As preserved and translated by Yosef Dror ([email protected])
With this manuscript that was preserved by Wolfson's daughter, Dr. Zila Wolfson-Honikberg, there is another text copied from the daily "Hayom". The text, that was written by B.A.Zeevizhenski, describes the history of Jews in Vitebsk ("Le'Korot Hayehudim BeVitebsk"). The text was typed not on the same typewriter that Aharoni used to type Wolfson's memoir.
The text contains:
The full text of "Hayom" comprises 31 double-spaced (quarto) pages. The description starts with the year of 1605. I assume that Aharoni read this text in front of Wolfson.
I could not find "Hayom" in the Union catalogue of the universities of Israel (Alef). This catalogue may be searched through and website of the universities in Israel (http://libnet.ac.il/~libnet/net/). There are some other "Hayom"s newspapers but not this one.
The unpublished Wolfson's text contains the following chapters:
Rabanei Vitebsk | 1 |
Yeshivat Vitebsk | 10 |
Batei Talmud Tora | 11 |
The Hebrew governmental school | 13 |
Chamber of commerce | 14 |
Fire Brigade | 14 |
The bank for mutual credit | 15 |
Jewish hospital | 17 |
Bikur Holim | 18 |
Woods supply | 20 |
Gmach | 20 |
Lehem Evyonim | 20 |
Synagogues | 21 |
Cemeteries and Hevra Kadisha | 23 |
Hevrat Maachal Kasher | 24 |
I can not take the responsibility for the exact translation of the names. Names of persons in Zeevizhenski's text were spelled in Yiddish, those of Wolfson's mainly in Hebrew spelling.
Last name | First name | Page |
Gershonovitch | Matatya | 2 |
Smolianski | Gerzig | 2 |
Yakubovitch | Yehuda | 5 |
Zemski | 5 | |
Ben Moshe | Eliezer | 6 |
Ben Moshe | Shmuel | 6 |
Abramovitch | Shimon | 9 |
Smuelovitch | Yeshayahu | 9 |
Fegelzon | 11 | |
Levinson | Yitzhak Ber | 11 |
Natanson | Duber | 11 |
Yakubovitch | 14 | |
Kedar | Elazar, rav | 16 |
Zeltser Lipman | Katriel Michal | 16 |
Zeltser Lipman | Yomtov | 16 |
Shlosburg | Menachem Nahum | 17 |
Hirsh | Naftali Zvi | 17 |
Levinson | Yitzhak Ber | 17 |
Zeltser Lipman | Katriel Michal | 17 |
Zeltser Lipman | Yomtov | 17 |
Shlosburg | Menachem Nahum | 18 |
Hirsh | Naftali Zvi | 18 |
Platzichin | Fredritchik | 18 |
Ginzburg | Chaim | 19 |
Ginzburg | Meril | 19 |
Ginzburg | Mordechai | 19 |
Ginzburg | Yitzhak | 19 |
Hirsh | Beinush Binyamin | 19 |
Hirsh | Sara Bat Eliyahu | 19 |
Hirsh | Zisel | 19 |
Shlosburg | Menachem Nahum | 20 |
Ginzburg | Chaim | 20 |
Ginzburg | Simcha Asher | 20 |
Hirsh | Beinush | 20 |
Hirsh | Beinush Binyamin | 20 |
Hirsh | Beinush Binyamin | 20 |
Hirsh | Naftali Zvi | 20 |
Hirsh | Naftali Zvi | 20 |
Minkin | Mordechai | 20 |
Minkin | Yitzhak | 20 |
Nisan | Yaakov | 20 |
Rosenfeld | Binyamin | 20 |
Rosenfeld | Yekhezkel | 20 |
Shlosburg | Gershon | 20 |
Shlosburg | Menachem Nahum | 20 |
Aveli | Avraham | 21 |
Ginzburg | Chaim | 21 |
Ginzburg | Chaim | 21 |
Hirsh | Beinush Binyamin | 21 |
Hirsh | Naftali Zvi | 21 |
Issik | Yitzhak, rav? | 21 |
Matz | Yeshayahu | 21 |
Meirson | Zeev Wolf | 21 |
Minkin | Mordechai | 21 |
Shlosburg | Gershon | 21 |
Shlosburg | Menachem Nahum | 21 |
Ginzburg | Chaim | 22 |
Hirsh | Naftali Zvi | 22 |
Ligosh | 22 | |
Papirna | Naftali Herz | 22 |
Shmit | 22 | |
Abramovitch | 23 | |
Rabinovitch | 23 | |
Redlina | 23 | |
Veinshtok | 23 | |
Voltazer | 23 | |
Elinson | L. | 25 |
Ginzburg | A. | 25 |
Kerlin | Z. | 25 |
Rabinovitch | 25 | |
Ginzburg | Chaim | 26 |
Hirsh | Naftali Zvi | 26 |
Minkin | Yitzhak | 26 |
Shlosburg | Menachem Nahum | 26 |
Ginzburg | Chaim | 27 |
Ginzburg | Simcha Asher | 27 |
Cohen | Zeev Wolf, rav | 28 |
Ginzburg | Chaim | 28 |
Cohen | Zeev Wolf, rav | 29 |
Ginzburg | Chaim | 29 |
Hirsh | Beinush Binyamin | 29 |
Kerlin | Noah | 29 |
Kerlin | Yehuda | 29 |
Matz | Mordechai | 29 |
Matz | Moshe | 29 |
Shmerling | Chaim | 29 |
Shmerling | Zvi Hirsh | 29 |
Shochat | Yehuda Lev | 30 |
Shochat | Zalman | 30 |
Pozner | Meir | 31 |
Pozner | Mordechai | 31 |
Shochat | Yehuda Lev | 31 |
Shochat | Zalman | 31 |
Last name | First name | Page |
Issik | Yitzhak?, rav | 1 |
Homler | Issik, rav | 1 |
Sirkin | Yechezkel, rav | 1 |
Etingov | Avraham, rav | 1 |
Levin | Aharon, rav | 1 |
Landa | Yekutiel Zalman, rav | 1 |
Levin | Yeshayahu, rav | 1 |
Issik | Yitzhak?, rav | 2 |
Yankels | rav | 2 |
Levin | Yeshayahu, rav | 2 |
Landa | Yekutiel Zalman, rav | 2 |
Rapoport | Dov | 2 |
Landa | Yekutiel Zalman, rav | 3 |
Ostrobener | Zalman, rav | 3 |
Issik | Yitzhak?, rav | 3 |
Etingov | Avraham, rav | 3 |
Feglson | Chaim, rav | 3 |
Levin | Yeshayahu, rav | 3 |
Shneorson | Mordechai, rav | 3 |
Slovodkin | Eliyahu, rav | 3 |
Fradkin | Shneor Zalman, rav | 3 |
Rashkin | Israel | 3 |
Shinfinkel | Simcha | 3 |
Trivatch | Tuvia | 4 |
Fradkin | Shneor Zalman, rav | 4 |
Shneorson | Mordechai, rav | 4 |
Neimark | Zalman, rav | 4 |
Hurvitz | Dov Nachman, rav | 4 |
Sokolov | Nachum | 4 |
Rabinovitch | rav (Poltava) | 4 |
Hurvitz | Chaim Binyamin | 5 |
Rozin | Yosef, rav | 5 |
Shneorson | Yehuda Lev, rav | 5 |
Etingov | Avraham, rev | 5 |
Hurvitz | Menachem Dov, rav | 5 |
Shneorson | Mordechai, rav | 5 |
Medalya | Shmarya Lev, rav | 5 |
Slovodkin | rav | 5 |
Shapira | Aba Lev, rav | 5 |
Rabinovitch | Baruch, rav | 5 |
Issik | Yitzhak?, rav | 6 |
Kedar | Eliezer, rav | 6 |
Zaks | Shneor | 6 |
Zeltzer | Lipa | 6 |
Gitelson | Isaschar Ber, rav | 7 |
Kedar | Eliezer, rav | 7 |
Brook | Zvi, rav Dr. | 7 |
Brook | Yaakov | 7 |
Perelshtein | rav | 7 |
Traineen | Aharon | 8 |
Hurvitz | Sh. | 8 |
Hurvitz | Lev | 8 |
Zhitlovski | Chaim | 8 |
Brook | Zvi, rav Dr. | 8 |
Yugenburg | 8 | |
Gitelson | Isaschar Ber, rav | 8 |
Brook | Zvi, rav Dr. | 9 |
Tsirelson | Y.L, rav | 9 |
Melamed | Yosef Elchanan, rav | 9 |
Issik | Yitzhak?, rav | 10 |
Sirkin | Yekhezkel, rav | 10 |
Etingov | Avraham, rav | 10 |
Levin | Aharon, rav | 10 |
Landa | Yekutiel Zalman, rav | 10 |
Ayala | Aharon Chaim | 10 |
Rakover | Zeev Wolf, rav | 10 |
Polesky | Michael, rav | 10 |
Rabinovitch | Baruch, rav | 11 |
Levin | Yitzhak | 11 |
Levin | Yehoshua, rav | 11 |
Hirshkovich | rav | 11 |
Kuk | rav | 11 |
Lipin | 11 | |
Guterman | 11 | |
Shor | Efraim Zalman | 12 |
Ginzburg | Moshe | 12 |
Ginzburg | Dov Baruch, rav | 12 |
Shor | Rachel | 12 |
Veinshtok | 12 | |
Rabinovitch | 12 | |
Zeltzer | Michal | 12 |
Iminiten | Gershon | 12 |
Veinshtok | 13 | |
Rabinovitch | 13 | |
Abramovitch | 13 | |
Yugenburg | 13 | |
Zakin | 13 | |
Yunovitch | 13 | |
Getz | 14 | |
Zutkevitch | 14 | |
Kerlin | 14 | |
Zletkin | 14 | |
Zeitlin | Zalman | 14 |
Kerlin | 15 | |
Hershman | Dov | 16 |
Ginzburg | 16 | |
Vishniak | 16 | |
Solovai | 16 | |
Shalit | 16 | |
Brook | Zvi, rav Dr. | 16 |
Gintzburg | Hortz | 17 |
Gintzburg | Yozil | 17 |
Iserson | Dr. | 17 |
Hershman | Dov | 17 |
Zhtlovski | Chaim, Dr. | 18 |
Brook | Zvi, rav Dr. | 18 |
Iserson | Dr. | 18 |
Polak | Dr. | 18 |
Yakobson | Dr | 18 |
Natanson | Dr | 18 |
Ribesh | Dr | 18 |
Cohen | Mrs | 18 |
Malkin | Lev | 19 |
Malkin | Avraham Aharon | 19 |
Yachnin | David | 19 |
Mekler | Shmaryahu | 19 |
Brook | Zvi, rav Dr. | 19 |
Brook | Zvi, rav Dr. | 20 |
Etingen | Moshe | 20 |
Berlin | Avraham | 20 |
Shor | Efraim Zalman | 20 |
Rosenfeld | Shmuel Noah | 20 |
Starisheler | Aharon | 21 |
Berelson | Avraham | 21 |
Churnomordik | Moshe Baruch | 21 |
Vilnekin | Gavriel | 21 |
Shor | Efraim Zalman | 22 |
Shor | Rachel | 22 |
Segal | Lev | 22 |
Piservski | 22 | |
Maza | Sara Miryam | 24 |
Maza | Shmon Dov | 25 |
Vishniak | Israel | 25 |
Ginzburg | Moshe Lev | 25 |
Pines | Zeev | 25 |
Vinyetz | Mordechai | 25 |
Atlas Meir, rav 129 ����� �����... Iserson 130 Tovin 130 ....�������. 152 ���� �����... 153 ...�����. 327 154 ����� ���.... 154 ...����. 327 Zeitlin 159 ������ ���������... 160 ...��������. 329 163 �� ������... Levin 164 ..�������. Veinberg 164 Beilin 164 164 ����� ��� ������... Chlenov Yechiel 165 Izenshtat M.A., rav 166 Chlenov Yechiel 166 Jabotinski 166 Usishkin 167 Goldshtein Alexander, Dr 168 Druyanov 168 Persich 168 Zaltopovski 168 Ginzburg 168 Chazonovich Yosef, Dr 168 Greenberg Chaim 168 Epshtein Zalman 168 Greenboim 168 Breslavski 168 Greenboim 169 ...�� ��� 332 169 ���� ����.... Shechtman 170 Jabotinski 170 Tyomkin Zeev 170 Chlenov Yechiel 170 Usishkin 170 171 ...���� �����. 332 172 ������.... Iserson, Dr 173 Melamed, rav 173 Mekler Shmaryahu 173 ...������� 334 175 , ��� ����... 176 ....��� ������. 334 Bezsmertani Moshe 186 ������ ����� ������.... Berlin Hana 186 Maza Sara Miryan 187 Ponzovskaya, Mrs 187 .....���� ��������. 340 188 ������� ���� ���.... 192 .....����� �����. 341 221 ����� 1918-1919.... 221 ...�� ����� ����. Kamenshtein 230 ��' �������� ��� ���.... 230 ...������ ��� ����; 365 Segalovitch, rav 239 ������ ����� ���� ������........ 239 .... ������� ����. 371 Belkovski, Prof 247 ���� ����.... Levontin, Ing 247 Zelkind 247 Uzieli 247 Bebel 247 ....�� ���� ���� ���. 379 Hurvitz Avraham 253 ������ ���� �� �� �������.... 254 ....����� ��� ����.
Name | Page(s) |
Abramovitch | z23 |
Abramovitch | 13 |
Abramovitch Shimon | z9 |
Atlas Meir, rav | 129 |
Aveli Avraham | z21 |
Ayala Aharon Chaim | 10 |
Bebel | 247 |
Beilin | 164 |
Belkovski, Prof | 247 |
Ben Moshe Eliezer | z6 |
Ben Moshe Shmuel | z6 |
Berelson Avraham | 21 |
Berlin Avraham | 20 |
Berlin Hana | 186 |
Bezsmertani Moshe | 186 |
Breslavski | 168 |
Brook Yaakov | 7 |
Brook Zvi, rav Dr. | 7 |
Brook Zvi, rav Dr. | 8 |
Brook Zvi, rav Dr. | 9 |
Brook Zvi, rav Dr. | 16 |
Brook Zvi, rav Dr. | 18 |
Brook Zvi, rav Dr. | 19 |
Brook Zvi, rav Dr. | 20 |
Chazonovich Yosef, Dr | 168 |
Chlenov Yechiel | 165 |
Chlenov Yechiel | 166 |
Chlenov Yechiel | 170 |
Churnomordik Moshe Baruch | 21 |
Cohen Zeev Wolf, rav | z28 |
Cohen Zeev Wolf, rav | z29 |
Cohen, Mrs | 18 |
Druyanov | 168 |
Elinson L. | z25 |
Epshtein Zalman | 168 |
Etingen Moshe | 20 |
Etingov Avraham, rav | 1 |
Etingov Avraham, rav | 3 |
Etingov Avraham, rav | 10 |
Etingov Avraham, rev | 5 |
Fegelzon | z11 |
Feglson Chaim, rav | 3 |
Fradkin Shneor Zalman, rav | 3 |
Fradkin Shneor Zalman, rav | 4 |
Gershonovitch Matatya | z2 |
Getz | 14 |
Gintzburg Hortz | 17 |
Gintzburg Yozil | 17 |
Ginzburg | 16 |
Ginzburg | 168 |
Ginzburg A. | z25 |
Ginzburg Dov Baruch, rav | 12 |
Ginzburg Chaim | z19 |
Ginzburg Chaim | z20 |
Ginzburg Chaim | z21 |
Ginzburg Chaim | z21 |
Ginzburg Chaim | z26 |
Ginzburg Chaim | z27 |
Ginzburg Chaim | z28 |
Ginzburg Chaim | z29 |
Ginzburg Meril | z19 |
Ginzburg Mordechai | z19 |
Ginzburg Moshe | 12 |
Ginzburg Moshe Lev | 25 |
Ginzburg Simcha Asher | z20 |
Ginzburg Simcha Asher | z27 |
Ginzburg Yitzhak | z19 |
Gitelson Isaschar Ber, rav | 7 |
Gitelson Isaschar Ber, rav | 8 |
Ginzburg Chaim | z22 |
Goldshtein Alexander, Dr | 168 |
Greenberg Chaim | 168 |
Greenboim | 168 |
Greenboim | 169 |
Guterman | 11 |
Hershman Dov | 16 |
Hershman Dov | 17 |
Hirsh Beinush | z20 |
Hirsh Beinush Binyamin | z19 |
Hirsh Beinush Binyamin | z20 |
Hirsh Beinush Binyamin | z20 |
Hirsh Beinush Binyamin | z21 |
Hirsh Beinush Binyamin | z29 |
Hirsh Naftali Zvi | z17 |
Hirsh Naftali Zvi | z18 |
Hirsh Naftali Zvi | z20 |
Hirsh Naftali Zvi | z20 |
Hirsh Naftali Zvi | z21 |
Hirsh Naftali Zvi | z22 |
Hirsh Naftali Zvi | z26 |
Hirsh Sara Bat Eliyahu | z19 |
Hirsh Zisel | z19 |
Hirshkovich, rav | 11 |
Homler Issik, rav | 1 |
Hurvitz Avraham | 253 |
Hurvitz Dov Nachman, rav | 4 |
Hurvitz Chaim Binyamin | 5 |
Hurvitz Lev | 8 |
Hurvitz Menachem Dov, rav | 5 |
Hurvitz Sh. | 8 |
Iminiten Gershon | 12 |
Iserson | 130 |
Iserson, Dr | 173 |
Iserson, Dr. | 17 |
Iserson, Dr. | 18 |
Issik Yitzhak, rav? | z21 |
Issik Yitzhak?, rav | 1 |
Issik Yitzhak?, rav | 2 |
Issik Yitzhak?, rav | 3 |
Issik Yitzhak?, rav | 6 |
Issik Yitzhak?, rav | 10 |
Izenshtat M.A., rav | 166 |
Jabotinski | 166 |
Jabotinski | 170 |
Kamenshtein | 230 |
Kedar Elazar, rav | z16 |
Kedar Eliezer, rav | 6 |
Kedar Eliezer, rav | 7 |
Kerlin | 14 |
Kerlin | 15 |
Kerlin Noah | z29 |
Kerlin Yehuda | z29 |
Kerlin Z. | z25 |
Kuk, rav | 11 |
Landa Yekutiel Zalman, rav | 1 |
Landa Yekutiel Zalman, rav | 2 |
Landa Yekutiel Zalman, rav | 3 |
Landa Yekutiel Zalman, rav | 10 |
Levin | 164 |
Levin Aharon, rav | 1 |
Levin Aharon, rav | 10 |
Levin Yehoshua, rav | 11 |
Levin Yeshayahu, rav | 1 |
Levin Yeshayahu, rav | 2 |
Levin Yeshayahu, rav | 3 |
Levin Yitzhak | 11 |
Levinson Yitzhak Ber | z11 |
Levinson Yitzhak Ber | z17 |
Levontin, Ing | 247 |
Ligosh | z22 |
Lipin | 11 |
Malkin Avraham Aharon | 19 |
Malkin Lev | 19 |
Matz Mordechai | z29 |
Matz Moshe | z29 |
Matz Yeshayahu | z21 |
Maza Sara Miryam | 24 |
Maza Sara Miryan | 187 |
Maza Shmon Dov | 25 |
Medalya Shmarya Lev, rav | 5 |
Meirson Zeev Wolf | z21 |
Mekler Shmaryahu | 19 |
Mekler Shmaryahu | 173 |
Melamed Yosef Elchanan, rav | 9 |
Melamed, rav | 173 |
Minkin Mordechai | z20 |
Minkin Mordechai | z21 |
Minkin Yitzhak | z20 |
Minkin Yitzhak | z26 |
Natanson Duber | z11 |
Natanson, Dr | 18 |
Neimark Zalman, rav | 4 |
Nisan Yaakov | z20 |
Ostrobener Zalman, rav | 3 |
Papirna Naftali Herz | z22 |
Perelshtein, rav | 7 |
Persich | 168 |
Pines Zeev | 25 |
Piservski | 22 |
Platzichin Fredritchik | z18 |
Polak, Dr. | 18 |
Polesky Michael, rav | 10 |
Ponzovskaya, Mrs | 187 |
Pozner Meir | z31 |
Pozner Mordechai | z31 |
Rabinovitch | z23 |
Rabinovitch | z25 |
Rabinovitch | 12 |
Rabinovitch | 13 |
Rabinovitch Baruch, rav | 5 |
Rabinovitch Baruch, rav | 11 |
Rabinovitch, rav (Poltava) | 4 |
Rakover Zeev Wolf, rav | 10 |
Rapoport Dov | 2 |
Rashkin Israel | 3 |
Redlina | z23 |
Ribesh, Dr | 18 |
Rosenfeld Binyamin | z20 |
Rosenfeld Shmuel Noah | 20 |
Rosenfeld Yekhezkel | z20 |
Rozin Yosef, rav | 5 |
Segal Lev | 22 |
Segalovitch, rav | 239 |
Shalit | 16 |
Shapira Aba Lev, rav | 5 |
Shechtman | 170 |
Shinfinkel Simcha | 3 |
Shlosburg Menachem Nahum | z17 |
Shlosburg Menachem Nahum | z18 |
Shlosburg Menachem Nahum | z20 |
Shlosburg Gershon | z20 |
Shlosburg Gershon | z21 |
Shlosburg Menachem Nahum | z20 |
Shlosburg Menachem Nahum | z21 |
Shlosburg Menachem Nahum | z26 |
Shmerling Chaim | z29 |
Shmerling Zvi Hirsh | z29 |
Shmit | z22 |
Shneorson Mordechai, rav | 3 |
Shneorson Mordechai, rav | 4 |
Shneorson Mordechai, rav | 5 |
Shneorson Yehuda Lev, rav | 5 |
Shochat Yehuda Lev | z30 |
Shochat Yehuda Lev | z31 |
Shochat Zalman | z30 |
Shochat Zalman | z31 |
Shor Efraim Zalman | 12 |
Shor Efraim Zalman | 20 |
Shor Efraim Zalman | 22 |
Shor Rachel | 12 |
Shor Rachel | 22 |
Sirkin Yechezkel, rav | 1 |
Sirkin Yekhezkel, rav | 10 |
Slovodkin Eliyahu, rav | 3 |
Slovodkin, rav | 5 |
Smolianski Gerzig | z2 |
Smuelovitch Yeshayahu | z9 |
Sokolov Nachum | 4 |
Solovai | 16 |
Starisheler Aharon | 21 |
Tovin | 130 |
Traineen Aharon | 8 |
Trivatch Tuvia | 4 |
Tsirelson Y.L, rav | 9 |
Tyomkin Zeev | 170 |
Usishkin | 167 |
Usishkin | 170 |
Uzieli | 247 |
Veinberg | 164 |
Veinshtok | z23 |
Veinshtok | 12 |
Veinshtok | 13 |
Vilnekin Gavriel | 21 |
Vinyetz Mordechai | 25 |
Vishniak | 16 |
Vishniak Israel | 25 |
Voltazer | z23 |
Yachnin David | 19 |
Yakobson, Dr | 18 |
Yakubovitch | z14 |
Yakubovitch Yehuda | z5 |
Yankels, rav | 2 |
Yugenburg | 8 |
Yugenburg | 13 |
Yunovitch | 13 |
Zakin | 13 |
Zaks Shneor | 6 |
Zaltopovski | 168 |
Zeitlin | 159 |
Zeitlin Zalman | 14 |
Zelkind | 247 |
Zeltser Lipman Katriel Michal | z16 |
Zeltser Lipman Katriel Michal | z17 |
Zeltser Lipman Yomtov | z16 |
Zeltser Lipman Yomtov | z17 |
Zeltzer Lipa | 6 |
Zeltzer Michal | 12 |
Zemski | z5 |
Zhitlovski Chaim | 8 |
Zhtlovski Chaim, Dr. | 18 |
Zletkin | 14 |
Zutkevitch | 14 |