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Some of the proverbs I have collected appeared previously in the yearbook Der hoyz-fraynd published by M. Spektor in Warsaw (1888–1889). The collection I am now presenting to the reader as…
Contributor:
Ignatz Bernshteyn
Places:
Leipzig, Germany
Date:
1907
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Even though the town has a well right in the middle of the marketplace, many of its finest people use river water that they have to carry from the edge of the town half a mile away. The river water is…
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Y. L. Peretz
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1899
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Humor—is a Jewish thing. What Jew doesn’t enjoy listening to a nice story, parable, or witticism? When is a Jew indisposed to joking around? Not due to great luxury, God forbid, but on the contrary…
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Sholem Aleichem
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1892
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(The songs)
It frightens us so,
With our poor wares to go
And face the wide world and its scorn.
We have lived many days,
But know only the ways.
Of the villages where we were born.
(The author)
Yo…
Contributor:
Pesach-Elijah Badkhn
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1871
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In this volume I have made a selection of religious and holiday songs.
Actually, they constitute a single group, since in reality it is hard to draw a sharp dividing line between the first group and…
Contributor:
Noah Pryłucki
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1910–1911