The Shtetl Book

angel of death Arn-Moyshe asked Aunt Itke Avrom Avrom-Ber Bal Shem beard began besmedresh Bessarabia boys bride bridge butcher called cemetery child church dance Dovid eyes father gefilte fish gentile Gitl goyim Greblye groom hands Hebrew Hersh holiday Jacob Zipper Jewish Jews kahal kapote khasidic khasidim khazn Khelm khevre kheyder Khmelnitski live look Lublin Lublin province Marvin Herzog maskil mayn Mezhbizh Minsk misnagdim Mordkhe morning mother Motl Moyshe Nemirov never nickname night peasants peysekh play Poland Polish poor porets pray prayer proverb Purim rabbi Reb Peyshe rebe rendar Rizhiner rubles Russian shabes shames Shlof zhe Sholom Aleichem shouted shoykhet Shtern shtetl shtibl shul shvues sing Slutsk someone stand story street strike Suvalk synagogue tailor Talmud Tishevits took Torah town Vilne voice wagon wedding wife women words workers Yankl Yiddish Yivo אַ און יְהוָה שלאף