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My sister Rivka
and my brother Yosef |
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My father was born in 1883 in Niska. His father Eliahu Yissachar
was a descendent of the Shach (Siftei Kohen)[2]. His mother
Chava
was from the Jacobi family. He studied for twelve years under the
Rabbi of Radomysl, the author of the book Daat Nevonim.
In 1906,
he married the daughter of Reb Moshele Berger of Rzeszów, and
taught
Torah in the Roskaviesh Prayer Hall. He wrote the book
"Maamar
Mordechai. He was pleasant in his relations with his fellow
man, an
honest businessman, and he brought up his children in the ways of
Torah, Judaism and Zionism. After the Balfour Declaration[3] he
prepared to go to the Land of Israel, but his wife's illness
prevented him from going. Mother was the pillar of the house,
kind
hearted, worthy, her palm was opened to the poor, and her hand
outstretched to the destitute[4]. She raised her children in
Judaism, and with the love of their fellowman. May their souls be
bound in the bonds of eternal life. |