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Letter to the Editor: On Kashering for Passover
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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…

Contributor:

Rosalea Gershenowitz, Alexander Zederbaum

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1884

Subjects:

Holidays, Economic life, Piety, Passover

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology
The Last Days of the Jerusalem of Lithuania: Chronicles from the Vilna Ghetto and the Camps
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I weep, and am amazed. I have seen death so many times and have controlled myself. Have experienced so much torment, disgrace, and humiliation, and…

Contributor:

Herman Kruk

Places:

Vilnius, USSR (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Jewish quarters, Holocaust, Passover, Genocide, Death

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, Poetry, Literature