[PW] Re: Help with deciphering Yiddish letter

[Tsviya Polani]

Chana,
כל הכבוד לו
My native Hebrew speaking coworker who knows Yiddish found the script very 
difficult.  She said she'd work on it.

Tsviya Polani
Reference Librarian
Aranne Library
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Be'er Sheva, Israel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chana Lajcher - for Stumpers" <chana at jct.ac.il>
To: "Project Wombat" <list at project-wombat.org>
Cc: <sylviamilne at btinternet.com>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 4:27 PM
Subject: [PW] Re: Help with deciphering Yiddish letter


> Hello Robin:
>
> Sorry for the delay - I hadn't checked Stumpers mail for a few days.
>
> My husband just sat and translated this for us.  He's Argentinian and they
> spoke Yiddish at home so he was able to read this okay in spite of the
> messy handwriting (a lesson to all of us for the future).
>
> He said the Yiddish isn't the best, and there are English words thrown in.
> It seems to be a Rosh Hashana greeting (Jewish New Year) because of
> the date and the end line.
>
> Here is the text approximately (not word for word).
> -----------------------
> October 14, 1948
> My dear brother Willie.
>
> I greet you from the heart.  I am sending you my photograph.  In the
> second (next) letter I will send you another photograph.  Answer me and
> write what is with your health, and your business, how are you and the
> children and is everything alright.
>
> Thanks G-d everything is okay with me.  Your brother who wishes you a
> good, happy and healthy year.
>
> ------------------
> Best Regards and Shalom from Jerusalem,
>
> Chana Lajcher - Library Director
> Jerusalem College of Technology
> Jerusalem, Israel
> chana at jct.ac.il
>
>
> On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Sylvia Milne wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:20:41 +0100
>> From: Sylvia Milne <sylviamilne at btinternet.com>
>> Reply-To: list at project-wombat.org
>> To: Project Wombat <list at project-wombat.org>
>> Subject: [PW]Help with deciphering Yiddish letter
>>
>> I'm sending this on behalf of a w0mbat who is having difficulties
>> subscribing and posting.
>>
>> Greetings!
>>
>> I'm a former Womb*t who had to leave the list shortly before its
>> reincarnation, due to major spam problems.I'm back, on a  personal
>> account, and my first question is for myself (and my mother).
>>
>> I have a letter from 1948, hand-written in Yiddish to my
>> great-grandfather from his half-brother in Argentina.My older  relatives
>> who
>> speak Yiddish cannot read it (at least, not in script)
>>
>> The letter is fairly short.  A scanned image of it is online at:
>> http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8158
>>  <http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8158>
>> It probably contains no earth-shaking family secrets, but my mom and
>> I would both be very grateful if someone could unlock the meaning.
>>
>> Robin Carroll-Mann
>> Head of Adult Services,
>> Summit Free Public Library, Summit, NJ 07901
>> brighidnichiarain at yahoo.com
>>
>> Sylvia Milne
>>
>> Please visit me at
>> http://www.sylviamilne.btinternet.co.uk/plucked/
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