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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 9/23/2026 4:56 PM
Family Surname: Lipszyc (Lipshitz)
Country: Poland
Town: Widawa
Date of Image: 1914

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This is Jewish birth record No. 14 from Widawa, Poland, from 1914, for Izrael Icek Lipszyc (also spelled Lipshitz), son of Szmul/Szmuel Lipszyc and Rajzla/Raizel Zyscholc.
I would especially like to know the exact date of birth of Izrael Icek, including both dates if the record uses the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
I am also trying to determine whether the record says that Izrael Icek was a twin, or contains any wording that would indicate a multiple birth. His brother Chil/Yechiel Lipszyc is also recorded elsewhere as having been born in 1914, so this distinction is important.
If possible, I would appreciate a translation of the relevant portion of the record and clarification of the birth date and any twin notation

Response

9/24/2026 9:29 AM

Акт №14. Посад Видава 17/30 апреля 1914 года.
Отец ребенка : Шмуль Левек Липшиц, торговец, живет в этом посаде, 40 лет.
Мать: Райзля, урождённая Зысхалец (З.Ы.С.Х.А.Л.Е.Ц.), 42 года.
Ребенок: мальчик Израиль Ицек, родился в этом посаде, из близнецов (!) ,16/29 апреля 1914 года.
При подписании акта отец ребенка заявил, что неграмотный.
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Record No. 14. Posad (small town/settlement) of Vidava; April 17/30, 1914.
Child's father: Shmul Levek Lipshits, merchant, resident of this settlement, 40 years old.
Mother: Rayzlya, née Zyskhalets, 42 years old.
Child: a boy, Izrail Itsek, born in this settlement; one of twins (!); born April 16/29, 1914.
Upon the signing of the record, the child's father stated that he was illiterate.
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/s/

9/27/2026 1:45 AM

I referred your briefing notes and questions to an AI engine in the form of a "seeking clarification" request (testing how the AI engine would respond)

and here it is

Here are the Y/N answers to each of your points, based on the text in the provided record:

**Is this an image of a record of a:**

* **Jewish birth record No 14:**
**Y** (Numbered 14 in the margin; mentions the Jewish ritual circumcision rite / "иудейском обряде")

* **from Widawa, Poland:**
**Y** ("Состоялось в поселке Видаве..." / Widawa, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland)

* **Dated 1914:**
**Y** ("тысяча девятьсот четырнадцатого года" — 1914; recorded on April 17/30, 1914)

* **written in Russian cursive:**
**Y**
* **for a son named Izrael Icek Lipszyc (or Lipshitz):** **Y** ("Израиль Ицек" / Izrael Icek)

* **father named Szmul/Szmuel Lipszyc:**
**Y** ("Шмуль Левковский Липшиц" / Szmul Levkovsky Lipshitz, age 40)

* **mother named Rajzla/Raizel Zyscholc:**
**Y** ("Райзла урожденная Зисгольц" / Rajzla née Zisgolts, age 42)

---

**Does the record:**

* **contain the date of birth of Izrael Icek:**
**Y**

* **indicate if Izrael Icek was a twin or triplet etc:**
**N** (No multiple birth is mentioned)

---

### **Details regarding Date of Birth:**

* **Date of Birth:** April 16 (29), 1914 [Julian / Gregorian dates] at 8:00 PM.

* **Date Recorded:** April 17 (30), 1914 at 10:00 AM in Widawa.

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