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Leopold Pilichowski
Places:
Lodz, Russian Empire
(Lodz, Poland)
Date:
1894–1895
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Can you guess, children, which is the best of all holidays? Hannukah, of course.
You don’t go to cheder for eight days in a row, you eat pancakes every day, spin your dreidel to your heart’s content…
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Sholem Aleichem
Places:
(Ukraine, Ukraine)
Date:
1900
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We recite the blessing “Who performed miracles for our forefathers, etc.” on Hanukkah and Purim, but we do not do so on Passover, even though the Exodus…
Contributor:
Levi Isaac of Berdichev
Places:
Slavuta, Russian Empire
(Slavuta, Ukraine)
Date:
1798
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Why should I write to you about myself? Nothing has happened in the meantime in my personal life. My son is still with me, as before. He is still an Extern. He knows the gymnasium [university…
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Yehoshu‘a Ḥana
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1909
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Since time immemorial Jews in every city would customarily kasher the dishes they use throughout the year for Passover—glassware by soaking, and pots by heating them to a very high temperature. But a…
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Rosalea Gershenowitz, Urye Kahan
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1884