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Submitted by Christine Lassiege

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Category: Translation - Hebrew
Approval Date: 1/25/2023 11:31 AM
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Country: Poland
Town: Minsk Mazowiecki 		Click the picture to enlarge

 This text is an extract from Minsk Mazowiecki's Yizkor book I would like a complete translation english or french doesn't matter.
Thank you very much

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1/27/2023 1:18 PM Translation using OCR without proofreading:

Jacob Eliav Weil

On Ephraim Mashom and his son Moshe Shadelatzki

(From a letter to the editor of the book and his wife on the occasion of the Bar Mitzvah of his eldest son Moshe Haim - named after his grandfather).

- ... we know the two of you, Zfora and Ephraim, well from the book of Label Rochman, beloved by all who know and see. Your name, Ephraim, reminds me of your grandfather from the dawn of my childhood. He used to be a guide - a Jew with a handsome face, smiling, strict and cute, throws a bitter and fond one, a repulsive left examination and a close right hand", and it seems to me - firm and controlling even over the Rebbe in his own right. Through the open windows of grandfather's hostel, on Shabbat and Eid, the loud and rich voices of the Hasidic of Warsaw would emanate - well-formed and centenarian Jews, without the mannerisms of hanyoiks and skukoks. But Hassidish-Gvirish-Mamzarish... Name of the happy bridegroom Moshe Haim - such a one. Probably, the name of your father, A.H. I remember from my youth the name Moisha Froims, who was a frequent guest at Haritz Hamersh in those days, at the beginning of the century, the days of the Japanese war, the revolution of 1905, congresses and the Ugandan polemic. Achi Sania was used as a fortress for the heretics among the medics of the synagogue. 4, and that the son of Ephraim was a kind of exception", who would have appeared even then as a "fazat" a cut cap (Drei Farta'leach). An old terrorist wearing a collar and a tie, and a plaintive, cantankerous expression on his face, who was probably struggling with different kinds of sabotage angels - the rabbi's court, Talmud Torah, Zionism on the one hand and Bund" and P.S. on the other, and Rashit Chochma - the generation in clothing One of my questions (I was two or three years younger than him), what would the eyes of the people stare at, especially in the Rebbe's court, in his modern clothing? He answered me: And in the Rebbe's family, how? And Rabbi Mosheli (Rabbi Alterl's brother-in-law, who used to be a rebistro for himself and later Rabbi Right in Warsaw. Mornov, 40, his son Yehoshua, who was a Streimel doctor at the age of 10, and now Prof. A. Y. Heschel in New York), doesn't he make his pants longer, his clothes shorter, and wears a collar and a Manstein? As well as other relatives of the Beshat race - from the house of Sadigora, etc. - who wear a little gentile. In short, a small bundle of memories. Ava, Ava - we have no remnant of this many-faced population, only memories.

Moshe Shadletsky

Tel-Aviv, 6 Shebat 5773 - 31.1.1963.

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1/29/2023 4:51 PM Standing on the shoulders of giants:

The previous helper provided a translation done by an OCR reader and not proofread.

I have compared those results to the original Hebrew, and have come up with the following version. (Note that the writer used flowery language, slang, and obscure Yiddish expressions).
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Jacob Eliav, of blessed memory

About Ephraim Meshamesh* and his son Moshe Shedletzky

(From a letter to the editor of the book and his wife on the occasion of the Bar Mitzvah of his eldest son Moshe Chaim - named after his grandfather).

- ... we know the two of you, Tzipporah and Ephraim, well from the book of Laibel Rochman, beloved by all who know [or: knew] him and see [or: saw] him. Your name, Ephraim, reminds me of your grandfather “Froyim Meshamesh” from the dawn of my childhood. A servant of the community, synagogue officer, instructor – a Jew who was mature and respected, smiling, stern and beloved, browbeating and loving, with the point of view “the left hand pushes away, and the right hand draws near”, and it seems to me – forceful and controlling even of the Rabbi himself. Through the open windows of grandfather's boarding house, on Shabbat and holidays, the happy and full voices of the Chassidim of Warsaw would break through – Jewish men of presence and of wealth, without the manners of “Chnyoks” [holier-than-thou people] or “Shkoks” [people who bustle about], rather – Chassidic-lordly-cunning...

The name of the guest of honor was Moshe Chaiim – like that, as it seems, was name of your father, may he rest in peace. I remember from my youth the name Moyshe Froyms, who was an occasional guest in the Beit Midrash – that in those times, at the beginning of the century, the days of the Japanese war, the revolution of 1905, congresses and the Ugandan conflict, he served a protected hostelry for the heretics among the Yeshiva students, and that the son of Ephraim was a type of “exceptional one”, who already then appeared as a “patzet” [?] – a cut-off Kapote [Chassidic long coat] (three quarters), a devil with a wisp of a beard and decorated with a collar and a tie, and a complaining, quarrelsome expression on his face, who was apparently struggling with various types of angels of destruction – the Rebbe’s court, learning Torah, Zionism on the one hand and “Bund” and the P.P.S. [Polish Socialist Party] on the other, and most of all – being finely dressed. I remember that I once asked him (I was two or three years younger than he), why he must gouge out the eyes of the people, especially in the Rebbe's court, with his modern clothing? He answered me: And how is it in the Rebbe's family? And Rabbi Mosheli [?] (Rabbi Alterel's brother-in-law, who led a Rabistvo [rabbinical post] himself and later was an actual rabbi in Warsaw. Mornov, 40, his son Yehoshua, who wore a Streimel [furry Chassidic hat] at the age of 10, and is now the Professor A. Y. Heschel in New York), he doesn't make his pants longer, he shortens his clothes, and wears a collar and a Manston [tie]? Likewise other relatives from the branch of the Besh”t [Ba’al Shem Tov, founder of Chassidism] – from the house of Sadigora, etc. - who wear some Gentile clothing.
In short, a small bundle of memories. Alas, alas – we have no remnant of this multi-faceted population, just memories alone.

Tel-Aviv, 6 Shevat 5723 – January 31, 1963

* Reading the name as Meshamesh is a guess. Without vowels and identifying dots, it is hard to be sure. There are four possible combinations of consonants: M-SH-M-SH, M-S-M-S, M-SH-M-S, and M-S-M-SH.

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