Koprzywnica, Poland

How I Remember
My Home Town – Pokshyvnitza
(Koprzywnica, Poland)
50°35' / 21°35'

Translation of
Vi ikh mein shtetele Pokshyvnitza

Edited by Samuel Kozinsky

Unpublished

Acknowledgments

Our sincere appreciation to Adam Jacobowitz who has kindly donated
this manuscript by his great Uncle Schmiel/Samuel Kozinsky

This is a translation from: Vi ikh mein shtetele Pokshyvnitza
(How I remember my home town – Pokshyvnitza),
ed. Samuel Kozinsky, Unpublished

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Pokshyvnitza at the end of the 19^th century 1

The epidemic in the shtetl 5

The great fire 7

When the festive days of Yom Tov arrived 9

The Rebbe Kuzmir 18

Who should welcome Moshiach? 22

When the ark was built 26

The demons who knocked on Abbeleh's roof 28

Melamed Moshe Tanchen 32

Two weddings in the shtetl 36

When my brother pawned the “Jewish G-d” 43

Types, characters, incidents 47

How should rabbinical grandchildren be supported? 50

When Yossl Pandrik was born 52

Reb Chaim Meir, Nota Yossl's, and others 53

When emigration began 56

Hershel Shuster's basement 57

When rows of great controversy came 58

I return home 61

Relief activity by the landsleit 64

After the Second World War 67

Our trip to Poland 73

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Pokshyvnitza at the end of the 19^th century	1
The epidemic in the shtetl	5
The great fire	7
When the festive days of Yom Tov arrived	9
The Rebbe Kuzmir	18
Who should welcome Moshiach?	22
When the ark was built	26
The demons who knocked on Abbeleh's roof	28
Melamed Moshe Tanchen	32
Two weddings in the shtetl	36
When my brother pawned the “Jewish G-d”	43
Types, characters, incidents	47
How should rabbinical grandchildren be supported?	50
When Yossl Pandrik was born	52
Reb Chaim Meir, Nota Yossl's, and others	53
When emigration began	56
Hershel Shuster's basement	57
When rows of great controversy came	58
I return home	61
Relief activity by the landsleit	64
After the Second World War	67
Our trip to Poland	73