK7aMk3IAtCtc2iKp3ITiGkNiNQseoqcOhuVA=s2444" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1566" data-original-width="2444" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgduq7MFvlGaedZvIz8Y8C7pcJICuoDsjsRWYjdhaRG4ckyLs2JDDpjZHxzPKPBSxjswrRW_mICep_Zx7efcEo7FojQfFxz3H8H8rsxUPlKaSzkYkioFnfMNOJ_Hg-gUQAyLZcz9H5E7puhxhYsPTOCgiK7aMk3IAtCtc2iKp3ITiGkNiNQseoqcOhuVA=w640-h410" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQYQOKBAHiaP6ukY3BL4WZ_O_9yt1wYYTvCaEqYkOFSV2_W1AiFGFPznT2okkA5evbdIGQ0lyZdscERpzEfR6HaPEk0aFsMDhMLmUigZ-NM7xvfDsVzrfqmsWhICxwgTP_mNrUcu4OUwhxg95FO3egQafHnQeslHEDzgIn-9mW0cvKksQMuOUQ7HWVxg=s2412" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1566" data-original-width="2412" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQYQOKBAHiaP6ukY3BL4WZ_O_9yt1wYYTvCaEqYkOFSV2_W1AiFGFPznT2okkA5evbdIGQ0lyZdscERpzEfR6HaPEk0aFsMDhMLmUigZ-NM7xvfDsVzrfqmsWhICxwgTP_mNrUcu4OUwhxg95FO3egQafHnQeslHEDzgIn-9mW0cvKksQMuOUQ7HWVxg=w640-h416" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="color: black;">Postmark:</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: black;">13 August 1912, Baranovka, Vol. <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Volhynia gubernia]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Printed on address side of the card: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Л. Лидерманъ. <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span>[L. Liderman</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span>]</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;"><font color="#000000" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: black;">Addressed to:</font></font></font></font></span></span></b></span></p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="line-height: 1.15;" style="line-height: 1.15;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>America</span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span> </span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>Mr. H. Berger <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span>[1]</span></span><br /></span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">92 Bllossom street <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Blossom street]</span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lynn Mass</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">for Morris Lid.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">U.S. of America<br /></span></span></div><h1 data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="5"><font>Translation</font><font>
</font></font></span></span></h1><h4>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky</i></font></font></font></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.]</font></span></font></font></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Baranovka August 12/25, 1912 <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2]</span></span><br /></span></span></span></p></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My dear son who sweetens my soul, Mr. Moshe'le, should live. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I traveled home today, and when I got home, as usual, I asked whether there was a card or letter from you. And mother, should live, said no. I asked her with this tone, as if she is a _____ to give me a letter from you. And she responds with the tone, as if she's excusing you for me. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What came out of this, my dear son, is that it's good that we both wait so much for your letters? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I sent you a letter about 2 weeks ago, a sealed one.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[3]</span></span> Usually you have already received it. Perhaps you responded to that already, and it is in transit still, or not?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Today we received a letter from Shepetovka from H. Galperin.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[4]</span></span> The one where Zundel used to manage his _____ _____ [<i>korros fadencia</i>].<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[5]</span></span> He writes that if Zundel wants, he can have a job there now. I sent the letter to Zundel'n and to H Galperin. I wrote to ask him he should await until Zundel arrives and he will work it out with him. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I don't have any news to write about us. I, mother, Feiga and Shakhna and the children are wishing you a good and blessed new year.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[6]</span></span> We wish to see you in health and in goodness.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 2]</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After Yom Tov, we are considering moving to Feiga'n in the rooms.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[7]</span></span> Feiga already has a _____ the neighbor should have an apartment.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our Sarah has acclimated a little bit to Baranovka with friends already and she is already a bit _____.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Your father that loves you _____ _____</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And your mother that loves you _____ _____ Moshe'le. I am asking that you should a send few _____. If not, I won't be calm. Be well. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Notes</u>: </span></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. Morris was a boarder living with Harris Berger and his family in Lynn, Massachusetts. For further information, see note 5 for the letter previously posted <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. 12/25 represents the difference between the Julian calendar date (12 Au</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">gus</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">t 1912), then used in the Russian Empire, and the same day in the Gregorian calendar date (25 August 1912), then used in much of the rest of the world, including the United States. It was a Sunday. Levi Yitzkhak posted the letter the following day.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is not clear that the letter mentioned by Levi Yitzkhak survived. </span></span></span>Most of the correspondence sent to Morris Lederman from his family in the old country came in the form of postcards. A few were letters that had clearly originally been inside an envelope that no longer survives. There are several letters in the family collection, but most seem to have been identified with a date or origin that do not match the letter cited. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The letters that have survived were clearly sent in an envelope so that more personal issues could be discussed without prying eyes. <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. In the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">last letter</a> I posted, it seemed as if Zanvel was in the community of <a href="https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1054266" target="_blank">Slavuta</a>. Shepetovka is about 12 miles SE of Slavuta. I have looked through the 1906 Duma voters' list that have transcribed for the Zaslav District, which included Shepetovka, and I have not found H. Galperin (there was a Hersh Galperin in Slavuta in 1906).<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">5. Morris' older brother's name has previously been written as Zanvel or Zaidel. I am not sure why it appears differently here. In several cases in past letters I have been able to figure out the Russian phrase written in Hebrew letters. In this case, however, I am stumped. If anyone has any idea what this means (and in what language) please let me know in a comment below. Thank you.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">6. Feiga, Morris' older sister, lived in Baranovka with her husband Shalom Shakhna Grinfeld and their three children. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">7. "Yom Tov" refers to the Jewish festival days on which activities are limited, similar to on the Sabbath. In this case, Levi Yitzkhak was referring to the next important holiday on the Hebrew calendar: Rosh Hashanah (Tishri 1 and 2). In 1912 in the Russian Empire Julian calendar, Rosh Hashanah started on the evening of 31 August. For Morris, in the USA, it started on 12 September. Considering that Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) and Yom Kippur occur in quick succession and are often considered together as the High Holy Days, he may have meant that they would be moving after Yom Kippur (Tishri 10). </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Posts in this Series</span></b></span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1910</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 January 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-4_2.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span> </span></span></p>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-59694004769986684622022-01-02T20:29:00.015-08:002023-07-02T14:58:48.375-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of
the postcards, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi
Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span>
</span></font></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;">Translation
is an art. Any comments or
clarifications by Yiddish and/or Hebrew speakers/translators are
welcome. Despite the best efforts by a talented translator, there are
always places where the handwriting is challenging or the meaning
confusing.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuQAxV7H41Nadm8Cam1kSqbpFxEZcVlWtJksvcMgbdOnuwTtXM3NPkbgWHgImKuQlfkyuj1NZiA-nly5FRTzctRB4FqUrg9YJcHPyXYBaj-0j_bYlgVVbAC7-v8m-IdGPwGMNY84drzI2ffKPRLJTUC-5bn5TTa8s22uzx4ezReOifaC_PzswRAQMjBw=s1510" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1510" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuQAxV7H41Nadm8Cam1kSqbpFxEZcVlWtJksvcMgbdOnuwTtXM3NPkbgWHgImKuQlfkyuj1NZiA-nly5FRTzctRB4FqUrg9YJcHPyXYBaj-0j_bYlgVVbAC7-v8m-IdGPwGMNY84drzI2ffKPRLJTUC-5bn5TTa8s22uzx4ezReOifaC_PzswRAQMjBw=w685-h437" width="685" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEite4qL-04kdCAsWmG6cjSASkDXEw8V5Ik3GMHhlNV4vAWDSHB_GU-cL03HBkpYd5giSIeZMZhnjuGhhNMSRUXK72EvEIWKCcuxwC7G_ivhShKOnidGktfZRcQAUMyjwOctNs1iLfQGk-tAAndsiGj40pkQKlkcNnqo-Rkei3yyUW-yNoaaEdTFbADpxw=s1507" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1507" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEite4qL-04kdCAsWmG6cjSASkDXEw8V5Ik3GMHhlNV4vAWDSHB_GU-cL03HBkpYd5giSIeZMZhnjuGhhNMSRUXK72EvEIWKCcuxwC7G_ivhShKOnidGktfZRcQAUMyjwOctNs1iLfQGk-tAAndsiGj40pkQKlkcNnqo-Rkei3yyUW-yNoaaEdTFbADpxw=w686-h438" width="686" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">Postmark:</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">4 July 1912, Baranovka, Vol. <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Volhynia gubernia] <span style="font-size: medium;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Printed on address side of the card: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">уполномоченный "еко" <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span>[</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span>authorized "eko"] <span style="font-size: medium;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ш. Гринфелд </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span>[Sh. Grinfeld] <span style="font-size: medium;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="color: black;">(Утвержденъ Мин. Дел 31 мая 14968) м. Барановка</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <span style="font-family: georgia;">[(Approved by the Ministry of Affairs on May 31, 14968) Baranovka<span>]</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[4]</span></span><br /></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font size="5"><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;"><font color="#000000" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: black;">Addressed to:</font></font></font></font></span></span></b></p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="line-height: 1.15;" style="line-height: 1.15;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>America</span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span> </span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>Mr. H. Berger <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[5]</span></span><br /></span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">94 Blosson street <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Blossom street]</span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Lynn Mass</u><br /></span></span></div><h1 data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="5"><font>Translation</font><font>
</font></font></span></span></h1><h4>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky</i></font></font></font></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.] </font></span></font></font></span></p></div><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Monday, Rosh Khodesh Menakhem Av, 1912, 1/13 Baranovka <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[6]</span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">My dear and beloved, beloved son Mr. Moshe-Shalom-Mordekhai, should live. My dear son! I received your card and I thank you very, very much, my son. You revive us every time, and we all feel blessed, my son. And you should be blessed too.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">From what you wrote in your letter, my son, we understand that you have no money. We aren't even talking about sending money, but what is the reason and why did you decide to buy a watch for $75? You think it's a small thing? 75 dollars! Here it's considered _____ ruble. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">You're allowed to say whatever you want about me, my child and I tell you that it isn't OK. Bottom line, enough, enough to talk about it. For the future, my son, one doesn't need to be such a _____. One should think very well what to do.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">We don't have any letters from Zavil, but we get greetings via mouth. Thank God for his health. But he is a _____, meaning from others, not from his own. Of course I would be happy if he'd receive from God's hand directly.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Now Sarah traveled to Slavuta with the goal to see Zaidel'n [or Zavil'n]. It isn't far from Slavuta to Polon <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Polonnoe]</span>, just a few verst.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[7]</span></span> She left last week, and she will probably come back this week.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">I was home this past Shabbos, and now it's Sunday night. I am sleeping at home tonight as well, so I am writing from home. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Mother, should live, keeps on reading the card that you sent, as well as the card that I am writing now. We are wishing you a good night and it should always be good. Feiga, Shakhna and the children are greeting you three times. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Your father, _____ </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><br /> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><u>Notes</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">1. Since Levi Yitzkhak later says he is home for Shabbos, it appears that he, his wife, and daughter (Sarah) finally moved to Baranovka, near their daughter Feiga, her husband Shakhna, and their family. <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">2. Some of the text is probably under the postage stamps and it is not clear what this means. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">3. The last letter of the surname Grinfeld is probably under the postage stamps. Shalom Shakhna Grinfeld was married to Levi Yitzkhak's older daughter, Feiga. The couple lived in Baranovka with their three children: Leya (Leah), Raya (Rae) and Wolf (Robert). In a previous <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2013/01/avrums-women-part-8-fannies-story.html" target="_blank">blog post</a>, I discussed Shakhna's murder, probably in the 1919-1920 pogroms. <i>Sefer Zvhil</i>, a yizkor book that included information about Baranovka, identified Shakhna Grinfeld as a community leader. He served as a delegate to the Zionist convention in Leningrad. In addition, he may have worked with community organizations that provided aid for those unable to help themselves (see note 8 in the previously cited blog post).</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">4. Again, the meaning of this authorization by an unnamed Russian ministry is, unfortunately, not clear. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">5. While the letter is clearly written to Morris, it was addressed to H. Berger (Harris Berger). I have located Harris Berger, his wife Sarah Brenner, and their children (Kava/Kenny, Jenny/Jean and Samuel, Louis, Ruth, Laura and Evelyn) in census records from 1910, 1930 and 1940. For most of that time, Harris was a grocer. Harris and Sarah married in 1903 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. City directories from 1912 and 1913 indicated that Harris Berger, grocer, lived at 92 Blossom Street. In 1911, he was at 108 Blossom Street (the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">letter posted on 14 April 1912</a> to Morris was addressed to 108 Blossom). One of their daughters (likely Ruth) was born on 14 July 1912 when they lived at 92 Blossom Street. I am not sure what to make of the discrepancy in the address except that it may have been a mistake. Levi Yitzkhak's next letter was sent to 92 Blossom Street. Regardless, the letter sent to 94 Blossom apparently did get to Morris.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">6. The dates noted by Levi Yitzkhak are a little off. Based on his previous letters, the 1/13 in this card indicated day 1 of the month in the Julian calendar, then in use in the Russian Empire, and day 13 of the same month in the Gregorian calendar (in use now and then in the United States). </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">The card was postmarked on 4 July 1912 (Julian calendar). Later on in this card Levi Yitzkhak noted that he'd written the card on Sunday night, i.e., 1 July 1912, which actually would have been 14 July 1912 in the Gregorian calendar - not 13 July. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">As one might expect, Levi Yitzkhak, a religious man, was correct that it was Menakhem Av as he wrote the card. Since days in the Jewish calendar start at sundown, the evening of 1 July (Julian) would have been the first day of Menakem Av in 1912. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">7. Slavuta is 34 miles, 54.8 kilometers, or 51.4 verst northwest of Polonnoe. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Posts in this Series</span></b></span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-83000547376884465062021-12-30T12:37:00.004-08:002021-12-30T12:48:11.442-08:00Virtually "Back to the Old Country": Planned SLIG Course Now Will Be Available Via One's Home Computer<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgflgPBLQ6z9AtpWliLHY1tv_y1_TwbobRUnmbfDr1KgPhXaCjQBZ7zJpN0WgLYT9DBMrOTblT4qVwHpdwPD_sQa4OcqtuvDx2gVeD92_ZUKghI2NjKFmutS_vlgOQOTVSJudcSo7UwccZ4LAzKuX2htgdTsECiQ665vFnNv8aMJtmP_1L3VKbsHmi_9g=s425" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="142" data-original-width="425" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgflgPBLQ6z9AtpWliLHY1tv_y1_TwbobRUnmbfDr1KgPhXaCjQBZ7zJpN0WgLYT9DBMrOTblT4qVwHpdwPD_sQa4OcqtuvDx2gVeD92_ZUKghI2NjKFmutS_vlgOQOTVSJudcSo7UwccZ4LAzKuX2htgdTsECiQ665vFnNv8aMJtmP_1L3VKbsHmi_9g=w400-h134" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />A few months ago, I posted <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/catch-me-and-others-if-you-can.html" target="_blank">here</a>
about a week-long Jewish genealogy course that Janette Silverman, Lara Diamond,
Marian Smith and I would be teaching between <b>January 9th and 14th, 2022</b> at the
Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG): “Back to the Old Country: Genealogy of
Ashkenazic Jews of Galicia and the Russian Empire.” A few weeks ago, after
evaluating the current COVID situation, SLIG decided to go virtual.</span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Now, one can take "Back to the Old Country" from one's home computer. No additional costs due to airline fights or hotel rooms. The course is geared to advanced beginner and intermediate genealogists who have conducted some research and are familiar with standard research procedures.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ours is one of 11 virtual courses offered this coming January. To see a description of the Jewish genealogy course and the others, go to <a href="https://slig.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=627">https://slig.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=627</a>. There are still some seats available.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">General information abour SLIG 2022 may be viewed at <a href="https://slig.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=524">https://slig.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=524</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Log in or create an account and register at: <a href="https://sligregistration.ugagenealogy.org/">https://sligregistration.ugagenealogy.org/</a></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><p><style>@font-face
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-79535614220966946332021-12-18T15:59:00.009-08:002023-07-02T14:59:04.380-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">I am afraid I misread the date on this one when I was sorting them chronologically for posting in this blog. My last post was a postcard from April 1912. This one is from a few weeks earlier in March 1912. I should have posted it before the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of
the postcards, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi
Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span>
</span></font></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;">Translation
is an art. Any comments or
clarifications by Yiddish and/or Hebrew speakers/translators are
welcome. Despite the best efforts by a talented translator, there are
always places where the handwriting is challenging or the meaning
confusing.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAJI1vcEkiJsrPMk0QtuomQvJl0DMF72tfpgVD7nkc8ZfUstjyp9kUPr-leMBKey6IQoZPt650qeLgkaHvbonbThD1DOXksmSti2mIumCQ7qA6fiSNeriqr4r8YjzHt4uon6F4m2fM_0_K8Uj6KlpiRqkcoU8XNmbok489Gxa4GpVXiAFbthZYxLVc1Q=s1595" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1595" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAJI1vcEkiJsrPMk0QtuomQvJl0DMF72tfpgVD7nkc8ZfUstjyp9kUPr-leMBKey6IQoZPt650qeLgkaHvbonbThD1DOXksmSti2mIumCQ7qA6fiSNeriqr4r8YjzHt4uon6F4m2fM_0_K8Uj6KlpiRqkcoU8XNmbok489Gxa4GpVXiAFbthZYxLVc1Q=w640-h382" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"></span></span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"></span></span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"></span></span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"></span></span><span></span></font><font></font></span><span></span></span><span></span></span><span></span></i><i></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzmVvXiV0uSNLx7Pb6uYc_c3cnswqLTr1Vx0q10mNPE_Yw68NmDnLKVVy_oSOtVn2_AjOj3r9Q4hIc5GqA8uxqlDEs25u_0NIlHcdfWS4MzMuYQUt7KbTN_uIjUixcHRqhQ2is8Qj9-I-ETu0RDJszQRUQeUPm_BIl8f3K-Yc64Y09YUD7hPQyXridYA=s1652" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1652" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzmVvXiV0uSNLx7Pb6uYc_c3cnswqLTr1Vx0q10mNPE_Yw68NmDnLKVVy_oSOtVn2_AjOj3r9Q4hIc5GqA8uxqlDEs25u_0NIlHcdfWS4MzMuYQUt7KbTN_uIjUixcHRqhQ2is8Qj9-I-ETu0RDJszQRUQeUPm_BIl8f3K-Yc64Y09YUD7hPQyXridYA=w640-h388" width="640" /></a></div><br />Company name printed on address side [side 2] of the card: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>контора</span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Office</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Жарской Лесной Дачи и Лесопильн Завода <span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Zharskoy Forest Dacha and Sawmill</span></span></span><br /></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font size="5"><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;"><font color="#000000" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: black;">Addressed to:</font></font></font></font></span></span></b></p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="line-height: 1.15;" style="line-height: 1.15;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>America</span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span> </span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>Mr. M. Lederman</span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">Lynn, Mass.</span></span></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span>108 Blossm Street</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Blossom Street]</span></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><br /></div><h1 data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="5"><font>Translation</font><font>
</font></font></span></span></h1><h4>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky</i></font></font></font></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.] </font></span></font></font></span></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 1]</span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Zhary forest, which is close to Polonnoe, 20 verst, close to Baranovka, 16 verst <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span><span>Tuesday, Vayikra, 6/19 March 1912 <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2] </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">My dear and beloved son Mr. Moshe - Shalom - Mordekhai, should live. My dear and beloved son, I knew _____ _____ that holding back the fruits of my pen, it's because _____ but the honest truth is that I am not guilty. You know, my child, that I am here at a new job and there is a lot of work, from sun up, until evening. I am very busy and at night I have to write down the details of my job. So, since I came here, now that the way is clear, as it is spring, I am a bit more free. Not entirely, but at least I can take a break and write a card to you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't have news to write. Thank God we are alive and in peace and may God help that we should hear from you in peace and tranquility, and calmness.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Zavil came home already.<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">[3]</span> Most likely they wrote to you about it from home. _____ my luck, I had to send him 15 once, and then 20 a second time. But I am thinking about bringing him here to me, in Zhary, in the forest as a bookkeeper. I happen to have an opportunity to give him a job here in the winter. But I wasn't sure whether he had a job there.But don't tell him this secret. He only wrote to me about his luck in the last while. That's when I sent him 20 and wrote to him that he should come. But now it's before Pesakh and the ways are very bad and the work here hasn't lessened, he sits at home meanwhile, in Annopol.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Moshe'le, most likely they wrote to you from home that the house sold for a decent amount and the Polish Rav bought it. And they had to give him the home, so they moved to the house of Gershon Vidro.<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> </span> </span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">[sideways]</span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The job is of course more pleasant than _____ in _____. And I get paid more. I will receive 40 a month, _____ _____. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I plan to move after Pesakh to Baranovka.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My son, you asked me in the letter _____ that you wanted to send, and I didn't send it to you, because I thought that mother, should live, will write to you. And now, I also don't know _____ the mail. Meaning, to Polonnoe, or Baranovka, or Annopol for Pesakh. I will be home for Pesakh, and we will discuss it and write to you. Bless and wish us, my child, that whatever we will do should be with blessed luck and we should be well and strong. We should hear from you, and you should hear from us. I am wishing you and blessing you, my child, from the depths of my heart. Blessing you, your father that loves you _____ _____. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i><u><span style="font-family: georgia;">Notes</span></u><span style="font-family: georgia;">:</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. Levi Yitzkhak kindly told his son,Morris, where the Zhary forest, in which he was working, was located. A verst was a measure of length in the Russian Empire. It was equivalent to </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.66 miles or 1.1 kilometers. So, the forest was about 13.2 miles (22 kms) from Polonnoe and 10.6 miles (17.6 kms) from Baranovka. While Levi Yitzkhak did not specify the directions from the two communities, I noticed that there is a placed identified as Zhary on a current map (below). It seems to be in about the correct location. So, the forest must have been east of Baranovka and NNE of Polonnoe.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNw5esJN_En-9tjB_3fpisKQnTQqYbzpotyGBMOEKYyUHMFoHuq2_zrRohwCxbXXG2927XrmS0QXrN4d5K5RdcEq-uEMJiIcLbiUjqhjQ5WrDly9q5FWmnIVRz1T6AZtvk5FU0HBV6JfqHQxXcTcMawg4KMp5VOOXvEjlDysa534LOjN7mDIy4RmD9Ig=s605" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNw5esJN_En-9tjB_3fpisKQnTQqYbzpotyGBMOEKYyUHMFoHuq2_zrRohwCxbXXG2927XrmS0QXrN4d5K5RdcEq-uEMJiIcLbiUjqhjQ5WrDly9q5FWmnIVRz1T6AZtvk5FU0HBV6JfqHQxXcTcMawg4KMp5VOOXvEjlDysa534LOjN7mDIy4RmD9Ig=s16000" /></a></div> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. Levi Yitzkhak wrote both the Julian and Gregorian calendar dates here (6/19 March). He wrote the postcard on March 6 in the Julian/Russian calendar and March 19 in the Gregorian calendar already adopted in the United States and much of the world. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Vayikra is the 24th weekly Torah portion read in the yearly Jewish cycle. It is in the first book of <i>Leviticus</i> 1:1-5:26.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. Zavil (or Zanvel), Moshe's brother, had been trying to get work in Ekaterinaslav (today called Dnipro).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. I have been transliterating and indexing several district Duma voters lists published in the <i>Volinskiy Gubernskiy Vedomosti </i>(a local newspaper) in 1906 and 1907. The 1906 Duma voters list for the Ostrog district included Gershko Vidra (entry 324), a homeowner in Annopol. I do not know if Gershon/Gershko was a relative.<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM6TdRdI5Bkz1SPpspAzafh4kPM6KL4M_UgNfrLMAznVDVbegcv1J8ClVitdywCDY4ltrVskYV9aFJWja8_2-Dr_8Iwj0AOBZguSKSbyyFw6VfHZBtIsGzdzENN4O4d93Yh2uEvlq6m8xT9QCOoEIe_y8bvYLQh7Ww-5fEaTD8xcx40JjkG9iAN6Iw3Q=s830" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="830" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM6TdRdI5Bkz1SPpspAzafh4kPM6KL4M_UgNfrLMAznVDVbegcv1J8ClVitdywCDY4ltrVskYV9aFJWja8_2-Dr_8Iwj0AOBZguSKSbyyFw6VfHZBtIsGzdzENN4O4d93Yh2uEvlq6m8xT9QCOoEIe_y8bvYLQh7Ww-5fEaTD8xcx40JjkG9iAN6Iw3Q=w400-h126" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have not found Levi Yitzkhak Liderman in this same 1906 Duma list that includes homeowners from Annopol.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Posts in this Series</span></b></span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1910</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 January 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-4_2.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-21777417362152616292021-11-28T13:43:00.012-08:002023-07-02T14:59:16.943-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: red;"><i>UPDATE:</i> I misread the date of one letter in this series and posted this 14 April 1912 postcard before the 19 March 1912 postcard. So, go the my post for the 19 March 1912 card first here: <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html">https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html</a> . Then, come back to this one.</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and,
sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
to Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. Most of the postcards, such as this one, were sent by Morris' father Levi Yitzkhak. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span>
</span></font></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;">Translation
is an art. Any comments or
clarifications by Yiddish and/or Hebrew speakers/translators are
welcome. Despite the best efforts by a talented translator, there are
always places where the handwriting is challenging or the meaning
confusing.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQY5owje_vlPswl57zXUcmKZ3zO3-47a20d_Yad0yTYiRBrsgbmVjXFkJs941HJggguD70s06SMpDsLYDJr3tVUwGscmvMXXDbe759OLVUbukJSImvj7jCOZ-lG8mV8N4rVEW9-zFALgX/s1562/Screen+Shot+2021-11-27+at+3.01.10+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1562" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQY5owje_vlPswl57zXUcmKZ3zO3-47a20d_Yad0yTYiRBrsgbmVjXFkJs941HJggguD70s06SMpDsLYDJr3tVUwGscmvMXXDbe759OLVUbukJSImvj7jCOZ-lG8mV8N4rVEW9-zFALgX/w640-h397/Screen+Shot+2021-11-27+at+3.01.10+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdpiGhTJFVBS2v7aSTEpBi-1cmxLIQEpzIyF5-5rETGfcYHpH4GrT04amQCUtQJF5wjqzMgMr-MRv1NJoO1um5lrxJs7uwYMXXbG6ZsU0X0RIlyb9CRR28Yc2go8m9InVhnFTw7Tuk4zK/s1560/Screen+Shot+2021-11-27+at+3.01.29+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1560" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdpiGhTJFVBS2v7aSTEpBi-1cmxLIQEpzIyF5-5rETGfcYHpH4GrT04amQCUtQJF5wjqzMgMr-MRv1NJoO1um5lrxJs7uwYMXXbG6ZsU0X0RIlyb9CRR28Yc2go8m9InVhnFTw7Tuk4zK/w640-h396/Screen+Shot+2021-11-27+at+3.01.29+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Company name printed on address side [side 2] of the card: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>контора</span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Office</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Жарской Лесной Дачи и Лесопильн Завода <span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Zharskoy Forest Dacha and Sawmill</span></span></span><br /></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font size="5"><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;"><font color="#000000" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: black;">Addressed to:</font></font></font></font></span></span></b></p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="line-height: 1.15;" style="line-height: 1.15;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>America</span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span> </span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>Mr. M. Lederman</span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span>108 Blossm Street</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Blossom Street]</span></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">Lynn, Mass.</span></span></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">U.S. of America </span> <br /></span></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font><font size="5"><br /></font></font></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font><font size="5"><b>Postmarked:</b> </font></font></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font>14 April 1912 (Russian/Julian date), Baranovka<br /></font></font></font></span></span></span></div><h1 data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="5"><font>Translation</font><font>
</font></font></span></span></h1><h4>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky</i></font></font></font></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.] </font></span></font></font></span></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 1]</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">April the 13/26 1912 <span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[April 13 was Julian (Russian) calendar date. April 26 was the date in the Gregorian calendar - the one in use then (and now) in the United States.]</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: black;">My dear and beloved son, who is as beloved to me as my own soul, Mr. Moshe - Shalom - Mordekhai, should live. Thank you that you sent us the letter. You simply revived us all.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: black;">I can't begin to describe the pain and aggravation that we experienced because we didn't hear from you the entire time. The <i>Pesakh</i> that we had, your mother, should live, sadly didn't eat or drink, and that's how the entire <i>Yom Tov</i> was.<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: black;">We only received your letter the next week on Monday. I wasn't home anymore at that point, and mother sent it to me.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: black;">You write in the letter that you want to know why I don't write to you. You are of course my child, true. But believe me that it is also unpleasant for me, but simply I am very busy here in the forest [?]. I simply don't have time. But God forbid it isn't for any other reason. I have nothing against you, my child. God should help us that we should see each other and see much <i>nakhus</i> from you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: black;">Zavil is home now, most likely mother wrote to you.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[3]</span></span> God needs to have a bit of mercy on him already and show him a sign, a situation. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: black;">To start, we haven't moved yet to Baranovka. The hindrance is that we can't get a wagon. The way is very bad now, mud. Faiga already rented an apartment in Baranovka for us. Nu, over the summer. There is a neighbor in the <i>shtiblakh</i> who will only continue after Succos.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[4] </span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: black;">Moshe'le, you wrote about sending money. You asked where to send it to. We will be moving to Baranovka, so you can send it to my address in Baranovka.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 2]</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I am asking that you write to me about what's going on with you, every detail, only the truth. How much money do you have, and other details that are important. Write about your thoughts on everything. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moshe'le, send us the address of uncle Yakov.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[5]</span></span> We don't have his address and that's why we haven't written to him in a long while. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Most importantly, Moshe'le, what is indeed the story as to why you haven't written in such a long time? Why? What's going on that you, Moshe'le, should not write often? The entire town of Annopol went crazy in <i>Bais Midrash</i>, at the market, very single person did not ask more than whether your letter arrived.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[6]</span></span> Day after day. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Your father that loves you and worries about you. </span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i><span><span style="color: black;"><u>Notes</u>: </span></span></i> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">1.<i> Pesakh</i> = Passover. <i>Yom Tov </i>= Jewish holiday</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">2. Morris' mother (Levi Yitzkhak's wife) and daughter were still living in Annopol. It is not entirely clear where Levi Yitzkhak had been working (i.e., I have not determined where Zharskoy forest was), but he appears to have been living near Baranovka - where is daughter Feiga lived with her family.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">3. Zavil or, more correctly, Zanvel, was Morris' older brother. He had been in Ekaterinislav (today Dnipro) working and trying to find work at a living wage. </span><br /></p><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">4. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="color: black;">A <i>shtiblakh</i> is a small room set aside for prayer. In this case, it is hard to know whether Levi Yitzkhak literally meant there was a <i>shtiblakh</i> as part of the house or that there was a very small room rented by a third party. In 1912 (the Hebrew year 5673), Succos (aka Sukkot) was 25 September to 2 October.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="color: black;">5. Jacob Simberg (Morris' maternal uncle) lived in New York City and Morris lived with him and his family for much of the time he was in Manhattan.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="color: black;">6. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><i>Bais Midrash </i>a hall for the study of Torah, distinct from a synagogue.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Posts in this Series</span></b></span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1910</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 January 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-4_2.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-10980052625752320962021-11-21T08:43:00.010-08:002023-07-02T14:59:28.344-07:00Letter from Sara Lederman, 14 January 1912<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and, sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
Morris Lederman, who immigrated to the United States in 1910. The postcard translated here is the only one in the collection sent by Morris' sister Sara, who lived with their parents in Annopol, Volhynia gubernia, Russian Empire. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span>
</span></font></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;">Translation is an art. Any comments or
clarifications by Yiddish and/or Hebrew speakers/translators are
welcome. Despite the best efforts by a talented translator, there are always places where the handwriting is challenging or the meaning confusing.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-small;"><span><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</font></font></span></span></h1><h4>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky</i></font></font></font></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.] </font></span></font></font></span></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 1]</span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">8 January <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[январь]</span> 1912, Sunday <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">Dearest brother! We received a photo from you before Shabbos, where you write about Chasa'n and you ask mother why she wrote to her that she should see you. I can write to you that on the 6th a letter arrived from Chasa'n to her mother. She wrote to mother that Moshe [son of] Levi was here a few times already and doesn't find me at home. So go to his mother and take his address from her and I will figure it out with him. We didn't think about it and gave her the address.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Now I can write that our father, should live and be well, was home for Shabbos and he left today. He came home Thursday night and we planned to write to you on Friday. But he was busy on Friday. On Shabbos night, the Polish Rav and his rebbitzen came.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[3]</span></span> The _____ _____ [the plate licker?] Shlomo, son of Shmarya; Yakov Chaim, son of Ber; Yossele the <i>Shamash</i>, Barukh, son of Berka [or Basha]; Leifer were also here.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[4]</span></span> So, father didn't have time then either. I forgot to write what they were doing at our house. The Polish Rav bought the house for 420 and we have to move out in 6 weeks. God should help us already, we should be.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 2]</span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Moshe'le, mother is asking you many times you should write the address of uncle, as we received a photo from him and he writes he isn't well.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[5</span>]</span> We wanted to respond, but the address got lost. We are asking that you send his address and write what's going on with him. How is everyone there?</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Be well and happy. Send a few ____ if you want. Mother and I are greeting you. Yours,</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">Sara </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><u>Notes</u>:</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">1. The date is the Julian calendar date (the one used in Russia at that time). The equivalent date in the USA (and much of the rest of the world) was 21 January 1912.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">2. Morris must have stopped by to visit a young woman he knew from the old country. He left word of his visit, but did not, for some reason provide a way for her to get in touch. We do not know who she was or where, exactly she lived in the U.S.A - presumably in Massachusetts. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">3. <i>Rav</i> means rabbi. <i>Rebbitzen</i> is the title given to a rabbi's wife. We do not know the identity of the "Polish Rav." A check in the book <i>Latter Day Leaders, Sages and Scholars</i> by E. Rosenstein and N. Rosenstein (1983) identifies only one rabbi associated with Annopol (aka Annapoli): Joseph Lamdan. Benzion Eisenstadt's book, Dorot Ha-Achronim, which is available online (<a href="https://www.hebrewbooks.org/2265">https://www.hebrewbooks.org/2265</a>), profiles Lamdan on page 120. He was born in Annopol and was appointed rabbi of <a href="https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/jgcd.php" target="_blank">Popelyan</a> (now in Lithuania) in 1903. So, he was not likely in Annopol at the time this letter was written. Thank you to Noam Sienna for translating Lamdan's profile.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">4. Regarding "the plate licker": in small towns people often had interesting nick names for others - nick names that they probably did not share with the person so named! A <i>shamash</i> (or <i>gabbai</i>) was a sexton - a person who was the caretaker of the synagogue, either on a volunteer or paid basis.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;">5. This uncle is likely Jacob Simberg, Frieda Simberg Lederman's brother (Frieda was Sara's and Morris' mother). Morris lived with Jacob and his family in New York City before moving to Lynn, Massachusetts. Jacob died on 10 July 1915 of heart disease. Bronx County, NY, death certificate no. 4424 (1915), Jacob Simberg, 10 July 1915; Municipal Archives, NYC.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Posts in this Series</span></b></span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 January 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-53526353527769886842021-11-13T19:46:00.011-08:002023-07-02T14:59:53.562-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and, sometimes, Hebrew and a little bit of Russian) sent
by Levi Yitzkhak Liderman to his son, Morris, who was settled,
initially, in New York City in 1910. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span>By September 1911, Morris had moved to Lynn, Massachusetts.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span>
</span></font></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;">Several
people have noted that Levi Yitzkhak's cards and letters include both
Yiddish and Hebrew. Translation is an art. Any comments or
clarifications by Yiddish and/or Hebrew speakers/translators are
welcome. There are quite a few places in this particular letter where the exact meaning could not be discerned.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVDVyi2J6gXi7-Ul5mrOhWNXIPsz9ek-RYriP_TT6cHcaa6xVd2GB5uU6Xi1JQQJuyElxurOzEd7Ci4gm__JS2WpzFwZqiCnpvRCJ9HLyqDHTgJ1RxBffchxCt6tL-5RxHOva_iU17vTZ/s1562/Screen+Shot+2021-10-26+at+10.00.54+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1562" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVDVyi2J6gXi7-Ul5mrOhWNXIPsz9ek-RYriP_TT6cHcaa6xVd2GB5uU6Xi1JQQJuyElxurOzEd7Ci4gm__JS2WpzFwZqiCnpvRCJ9HLyqDHTgJ1RxBffchxCt6tL-5RxHOva_iU17vTZ/w640-h392/Screen+Shot+2021-10-26+at+10.00.54+PM.png" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7Xhk40cYcVNGr9xFlZ_UdaebZkSgz6E4zayZ7xtQ_rLJuY9-tjwPeQHfurf2WozRf4QrE8q9059RVyPR-Q6ho2vVo_CpZvWt105rCsba6R71rfeieHtqgdQdXZCwDZKnBzs1lLAL1wop/s1574/Screen+Shot+2021-10-26+at+9.50.41+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1574" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7Xhk40cYcVNGr9xFlZ_UdaebZkSgz6E4zayZ7xtQ_rLJuY9-tjwPeQHfurf2WozRf4QrE8q9059RVyPR-Q6ho2vVo_CpZvWt105rCsba6R71rfeieHtqgdQdXZCwDZKnBzs1lLAL1wop/w640-h390/Screen+Shot+2021-10-26+at+9.50.41+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div>Company name printed on address side [side 2] of the card: </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>контора</span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> Office</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Жарской Лесной Дачи и Лесопильн Завода <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Zharskoy Forest Dacha and Sawmill</span></span><br /></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font size="5"><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;"><font color="#000000" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: black;">Addressed to:</font></font></font></font></span></span></b></p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="line-height: 1.15;" style="line-height: 1.15;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>America</span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span> </span></font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>Mr. M. Liderman</span></font></span></font></font></span></span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font> </font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">Lynn, Mass.</span></span></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span>108 Blossm Street</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Blossom Street]</span></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font><font size="5"><br /></font></font></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font><font size="5"><b>Postmarked:</b> </font></font></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font>27 December 1911 (Russian/Julian date), Kiev<br /></font></font></font></span></span></span></div><h1 data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="5"><font>Translation</font><font>
</font></font></span></span></h1><h4>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky</i></font></font></font></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.] </font></span></font></font></span></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 1]</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday, January 9 English, 27 December Russian 1911</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">My dear and beloved son, the sweetness of my soul Mr. Moshe - Shalom - Mordekhai, should live.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">_____ already don't want to send you my letter because I am so troubled now, and there is not a single hour that I can _____ _____ I wrote home to mother, should live, that she should apologize to you in my name. From home they already wrote to you that I have changed to a different job. _____ Eishenberg _____ [torn; second half of word transliterates as <i>krataglov</i>]: _____ [transliterates as <i>grifaren</i>] the third _____ big _____ [forest?] in _____. And next to Polonnoe _____ to Polonnoe.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[1]</span></span> _____ and got this job, like a son, through my son-in-law Shakhne, should live.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2]</span></span> Because _____ his _____ [the word translates as easel or tripod]. _____ but until today there was no room here and it was full. But now one person left his job and I took his place. Pay is 40 a month, and on the side there is some income. But _____ on the side there is no _____ and a few more. And there is _____ [transliterates as <i>kassur</i>] - "And from the day that comes [torn] border will multiply [?] _____ and the light of day until the light of night, because _____ border cries without eyes. _____ because there is not a minute _____.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[3]</span></span> <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">Moshe, I didn't write to you the entire time and now it is Yom Tov for you [faded] and I set times and moments to write a letter to you. Thank you and praise _____.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">[written on the sides]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">It is possible that you can find excuses regarding letters. Mother sent the letters that you wrote to Feiga and it revived me.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">My son, when you will want to send a letter to me, you can send it to _____ in my name. If you can send the address printed here so _____. This is my address.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">[side 2] </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">May God help and we should live in fellowship, with strength and goodness. I haven't been home since Succos because when it happened and they called me _____ [transliterates as frendfellin] to come here, it was [Av?] erev Shabbos, _____ [erev Khanuka?].<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[4]</span></span> They sent me a telegram to Polonnoe that asked that I come right away from Polonnoe and that I shouldn't look at the fact that it's Friday. _____ left here and came to _____ erev Shabbos with _____. And that's why I haven't been able to travel home, even with _____ they haven't allowed me to travel. _____ [most of sentence is illegible] 6 _____. And it is still ten days _____.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Your father that worries about you _____. </span></span></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Notes</u>:</span></span></span></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;">1. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;">I have been unable to determine</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;"> if these words </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;">refer to particular forested areas. And I have been unable to find a map that names the various forested areas still extant in this area of Ukraine. Any help with this would be appreciated.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;">2. Shalom Skakhne Grinfeld was married to Levi Yitzkhak's oldest daughter, Feiga. The Grinfeld family lived in Baranovka. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;">3. There is much that is unclear in trying to translate this letter. What is clear was that Levi Yitzkhak was employed in the forest and the work was overwhelming, with little time for anything else - let alone traveling home to see his family in Annopol.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;">4. In 1911 (Hebrew year 5672), Succos (or Succot) which falls on 15-21 Tishri, was on 23-30 September (Russian/Julian calendar) and 6-13 October (USA/Gregorian calendar). So, Levi Yitzkhak had been away from home for about three months. <br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Posts in this Series</span></b></span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1910</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 January 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-4_2.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-49540245641967681522021-10-24T22:40:00.012-07:002023-07-02T15:00:07.814-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and, sometimes, Hebrew) sent
by Levi Yitzkhak Liderman to his son, Morris, who was settled,
initially, in New York City in 1910. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span>By September 1911, Morris had moved to Lynn, Massachusetts.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span>
</span></font></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;">Several
people have noted that Levi Yitzkhak's cards and letters include both
Yiddish and Hebrew. Translation is an art. Any comments or
clarifications by Yiddish and/or Hebrew speakers/translators are
welcome. There are quite a few places in this particular letter where the exact meaning could not be discerned.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></h2><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5Q2Q0OmR-Yfvk5NbZycP-dBz5wJqhx92LIfXzBYCUvJCy7A0KQXyk2QmpMU2zpcgHbeoch86iWISAKTOTfYGLTHDoK0vKJMRJvY3ZbjWECy53yMKxW_kmDq-VQO5LgI6Yhhgi4lGdwrE/s1502/Screen+Shot+2021-10-24+at+9.41.46+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1502" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5Q2Q0OmR-Yfvk5NbZycP-dBz5wJqhx92LIfXzBYCUvJCy7A0KQXyk2QmpMU2zpcgHbeoch86iWISAKTOTfYGLTHDoK0vKJMRJvY3ZbjWECy53yMKxW_kmDq-VQO5LgI6Yhhgi4lGdwrE/w676-h431/Screen+Shot+2021-10-24+at+9.41.46+PM.png" width="676" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDk28cOMzhquoFCYz-66ZqTCwDYPFXX8fei10KgNWwO8ziLqUvYOJHeYijeuLzIfxwPOLtwHfzuB5I6I6pLRDZ-ZMFEgaEUyWBJF4XRTwONF-t0GdbsRRYdY3ZC0yEvGHDGcSdVILvXJh3/s1443/Screen+Shot+2021-10-24+at+9.42.32+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1443" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDk28cOMzhquoFCYz-66ZqTCwDYPFXX8fei10KgNWwO8ziLqUvYOJHeYijeuLzIfxwPOLtwHfzuB5I6I6pLRDZ-ZMFEgaEUyWBJF4XRTwONF-t0GdbsRRYdY3ZC0yEvGHDGcSdVILvXJh3/w675-h454/Screen+Shot+2021-10-24+at+9.42.32+PM.png" width="675" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font size="5"><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;"><font color="#000000" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: black;">Addressed to:</font></font></font></font></span></span></b></p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="line-height: 1.15;" style="line-height: 1.15;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>Mr. M. Liderman</span></font></span></font></font></span></span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font> </font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span>108 Blossm Street</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Blossom Street]</span></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">Lynn, Mass.</span> </span><br /></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span><span>America</span></span></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font><font size="5"><br /></font></font></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font><font size="5"><b>Postmarked:</b> </font></font></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font>15 November 1911 (Russian/Julian date), Polonnoe<br /></font></font></font></span></span></span></div><h1 data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="5"><font>Translation</font><font>
</font></font></span></span></h1><h4>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky</i></font></font></font></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.] </font></span></font></font></span></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 1]</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Tuesday, Vayeitzei, November 28 English, 15 Russian [no month mentioned] 1911 <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;">[1]</span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>My dear and beloved son Mr. Moshe - Shalom- Mordekhai, should live! I received your letter from November 13 English, on the 25th and Mother, Sara, should live sent it to me, and I received it on Sunday.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[2]</span></span> You revived my soul when I saw your letter.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Your entire letter, from start to finish, you wrote only about Moshe Rosenfeld and you wrote a lot of details.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[3]</span></span> But I know that isn't important. You wrote very sparingly about your situation and status, and that is what's important to us. Whatever it is, my beloved son, I will bless you that the suit that you made should be worn in good health. And from today onward, God should help that we should see you with much <i>nachas</i>.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[4]</span></span> You from us, and we should see from all of you, too, amen.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Moshe'le, Moshe'le, I sent you the address from Zanvil, and for whatever reason, you didn't comment on it in your letter.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[5]</span></span> One of these days, we received a letter from him and he himself writes that _____ there is no news at his end. And he works for a non-Jew. And his _____ is also full _____ _____ his situation and status. I sent your address to him already and it's more than a month since, and he wrote that he lost it. He's requesting that I send it again. He wants to connect with you in his letter as brothers and beloved friends and _____.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Son, there is no news at our end, and everything is as it was. Gershon pulled back from the deal, and now we are without a buyer.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[6]</span></span> The freezing winter is here now and I light the flames for myself[?]. _____ _____ is now over and done with. Meaning, God knows man's thoughts, because it's all futile. Mother writes that she might have another buyer, but I don't know if it's indeed.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>[upside down]</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Write to us more often, my child. Now is the time to fulfill <i>Kibud Av V'em</i> [honoring father and mother]. You are also our honor.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>[side 2]</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>but don't ask _____ _____. Mr. Gershon pulled us along the entire time. He fooled me almost the entire summer, from day to day, week to week. And at the end he tells me that he doesn't have the money. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Moshe, nu, write the truth. You constantly write that you earn $12 a week. You should have some money at least. My dear son, my thought isn't about asking you for money, but I am curious to know. Let me know at least. Do you have any letter from _____ _____ [names are unclear].</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>[at the top]</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I received a notice from Faiga that in Baranovka there is a new bank that's called __<u>?</u>___ Bank [Russian] , and Shakhna stayed there _____ _____ [phrase of Russian origin and transliterates as Platna Tshten/Tshlen] and they offered 400 for a year and it could be that they will still rent the home because of the bank.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: small;">[7]</span> </span>They don't know yet about the house _____.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Notes</u>:</span></span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. <i>Vayeitzei</i> was the seventh weekly Torah reading of the Hebrew calendar: <i>Genesis</i> 28:10-32:3. It includes Jacob's dream of a ladder to heaven. "Vayetze," <i>Wikipedia</i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayetze">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayetze</a> : accessed 24 October 2021).<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">28 November 1911 in the Gregorian calendar was (and is still) in use in the United States was the same date as 15 November (Ноябр) in the Julian calendar then is use in the Russian Empire.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. Mother was Frieda Simberg Lederman and Sara was one of Morris' sisters. They both lived in Annopol, Ostrog Uyezd (district), Volhynia Gubernia (province).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. I have searched for the name Moshe (and first name variations) Rosenfeld in both the 1910 U.S. census and 1911 and 1912 city directories for Lynn, Massachusetts. I have also checked a 1906 Ostrog District Duma Voters List and did not locate anyone from Annopol with the surname or Rozenfeld, Roizenfeld or Reizenfeld.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. <i>Nachas</i> (a Yiddish word) means taking pride in achievement.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">5. Zanvil was Morris' older brother.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">6. Levi Yitzkhak and Frieda had been trying to sell their home in Annopol for several months so that Frieda and Sara could move closer to where Levi Yitzkhak was working (in the Polonnoye area). They had been thinking about moving to the community of Baranovka, where their older daughter, Feiga was living with her husband Shakhne and their three children. Gershon (whose surname is unknown to us) had, apparently, been stringing them along for several months.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">7. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Platna tsen </i>(платна цен) translates as "paid prices." It appears that Feiga and Shakhne were considering renting another house if Frieda, Levi Yitzkhak and Sara moved to Baranovka.</span></span></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Posts in this series:</span></span></span></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1910</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 January 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-4_2.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letter from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-68342118632425275232021-09-20T21:05:00.014-07:002023-07-02T15:00:18.615-07:00Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">This
post continues translation of letters and postcards in Yiddish (and, sometimes, Hebrew) sent
by Levi Yitzkhak Liderman to his son, Morris, who was settled,
initially, in New York City in 1910. F</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">or further background, see the <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html" style="line-height: 1.15;">first post in this series</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span>By September 1911, Morris had moved to Lynn, Massachusetts.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">For links to other posts in this series, scroll to the bottom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span>
</span></font></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;">Several
people have noted that Levi Yitzkhak's cards and letters include both
Yiddish and Hebrew. Translation is an art. Any comments or
clarifications by Yiddish and/or Hebrew speakers/translators are
welcome. There are quite a few places in this particular letter where the exact meaning could not be discerned.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1yfKYrut0vu3vg42USaslyHrGpYYdyHPtJagZ7Qy9POgmiFXj_Jc_72J4TmCme8Rvu_ChGy489IeCPb8qGPEM-tvDdJY__HiUz7WQRQMV8TPo1MfXHQKlbQDGic7Cf9y9sjOjAMYhRFP/s1560/Screen+Shot+2021-05-16+at+5.51.48+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="1560" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1yfKYrut0vu3vg42USaslyHrGpYYdyHPtJagZ7Qy9POgmiFXj_Jc_72J4TmCme8Rvu_ChGy489IeCPb8qGPEM-tvDdJY__HiUz7WQRQMV8TPo1MfXHQKlbQDGic7Cf9y9sjOjAMYhRFP/w640-h398/Screen+Shot+2021-05-16+at+5.51.48+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAuclQ_I5DFz2pv-3FX7WmGrbvodCbuBWuyOzq9UHIyDHoyFvph-EarYeMQgtgFZlCSkyT9QoY9tmB8aLDCIqTadh0XtoJ8JSKFeUQb2G_B390zRBN30yEUinW-FGwk8fAV2-wQ83ZJ8o/s1525/Screen+Shot+2021-05-16+at+5.52.06+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1525" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAuclQ_I5DFz2pv-3FX7WmGrbvodCbuBWuyOzq9UHIyDHoyFvph-EarYeMQgtgFZlCSkyT9QoY9tmB8aLDCIqTadh0XtoJ8JSKFeUQb2G_B390zRBN30yEUinW-FGwk8fAV2-wQ83ZJ8o/w640-h404/Screen+Shot+2021-05-16+at+5.52.06+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></h2><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font size="5"><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;"><font color="#000000" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: black;">Addressed to:</font></font></font></font></span></span></b></p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="line-height: 1.15;" style="line-height: 1.15;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font><span>M. Liderman</span></font></span></font></font></span></span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font> </font></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span>108 Blossm Street</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Blossom Street]</span></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">Lynn, Mass.</span> </span><br /></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font><span><span>America</span></span></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font><font size="5"><br /></font></font></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="3"><font><font size="5"><b>Postmarked:</b> </font></font></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font>19 October 1911 (Russian/Julian date), Polonnoe<br /></font></font></font></span></span></span></div><h1 data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face="" size="5"><font>Translation</font><font>
</font></font></span></span></h1><h4>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Translation by Esther Chanie Dushinsky</i></font></font></font></span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><font data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "georgia";" face=""><font>
<span><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">[Notes in blue as well as those at the end of the post </font><font color="#0000ff" data-blogger-escaped-style="color: blue;">are
mine. For ease of reading, I have
added paragraph breaks in the translation.] </font></span></font></font></span></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[side 1]</span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Wednesday, Parshas Lech Lecha, October 31 English, 18 Russia</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[1]</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">My dear and beloved son, who sweetens my soul, Mr. Mosheleh, should live. I received your closed letter that you wrote on Thursday, fourth day of Chol Hamoed Succot, the 12th of October English, at my home. It got to my home in Annopol [written in shorthand] on Friday _____, the 27th of October, English. Mother, should live, sent it to me here in Polonnoe.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Mother writes that it gave her sustenance to read your sweet words. And I am also saying, myself, that you revived my soul too and saved me [?]. Thank you and praise, you say that you prayed with other Jews on the holy Yom Kippur. It should be His will that our prayers should be accepted. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">My son, you write that your apartment is from someone from Polonnoe etc., his wife is the daughter of Naftali the writer. I searched here and I researched very well and there is no one with such a name here. I gather that an error fell from you pen and your quill. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">You wrote that you took apart [or unloaded] - the "Laptzerdok" - for what reason?<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">[2]</span></span> With Montchik _____ _____ you wrote that _____, give him thanks and praise in my name. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">At our end, there is still no news, and everything is as it was. Gershon still did not give money from day to day, and said that he will give. And up to now, as long as the price for the house is not in my hands, I won't be able to _____ _____ [have a court case?]. _____ to decide if in Polonnoe or in _____.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">[3] </span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">From Zeidel we haven't had a letter since after <i>Yom Tov</i>. I wrote your address to him, still during the <i>Yom Tovim</i> when I was still home, with the goal that he will come to you and now _____ the your letters with my letters. Love and friendship _____ _____ beloved. Maybe you received some letter. And the fact that I don't have a letter from him the entire time, isn't _____ on what to rely, if they always blame [?] you _____ big and isn't used to come from time to time. Often in the letters, or maybe in another way, it's represented there. Not _____, as long as he doesn't have a job [?] _____, as _____ and for this, the same thing is written.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span>[side 2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">I'll also say that in your letter that you sent $12 to _____ and will fulfill your words that you will write the <u>truth</u> always. And according to this calculation, as well as from all your letters until now, that it is the entire <u>truth</u>, you should have money already. My dear son, _____ _____ _____, you [?] asked innocently if I had some goal. No, my son, no, no, but really no. And it was yours, which is yours. But my soul wants to know the truth about your situation and your goals. I wish you would have money, I would be pleased. This is what gives me life. And so, my son, write all the details, and I will know. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Mother writes that every week she sends a letter to you, to uncle, and ____ ____. I just wrote to mother that she should also write to him often.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Your father who wants your good forever and ever, Levi-_____. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">Notes</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></u><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">1. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">The <i>Torah</i> reading for Parshas Lech Lecha is <i>Genesis</i> 12:1-17:27.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></h2><div>
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<h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">2. Lapserdak </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">is a long men's overcoat that reached the knees or ankles. Since Levi Yitzkhak put the word within quotation marks, I think he was not referring literally to a <i>lapserdak</i>, but, to some item of Morris (Moshe's) clothing. In previous letters (<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">21 February 1911</a> and <a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html" target="_blank">8 March 1911</a>) we learned that Morris had purchased a suit. Perhaps this refers to the suit.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;">3. In previous letters Levi Yitzkhak and his wife had not yet decided whether to move to Polonnoe or Baranovka (where their daughter, Feiga Grinfeld resided) after they sold their house in Annopol. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Posts in This Series </b><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2015/02/avrums-women-part-13-bond-of-brothers.html" target="_blank">Bond of Brothers</a>"</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-10.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 10 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-17.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 17 December 1910</a>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1910</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 January 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-4_2.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 February 1911</a>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/06/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-liderman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 March 1911</a>" <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-25-march-1911.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 25 March 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhkak-lederman-27.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 April 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 May 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/08/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 May 1911</a>"</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 May 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 June 1911</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2020/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-05.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 5 August 1911</a>" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-9.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 9 August 1911</a>"</span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-fron-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-31.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 31 August 1911</a>" </span></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-11.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 11 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-21.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 21 September 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-from-frieda-lederman-date.html" target="_blank">Letters from Frieda Lederman, date unknown (ca. 1910-1913)</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 October 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1911</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-27.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 27 December 1911</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letter-from-sara-lederman-14-january.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 January 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/12/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-19.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 19 March 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2021/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-14.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 14 April 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhka-lederman-4.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 4 July 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-13.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 13 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/01/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-30.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 30 August 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 November 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/09/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-2.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 2 December 1912</a>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/10/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-28.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 28 December 1912</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2022/11/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-18.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 18 February 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/03/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-29.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 29 March 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/04/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-1-june-1913.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 1 June 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/05/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-lederman-8.html">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 8 July 1913</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;">"<a href="https://extrayad.blogspot.com/2023/07/letters-from-levi-yitzkhak-23-april-1914.html" target="_blank">Letters from Levi Yitzkhak Lederman, 23 April 1914</a>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><font><span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><br />Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-31832997418084355692021-09-09T09:29:00.002-07:002021-09-10T13:22:07.985-07:00Catch me (and others) if you can!<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I will be participating (virtually) in two regional genealogy conferences in the next two weeks. I am also preparing for the week-long Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy to be held (so far planned for in-person) in January 2022.</span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="NYSFHC @ Home" height="209" src="https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/sites/all/themes/custom/nygb/assets/images/banner/nysfhc_logo_438.png" width="320" /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">New York State Family History Conference</span></span></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Friday, Sept. 10; Saturday, Sept. 25; plus pre-recorded sessions </i><br /></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This conference offers 27 live and recorded sessions relevant to those with interests in New York State genealogy and beyond. It includes a star-studded line-up of genealogy speakers including: Judy G. Russell, Jill Morelli, Daniel Horowitz, Karen Mauer Jones, D. Joshua Taylor, Crista Cowan, and, yours truly.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Plenary session was offered live on September 1st by author Russell Shorto. He presented, "The Truth About Family History." I found his talk inspiring. If you missed it, you will be able to listen to the recorded version, already online.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Five presentations each day will be available live (and later recorded) on Friday, September 10th and Saturday, September 25th. The September 25th sessions will also be repeated the following day. </span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In addition, 16 pre-recorded sessions will be offered on-demand. These sessions are available September 1 through October 18 for unlimited viewing. My talk, "Six Elements of Success for Beginning Ashkenazic Genetic Genealogists," is among the offerings.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Recordings of both live and on-demand sessions will be available for viewing through October 18, 2021 </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/nysfhc-registration#schedule">https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/nysfhc-registration#schedule</a></span></span> <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGqkoponmHGoKju_VF4go928lcA-kr01URCiUW5TlhiOyRU8PbkoXOUI_qk0f8R2SKVAFRGWbS1v5ZyqaKTUVYhOy6ueBha1KRegvUajHMxSC_CbZONxSuvbVkHCTYWsx2W-vN-Mj0re_/s200/summit-2021.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGqkoponmHGoKju_VF4go928lcA-kr01URCiUW5TlhiOyRU8PbkoXOUI_qk0f8R2SKVAFRGWbS1v5ZyqaKTUVYhOy6ueBha1KRegvUajHMxSC_CbZONxSuvbVkHCTYWsx2W-vN-Mj0re_/w259-h259/summit-2021.jpg" width="259" /></a></div>UGA Summit of Excellence </b><br /></span></span></span></h2></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">This Utah Genealogical Association conference will be held virtually via Zoom, Wednesday through Saturday, September 15-18, 2021. Although <i>Yom Kippur</i> falls in the middle of the conference, recordings of all presentations will be available through December 31, 2021. Registration remains open until Sunday, September 12th. Both single day and full conference registration is available.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to a keynote presentation by D. Joshua Taylor, you will be able to hear Crista Cowan, Judy G. Russell, Rev. David McDonald, Rich Venezia, Richard G. Sayer, Peggy Lauritzen, Angela Packer McGhie, Paul Woodbury, Mary Kircher Roddy, LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, yours truly, and others.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">My presentation,"It's What They Answered To: Learning Our Ashkenazic Ancestors' Names," will be offered Friday, September 17th at 10 A.M. (MDT). </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span><a href="https://registration.ugagenealogy.org/" target="_blank">https://registration.ugagenealogy.org/ </a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhniyIgSelj5YplXIsFZKKjCWNd5UOu3ioJlKyh9GNM5CozYTxfkFTue6xdHLg7RaFl9xa-M39OjH2zLwKz3xP2qog2dpV0esByiNlGZLc0GDtF56oc6w7UsI9VfBVs8hE4GMnsyEA7Jij5/s427/Screen+Shot+2021-09-09+at+9.15.44+AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="427" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhniyIgSelj5YplXIsFZKKjCWNd5UOu3ioJlKyh9GNM5CozYTxfkFTue6xdHLg7RaFl9xa-M39OjH2zLwKz3xP2qog2dpV0esByiNlGZLc0GDtF56oc6w7UsI9VfBVs8hE4GMnsyEA7Jij5/w400-h143/Screen+Shot+2021-09-09+at+9.15.44+AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy 2022</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span><span><span><span style="color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span>January 9-14, 2022</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span>SLIG will offer eleven intermediate to advanced courses on focused genealogy research topics.</span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span><span><span><span style="color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span><span><span><span style="color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span>I am pleased to share that I will be coordinating a course called "Back to the Old Country: Genealogy of Ashkenazic Jews of Galicia and the Russian Empire." The teaching cadre for this course is outstanding: Dr. Janette Silverman, Lara Diamond, Marian L. Smith (and me).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span>The course is geared to those who have already done some genealogy research but who want to expand their understanding of Ashkenazic Jewish research and historical context. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span>Registration is now open. See: <a href="https://slig.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=627" target="_blank">https://slig.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=627 </a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-21114361902218106402021-05-09T17:34:00.000-07:002021-05-09T17:34:40.273-07:00Is this Ruth Resnick Mann?<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Well, I know the answer to my question won't be definitive unless I can somehow get Ruth Resnick Mann's family to respond. But I want to know what <i>you</i> think. Here's the entire photo:</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunZ5I6pOXTh5qr1stO_mphUvhDwFuhlkav8K6faAcYbliI8dXDXPoudyXyenx_S_kxThgeIuoegUc4sphk5r5hEw5QeGj4UEd4XOdsMSrw4UO0He8znGCmhshm4eqFi94Ojoqbgmgk-ps/s1120/Screen+Shot+2021-05-09+at+4.44.39+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1120" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunZ5I6pOXTh5qr1stO_mphUvhDwFuhlkav8K6faAcYbliI8dXDXPoudyXyenx_S_kxThgeIuoegUc4sphk5r5hEw5QeGj4UEd4XOdsMSrw4UO0He8znGCmhshm4eqFi94Ojoqbgmgk-ps/w666-h493/Screen+Shot+2021-05-09+at+4.44.39+PM.png" width="666" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">I believe this was taken in Manhattan about November 1922 shortly after my great grandfather, Avrum Garber, arrived in the United States. The get-together was likely in my great uncle Nathan's apartment on Madison Street in Lower Manhattan.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We know the identities of everyone in the photo (all family members) except for the two on the far left: the young man and the girl next to him in the dark dress with the white collar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have a hunch based on some DNA matches and paper research. I am still working the DNA angle - need some more people to compare. The chance of locating Russian Empire records to work my hypothesis further are slim. Right now, I just cannot make a conclusive argument.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here is a closeup:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivE5Y1WJN7GSQ-3BtUV_t5FhdscdwlZlHLzeRJBEHU0y_99dhgcgo25kgHtD3VzayTtehvt7nI1WtNctHPZ9iPJdXChg00a8KLR9-Io5gKEQ2SVUoJNFqeo4GvLtFvDyYvw_ge_8o0-YZ0/s841/GarberPhotoDetail.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="585" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivE5Y1WJN7GSQ-3BtUV_t5FhdscdwlZlHLzeRJBEHU0y_99dhgcgo25kgHtD3VzayTtehvt7nI1WtNctHPZ9iPJdXChg00a8KLR9-Io5gKEQ2SVUoJNFqeo4GvLtFvDyYvw_ge_8o0-YZ0/w279-h400/GarberPhotoDetail.png" width="279" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And here is Ruth Resnick in her 1930 Plainfield High School (New Jersey) yearbook.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WaLHk9P33JC2Z8wwsHDmCaGPEF3-0H51eCUq9qLLmoJgmIU_wTWXZVuDBORqYqW2ar8o9F9Xnb4jIy2JVD8vj5UR1DpYV8QKYB4hqvawHzwwtc5_SpPGVJk_GdnTguW5VTSq_y_8bgUv/s395/Screen+Shot+2021-05-09+at+4.59.20+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="285" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WaLHk9P33JC2Z8wwsHDmCaGPEF3-0H51eCUq9qLLmoJgmIU_wTWXZVuDBORqYqW2ar8o9F9Xnb4jIy2JVD8vj5UR1DpYV8QKYB4hqvawHzwwtc5_SpPGVJk_GdnTguW5VTSq_y_8bgUv/w289-h400/Screen+Shot+2021-05-09+at+4.59.20+PM.png" width="289" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">In June 1934, she married Louis Mann and became Ruth Mann. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Is Ruth Resnick of Plainfield, New Jersey, the same person depicted a few years earlier in my Garber family photo? What do you think?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If this is, indeed, Ruth, then what I'd also hope for are some additional photos identifying her father Reuben Resnick. Perhaps the young man is her father Reuben.<br /></span></span></p>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-6185170160470397912021-04-17T17:37:00.000-07:002021-04-17T17:37:24.283-07:00Coming Attractions, April and May 2021<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Life seems to be speeding up a bit. I will be giving several online presentations in the next few weeks. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two are for members of the <i>Family History Society of Arizona </i>(Daytimers and Avondale chapters) on April 21 and May 11, 2021. Go to the website for the </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://fhsa.org/" target="_blank">Family History Society of Arizona</a> to see their (and my) offerings.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For Jewish genealogical societies, I will be offering three presentations (one for JGS Southern Nevada and two for JGS Greater Boston).<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Town Counsel: Finding Your European Town of Origin"</span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdfvFPEZchK_SLLlZchF0dJe5vqetBrhI7CzpNEMYBGgNYnw4Y7qcALvf5MpFO6B5g7TKbvKv4cIX-Oz4WZKkkUd1UR9Xe_zHRnhJHLM7giDkoX8WbWO_rv_W1xbQp-y-oRT2mixIh1Z5/s150/Screen+Shot+2021-04-17+at+5.33.11+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="91" data-original-width="150" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdfvFPEZchK_SLLlZchF0dJe5vqetBrhI7CzpNEMYBGgNYnw4Y7qcALvf5MpFO6B5g7TKbvKv4cIX-Oz4WZKkkUd1UR9Xe_zHRnhJHLM7giDkoX8WbWO_rv_W1xbQp-y-oRT2mixIh1Z5/w200-h121/Screen+Shot+2021-04-17+at+5.33.11+PM.png" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">1 PM (PDT), Sunday, April 18, 2021: Sponsored by the <a href="https://www.jgssn.org/" target="_blank">Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada</a>.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To register go to: <a href="https://www.jgssn.org/meetings.html">https://www.jgssn.org/meetings.html</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">JGS Southern Nevada has a stellar line up over the next few months. Check it out.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>"When It Takes A Village: Applying Cluster and Collateral research Techniques"</b> and <b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>"Conflict Management - Evaluating Evidence of Identity"</b> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfMPGAR3DU6SJJa3VzYt2gLDyNCoRwEs-4UB5Bgn8GBzbW165aMVTVO5df4LBuBN2L0AXkj3-Io3oZ4mP0zfynHbOFnb4iV7H1Yq0afSRqOyPlztPg-cE7SSals7t4BGJLFCX4sW2lsyj/s273/Screen+Shot+2021-04-17+at+5.31.27+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfMPGAR3DU6SJJa3VzYt2gLDyNCoRwEs-4UB5Bgn8GBzbW165aMVTVO5df4LBuBN2L0AXkj3-Io3oZ4mP0zfynHbOFnb4iV7H1Yq0afSRqOyPlztPg-cE7SSals7t4BGJLFCX4sW2lsyj/s0/Screen+Shot+2021-04-17+at+5.31.27+PM.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">10:30 AM (PDT)/1:30 PM (EDT), Sunday, May 2, 2021: A double-header sponsored by the <a href="https://www.jgsgb.org/" target="_blank">Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston</a>.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For further information and to sign up, go to <a href="https://www.jgsgb.org/event/emily-garber2021/">https://www.jgsgb.org/event/emily-garber2021/</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">JGS Greater Boston also has several fine events scheduled in the next couple of months.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hope to see you online! </span></i><br /></span></span></p>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445639686053980930.post-86051913313114957802021-03-08T19:40:00.004-08:002021-04-17T14:06:31.157-07:00IAJGS Conference Early Registration is Now Open!<div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWvSwny3ivvf3FZgIaNKvzATgQLUPe7glPP-Cb34vrNdBUMTObnTC8n4fMUj809XKijJOjXp6LS1b6ZqRuqah5_s2GpXcSzOIHRb_Rq0L7CSHdVfMz4krkNiESxGadOEYzyRf-bhwhz8z/s1170/IAJGS-ConferenceLogo.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="222" data-original-width="1170" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWvSwny3ivvf3FZgIaNKvzATgQLUPe7glPP-Cb34vrNdBUMTObnTC8n4fMUj809XKijJOjXp6LS1b6ZqRuqah5_s2GpXcSzOIHRb_Rq0L7CSHdVfMz4krkNiESxGadOEYzyRf-bhwhz8z/w675-h128/IAJGS-ConferenceLogo.png" width="675" /></a></span></div><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;">[Update: Ooops! Never mind. The IAJGS conference will now be virtual. No additional info is currently available. Conference planners are clearly feverishly working to figure out the virtual event schedule.]</span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2021/index.cfm" target="_blank">International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Conference</a> is being planned for August 2-5, 2021. The goal is to have the conference in-person in Philadelphia.*</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Registration for the conference is now open.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was asked to prepare a short (2 minute) video as a teaser for one of my talks: "Alien, Enemy, Declarant...Grief: Learning from Missteps in the Naturalization Process."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Allow me to tease you.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jJKVfaRL7SU" width="320" youtube-src-id="jJKVfaRL7SU"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I will also be delivering two more talks:</span><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Planning for Success: A Strategy for Effective Family History Research"</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Learning Our Craft: Online Opportunities for Improving Research Skills"</span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></div><div><div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">* I will admit to being a bit of a pessimist about holding the conference. But I am assured that conference planners are thinking of all contingencies including a virtual or hybrid conference. Stay tuned.<br /></span></span></p></div></div>Emily Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728999439188446783noreply@blogger.com0