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Translation of
Lachowicze: Sefer Zikaron
Edited by: Y. Rubin
Published in Tel Aviv, 1965
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This is a translation from: Lachowicze; Sefer Zikaron (Memorial book of Lachowicze),
Editors: J. Rubin, Tel Aviv, Association of Former Residents of Lachowicze, 1948-49 (395 pages, Hebrew and Yiddish).
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This is a translation of portions of the Yizkor book for the town variously called Lyakhovichi (Russian), Lachowicze (Polish), or Lechowitz (Yiddish). The title is usually listed in American catalogues with the Polish town name as “Lachowicze: Sefer Zikaron, Y. Rubin (ed.), Association of Former Residents of Lachowicze, Tel Aviv 1948-49”. This translation, however, has employed the Yiddish form “Lechowitz” as a more appropriate memorial.The translators worked from a copy of the book owned by Al Streit of Albany, CA; access to that copy was arranged by Margot Tutun of Lexington, MA. Ruth W. Mannino of New York City supplied photocopies of seven additional pages of photographs bound into the copy owned by the New York Public Library.
| Preface | 7 |
| Foreword | 8 |
| Roll of Honor | 10 |
| Committee of the Lechowitz Society | 11 |
| I. Manners and customs | |
| Rabbi Yechiel-Mikhal Tukachinsky, Jerusalem: Lechowitz 70 years ago | 15 |
| Rabbi Nisan-Aron Tukachinsky, Jerusalem: From the mouth of Abba and the influence of Abba | 19 |
| Dr. A. Mukduny: My shtetl 50 years ago | 21 |
| Shual Tukachinsky, Shanghai: About Lechowitz, 40-50 years ago | 33 |
| Baruch Greenspan, New Jersey: Sabbath eve in my poor home | 45 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan, Tel Aviv: In the courtyard of Rabbi Noach'ke | 57 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan, Tel Aviv: The Zionist movement in Lechowitz | 62 |
| Moshe Cohen, Miami: More memories of a nearby shtetl | 70 |
| Nisan Tukachinsky, Tel Aviv: Childhood years of a Lechowitz boy | 76 |
| Dr. Y.D.Mintz, Mexico: Of youth in Lechowitz | 93 |
| Chaim Tseitman, Brazil: Images of Lechowitz | 99 |
| Avraham Lev, Tel Aviv: Events and images | 101 |
| Yakov Tukachinsky, Shanghai: Memories of my childhood in Lechowitz | 110 |
| Berta Turbowitz-Brevda, Tel Aviv: The beloved brook | 112 |
| Yakov-Simcha Avidor (Peker), Tel Aviv: Teachers and schools, masters and houses of learning in Lechowitz | 116 |
| Nisan Tukachinsky, Tel Aviv: Curious tales of Lechowitz | 128 |
| Nisan Tukachinsky, Tel Aviv: Memoirs of the Revolution in Lechowitz | |
| ...1. The Bund is triumphant | 132 |
| ...2. Faivel Rivkin hits Nikolai | 133 |
| ...3. The revolving ten rubles | 136 |
| ...4. A socialist for a week | 137 |
| Nisan Tukachinsky: The rescued Sefer Torah | 140 |
| Nisan Tukachinsky: Dinka and the landlord | 142 |
| Nisan Tukachinsky: Just like in Chelm | 144 |
| Nisan Tukachinsky: Avramnos tries to ruin himself | 145 |
| Avraham Lev: From what Lechowitz Jews made a living | 147 |
| Shimshel Bogen, Cyprus: Lechowitz then and now | 157 |
| Shimshon Brevda, Mexico: A deed with a hundred dollar bill | 159 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: Moshe Shaval, the thief who became a teacher | 161 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: “Don't take a fool's blessing lightly” | 164 |
| Avraham Lev: When the sad are made happy | 167 |
| Chaim Friedstein, Johannesburg: From the dead home | 170 |
| Alter Brevda (deceased), Tel Aviv: Shuls of Lechowitz | 172 |
| Baruch Greenspan: Images of a dear old one | 176 |
| II. People and scenes | |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: Rabbi Libla Magid | 183 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: The Holy Elder of Lechowitz and the Gaon Rabbi Israel Maivenitz | 187 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: Rabbi Mordecai of Lechowitz (the Holy Elder) | 191 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: Rabbi Noach (the elder), son of Rabbi Mordecai of Lechowitz | 193 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: The Rabbi, Rabbi Mordecai, son of Rabbi Moshe-Chaim (Rabbi Mordecai the second) | 196 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: The Admur, Rabbi Ahar'li Malavitsky | 198 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: The Rabbi, the Gaon, Rabbi Simcha Halevi Horwitz | 200 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: The Gaon, Rabbi Meir Peimer | 203 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: The Rabbi, the Gaon, Rabbi Israel David Ratskovitz | 205 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: Rabbi Idel, son of Rabbi Manish, the Merciful (Idel-Manias) | 208 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: Rabbi Tzvi M”S (Hershele MaS) | 210 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: Rabbi Lemel Gavza (Lemke Dayches) | 211 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: Rabbi Meir, son of Rabbi Yehuda-Leib (Meir Leyvkes) | 213 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: Rabbi Elia, Master of the Psalms (Elia the hatter) | 215 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: Yosef Bussel in Lechowitz | 216 |
| Dr. Avigdor Greenspan: Rivke Galin | 220 |
| Dr. Alexander Mukduny: Moshe Betzalel | 223 |
| Dr. Alexander Mukduny: Shaye the pious | 231 |
| Dr. Alexander Mukduny: Yakov Moshe the pious | 234 |
| Nisan Tukachinsky: Famous Kashrut experts of Lechowitz | 239 |
| Avraham Lev: Warnings to the poor, or “The Blessed Belly” | 244 |
| Chayota Bussel, Deganiyah aleph: On my village, Lechowitz | 251 |
| Chaim Friedstein: Rabbi Avraham-Yakov Kaplan | 254 |
| Chaim Friedstein: Rabbi Lippe, the cantor | 257 |
| Avraham Lev: A Walk through my Devastated Shtetl | 259 |
| III. The destruction of Lechowitz | |
| Yosef Birger, Lodz: There was once a shtetl called Lechowitz | 313 |
| Yosef Peker and Zalman Rabinowitz, Munich: Black chronicle (The tragedy of the Lechowitz Jews) | 319 |
| Yakov-Simcha Zevelinsky, Buenos Aires: When death awoke | 323 |
| The Partisan Shmualik | 326 |
| Rachel Feigelman | 328 |
| The end of the hangman at the gallows (Hebrew) | 329 |
| The end of the hangman at the gallows (Yiddish) | 334 |
| IV. Remembrances of souls | 343 |
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