Stolin, Belarus

Stolin;
A Memorial to the Jewish Communities
of Stolin and Vicinity
(Belarus)
51°53' / 26°51'

Translation of
Stolin; sefer zikaron le-kehilat Stolin ve-ha-seviva

Editors: A. Avatichi, Y. Ben-Zakkai

Published in Tel Aviv 1952

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This is a translation from: Stolin; sefer zikaron le-kehilat Stolin ve-ha-seviva
(Stolin; a memorial to the Jewish communities of Stolin and vicinity),
Editors: A. Avatichi, Y. Ben-Zakkai, Tel Aviv 1952, Former Residents of Stolin and Vicinity in Israel (H 263 pages)

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Translated by Laia Ben-Dov

Edited by Irit Dolgin

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An Eternal Light for the Stolin Community	The Editors	5
A Vow (Poem)	A. Shlonsky	6
Map of Stolin	Y. Strosky	7
Remember the Holocaust of Israel…	Dr. M. Dvorezhetzky	8
Yizkor…	A. Avatichi	9
How She Sat Alone	Y. Ben-Zakkai	11
The Town of My Birth	M. Gal	13
The Holy and Pure Ones	Y. Strosky	13
This Will Be Our Revenge…	S. Tchernichovsky	14

HISTORY
Stolin (Of the History of the Town)	A. Avatichi	15
The Town 65 Years Ago	R. Eisenberg	17
With the Russian Revolution	A. Avi-Menachem	19
From the Annals of Hardship During the Years 1919-1920	Z. Patchnik	21
Between the Hammer and the Anvil	Y. Globerman	22
A Change of Regimes	M. Belohousky	24
Refugee and Survivor	Y. Avital	25

ZIONISM
The Beginning of Zionism in Stolin	A. Kolodny	26
The Aliyahs to the Land of Israel	M. Eisenberg	28
“HaTechiya” [Zionist] Association	A. Kolodny	31
The Death of Herzl	A. Z. Huberman	33
From the Period of the Second Aliyah	M. Eisenberg	34
The Political Parties and Bnei Zion	A. Zioni	36
Bowls on Yom Kippur Eve	Z. Ben-Yishai	37
The Zionist Beit Ha'Am [People's House]	B. Brandes-Zeldin	39
With the Balfour Declaration	Dr. Pekker, Dr. Yardeni	41
The opening of the University in Jerusalem	B. Brandes-Zeldin	42
The Shivat Zion Settlement Organization	M. Barzali	43
The Echo of the Events of 5689 [1929] in the Land of Israel	A. Lifshitz	45
The Kfirim [Zionist Children's Movement]	Y. Ginsburg	46
HaShomer HaTzair [Socialist-Zionist Youth Movement]	M. Gal	48
The Founding of Gordonia	A. Levin	60
HaChalutz [Zionist Youth Movement]	A. Avatichi	61
Youth Movements in Stolin	P. Doron	63
Beitar [Revisionist-Zionist Youth Movement]	Y. Zerach (Zarchowitz)	64
Poalei Zion [Zionist Workers]	P. Rimmer	65

MOVEMENTS
The “Bund”	A. A.	66
Tiferet Bachurim [Torah and Halacha Study Group]	Z. Patchnik	67

EDUCATION
Cheders, Torah Instructors and Teachers	A. A – Chai	69
The Tarbut [Culture] School	M. Eisenberg	71
The Additional Building of the Tarbut School	Y. D—n	75
The Kindergarten	M. Belohousky	76
The Orphanage	M. Erlich-Rabinowitz	78
Talmud Torah	T. Pichenik	82
The Yeshiva	Rabbi M. Kopolowitz	83

INSTITUTIONS
The Magistrate	P. Rimmer	84
The Free Loan Fund	Z. Belohousky	85
“Vaad Hanshim” (Women's Committee)	M. R–Z	86
Fire Department	Z. Patchnik	86
Burial Society	A. A.	87

MEMORIES
A Childhood in a Dream	S. Shalom	88
In My Grandfather's House	R. Chitin–Farbodsky	88
Secret Revolutionaries	R. Bramson–Rosenberg	90
A Visit to Stolin in 5674 [1914]	P. Katznelson	92
“Birkat HaGomel”	C. Shefi	94
Refugees in Stolin	S. Ben–Zakkai–Tantzman	95
Rescued from Death	M. Erlich–Rabinowitz	96
A Dancing Party at the Rebbe's House	S. Ben–Zakai–Tanzman	97
Deeds of Charity and Kindness	S. Ben–Zakai–Tanzman	98
An Act of True Kindness	P. Globerman–Shklyar	99
Thoughts and Memories	T. Klein–Rabinowitz	100
Memories from My Father's House	G. Lifshitz-Globerman	101
The Tragedy of a Pioneer	A. R. Malka	102
The Residents of Stolin Receive C. N. Bialik	A. Konik	103
To the Girls of Stolin	C. N. Bialik	105
A Terrifying Event	Z. Lifshitz	105
Medals from the Polish Government	A. Hadari	106
The Danger of a Polish Pogrom	S. Eisenberg, M. Beckerman	107
The Students' Rebellion	Y. Dorchin	109
The "Underground" in the Tarbut School	M. Belohousky	110
Aliyah and a Meeting at the Cave of Machpelah [the Patriarchs]	Y. Ben-Zakkai	111
Of One Family's Hardships	M. Tuchman-Tantzman	113
Exile in Siberia	Y. D.	114

DAILY LIFE
Of days gone by (memories)	Y. Chazan	115
Market Day in Town	A. A. Ben–Menachem	117
A Plague of Fires and a Boycott	A. Avatichi	119
Preachers	C. Globerman	122
A Family of Religious Personnel	A. Levin	123
Women of Valor	S. Eisenberg-Rabinowitz	124
A Matzo Bakery for the Needy	Y. Rabinowitz	125
A Family of Laborers	Y. Ben	126
Due To The Virtue of The Women	Y. Globerman	127
The High Holidays and Holidays in the Town	Z. Gafrit-Garboz	128
Seder Night in the Town	M. Alperin	131
The Wagoners' Society	N. Schneider	133
Craftsmen	A. Avatichi	134
Yossel of the Miracle	Y. Zarchowitz	135
My Town Stolin	T. Sirota-Lifshitz	136
The Summer Camp	Y. Globerman	137
Stolin, in the Eyes of a Guest from the Land of Israel	A. Artshtein	138
Crumbs	A. Lifshitz	139
In the Shadow of the Red Flag	G. Globerman-Choroshensky	141
The Visit of Members of [the theater troupe] HaOhel in Stolin	D. Barban-Kastelianitz	142
Stolin in Pictures	Stolin Landsmen Organization	143

CHASSIDUT [THE CHASSIDIC MOVEMENT]
Ka Echsof (A Song for the Sabbath)	The Grand Rabbi Aharon of Karlin	146
And in Your Great Wisdom	Y. Ben-Gal	147
The Karlin-Stolin Chassidut	Dr. Z. Rabinowitz	148
The Barzanic Dynasty	A. Avatichi	150
The Night of Reading Shma at the Yanuka's House	Y. Shapiro	151
The Yanuka and the Gabbai	Y. Shapiro	153
The Admor Rabbi Yisrael Perlov, the Yanuka	Y. Razi	155
Light is Sown	M. Alperin	157
At a Chassidic Party on Rosh HaShana	M. Ben-Yehuda	158
Pilgrimage from Jerusalem to Stolin	Y. Chasid	159
In the Company of the Rebbe and on His Mission	B. Zaltzman	161
The Melodies of Karlin and Stolin	S. Gashuri	163
The Holy Melody	Y. Ben-Zakkai	174
Changing the Guard at the Rebbe's Court	Y. Benyamini	176

PERSONALITIES
Rabbi Asher Fialikov, the Rabbi of Stolin	M. Eisenberg	178
Leib Shklyar	A. Muchnik	180
Wolf, the Blind Man	A. A–Chai	181
Boaz Kotelchuk	T. Vardi-Garboz	181
Yehoshua Avraham Neidich	M. Eisenberg	182
Yehoshua Frankel	M. Barzali	183
Gudel Chazan	R. Yaakov	184
Naftali Wisotzky	C. Globerman	184
Yaakov, the Chimney Sweep	A. Aryeh	185
Leib Gelzer	Z. Patchnik	186
Zelka, the Chazan	Y. Zarchowitz	187
Berel Frankel	M. Eisenberg	187
Yehoshua-Moshe Mankovsky	A. Ben Stolin	188
Yitzchak Lifshitz	S. Eisenberg-Rabinowitz	189
Yitzchak Belohousky	Y. Rabinowitz	189
Aharon Peliasniuk	M. Ben-Yehuda	190
Alter Muchnik	Y. Rabinowitz	190
Berel Kaplan	M.A.	191
Yisrael-Yana Zarchowich	M. Ben-Rachel	191
Baruch Golman	M. Chaver	192
David Dovitzky	C. Shefi	193
Tzvia Karlin	M. Ya'ari (Polisky)	193
Liba Belohousky-Shklyar	A. Aryeh	194
Esther Pliasniuk	D. Adler-Garboz	195

IN THE PRIME OF THEIR LIVES
Two Brothers	A. Mordechai	196
A Song of Life That Was Stopped	B. Globerman	196
In the Paths of the Fathers	A. R.	198

DYNASTIES
Baruch Ben-Yishai (Glombowitz)	M. Eisenberg	199
Mordechai Hoberman	M. Eisenberg	200
Yair Zaltzman	M. Eisenberg	201
Menachem Avatichi	M. Eisenberg	202
Yaakov Avatichi	M. Eisenberg	203
Shulamit Dorchin	M. Eisenberg	204
Aharon Aharoni	M. Eisenberg	205
Esther Tzeilingold	M. Eisenberg	205
Zvi Dorchin	M. Eisenberg	206
Yitzchak Deutcher	M. Eisenberg	206
Batya Kashtan	M. Eisenberg	207

THE HOLOCAUST
Winds Blew on the Boulevard…	A. Lifshitz	208
Rabbi Aharon Perlov in the Warsaw Ghetto	H. Zeidman	209
The Reincarnation of a Melody	Y. Feingold	210
In the Stolin Ghetto	A. Gissin-Balizhovsky	213
Sparks of the Rebellion	M. Gal	215
The Last Days of the Ghetto in Stolin	S. Tokel	216
A Good–By Letter	S. Blahousky	223
The Last Days of Rebbe Moshele Perlov	B. Kampinsky-Leiberman	224
The Last of the Admors in Karlin	M. Bunim	227
At the Mass Grave	M. Blahousky	227
My Uncle, Reb Ahre'le (Poem)	S. Shalom	229

THE VICINITY
Drozdin	M. Ya'ari (Polisky)	231
Horodnoya [Gorodno]	Z. Patchnik	232
Linka [Glinka]	T. Feldman	233
Horyn-Rechitza [Rechytsa]	N. Schneider	235
Of the Lives of the Jews in Rechitza-Horyn	N. Woliansky	236
Hachshara [Preparation] Kibbutzes in Horyn	N. Schneider	238
Belihush [Belogusha]	Y. Globerman	240
Rubeliya [Rubel']	R. Eisenberg	241
Rubeliya and its workers	Y. Ben-Mordechai	243
Notes from Rubeliya	M. Alperin	245
Memories from Rubeliya	R. Nosenchuk-Ben-Yosef	246
The End of the Jews of Wisotzk [Vysotsk]	G. Fialikov	247
The Fate of David-Horodok and Stolin	Y. Zeldin	249
Plotnitza	M. Katzman	251
The Best of the Sons of Plotnitza	A. Briski	252
Monuments	Stolin Landsmen Organization	253
Epilogue	A. Avatichi, Y. Ben-Zakkai	254

OUR MARTYRS
List of the Martyrs from Stolin and the Vicinity	Stolin Landsmen Organization	255

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