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Fishke the Lame
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Fishke started to narrate in his lisping, stammering way. “You seem to know I married the blind orphan girl, and after the wedding we lived well, like a Jewish couple should. I think I kept my part of…

Contributor:

Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim)

Places:

Berdichev, Russian Empire (Berdychiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1869

Subjects:

Scholarship, Marriage, Economic life, Humor, Yiddish

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Literature, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
Yudl and Yehudis
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Yehudis: Yidele—a question. Hear me out. And please don’t interrupt and start to shout. Yidele: I’m not exactly in the mood, my dear, But go ahead and…

Contributor:

Shiye Mordkhe Lifshits

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1862

Subjects:

Scholarship, Sexism, Gender, Marriage, Yiddish

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Literature, Science & Philosophy
Meneket Rivkah (Rebecca’s Nursemaid)
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King Solomon, peace be upon him, says in…

Contributor:

Rebecca Tiktiner

Places:

Tykocin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Tykocin, Poland)

Date:

Second Half of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Women, Piety, Family, Marriage, Yiddish

Categories:

Literature, Wisdom Literature, Religion & Theology