Unpublished sections of Sefer Vitebsk

Foreword: the manuscript

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 first article dated 13.3.1887, 19.3.1887, 20.3.1887, 23.3.1887 (25 Adar, TRM"Z -1887), 13.4.1887;
• The second article dated 16.4.1887, 20.4.1887;
• The third article dated 27.4.1887.

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The unpublished Wolfson's text contains the following chapters: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

Indexes of Jewish names

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.

Jewish names appearing in Zeevizhenski's text, in the order of appearance

Jewish names appearing in the Wolfson's manuscript, in the order of appearance

Names from the text omitted from Wolfson's published book

Atlas Meir, rav
129
העסקן הנלהב...

Iserson
130


Tovin
130
....מעיניהם.


152
ראוי לציין...


153
...לשלום.
327

154
בימים אלו....


154
...לנצח.
327
Zeitlin
159
השאלות הפוליטיות...


160
...ובמסירות.
329

163
פה התרכזה...

Levin
164
..וביילין.

Veinberg
164


Beilin
164



164
בקבלת פני הצירים...

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
...פה אחד
332

169
עליו נוכל....

Shechtman
170


Jabotinski
170


Tyomkin Zeev
170


Chlenov Yechiel
170


Usishkin
170



171
...האיר המזרח.
332

172
מהשמאל....

Iserson, Dr
173


Melamed, rav
173


Mekler Shmaryahu
173
...הנאספים
334

175
, עוד לפני...


176
....היה למלאות.
334
Bezsmertani Moshe
186
התשובה לדברי ההשמצה....

Berlin Hana
186


Maza Sara Miryan
187


Ponzovskaya, Mrs
187
.....שבאה בעקבותיה.
340

188
מאורעות ימים אלו....


192
.....תכנית ושיטה.
341

221
בשנות 1918-1919....


221
...גם בחדרי לבבם.

Kamenshtein
230
הח' קמנשטיין נגש אלי....


230
...תוצאות פסק הדין;
365
Segalovitch, rav
239
התפילה סודרה בחדר הפנימי........


239
.... והפקרות זולה.
371
Belkovski, Prof
247
הזקן שלנו....

Levontin, Ing
247


Zelkind
247


Uzieli
247


Bebel
247
....אם צדיק רודף רשע.
379
Hurvitz Avraham
253
הפגישה היתה כל כך פתאומית....


254
....סדורי בית הסהר.

Combined index of Jewish names, in alphabetic order