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Category: Translation - Yiddish
Approval Date: 8/2/2026 5:13 PM
Family Surname: Chaldei / Haldey / Halday / חלדי
Country: Russia
Town: Novotroitsk
Date of Image: 1950, 1955, 1956

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Three handwritten Yiddish letters, dated 23 Aug 1956, 21 Jul(?) 1950 and 21 or 31 Jan 1955. The accompanying postcards shows they were sent from Baku (sender: I. Sh. GENDLER) to Novotroitsk, Chkalov (now Orenburg) oblast, USSR. Addressee: Sarra KHALDEI / Chaldei / Haldey / חלדי, b. 1887 in Kaunas; the family lived in Palestine (Haifa, Jerusalem) before moving to the USSR in 1930.

I would be grateful for a transcription and translation, and especially for:

Personal names, place names and dates.
The signature: who signs, and what relationship word is used (I think I read "דיין טרייע").
In the 1950 letter an underlined passage reads "23 [month?] 1880" and "1950", with "70" nearby - is this a 70th birthday or a birth/death notice?
Whether the writer addresses one person (du) or several (ir).

Response

8/6/2026 10:34 AM

If you post these separately you will probably get more response. It is hard to read them like this.

8/8/2026 7:01 PM

They are all written by Yitzhak Khaldei and addressed to "my dears and precious ones". There are no relationships mentioned.
23 October 1880 is his own birthday in the Julian calendar (4 November in the Gregorian).
In 1950 he reports that Sarah is vacationing in Sochi and sends regards from Sarah and Fima.
In 1955 he reports that Sheyne is on the mend.
In 1956 he reports that Ese received the letter and Are(?) completed his exams. Hannah is going to Gagra, Miran and Aniuta are going to Mardokiani(?). Lobe has arrived in Kislovodsk. Frida's daughter Ina has also finished her exams.

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