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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 8/2/2026 5:12 PM
Family Surname: Riskin
Country: Israel
Town: Haifa
Date of Image: 1934

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Attached is 4/6 pages of a 1934 letter sent by my great-grandfather Abram (Abrasha) Riskin, from Haifa, to my great-grandmother Bronya Levin, who may have been traveling in Europe with their daughter, Miryam Riskin. The page notes the city of Safed in Hebrew. I would appreciate your assistance in the translation of the letter. Thank you.

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8/6/2026 11:30 AM

Брончик!Сообщи мне, пожалуйста, нужны ли тебе деньги? Посылаю 3 книги тонкие вместо 2-х (двух) толстых. Я только что слышал что в где свирепствует оспа, немедленно удостоверься, у Ара Штернавенга, может нужно привить, то сделай всё по его совету он очень серьезный врач. Кстати выразишь ему лично искреннюю признательность за его внимание к тебе. Я хочу чтоб ты окончательно выздоровела, а для этого тебе нужно остаться там на месяц, если ты мне обещаешь это - и выполнишь это - то тогда можно сговориться семейством Майберга чтоб они согласились на 35 тыс в сутки - это не координально вопрос, но если можно то почему нет - твоя задача поправиться не голодовкой - а питанием самым лучшим, если есть что-нибудь такое что тебе хочется и ты не можешь получить на месте сообщи я с удовольствием вышлю тебе, по обычной мещанской натуре своей, если бы ты была моложе на 20 лет, то мог бы сказать что ты капризное дитя; а так я не знаю этому имя. Не желаю тебя упрекать в чем-нибудь, я констатирую факт, что если для тебя вопрос моей к тебе любви стоит в рамках

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