Baia Mare2013-05-1910 min · 3 stretches · 1 questions about wordsYiddish 100%
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Summary
A ten-minute camera file from the 2013 Baia Mare session, with Kerler and a man who seems to be a local community figure. The transcript is heavily garbled. It opens with a question about a custom of eating dairy food and an etrog-related tradition, then moves to an old synagogue or prayer house and its books and inscriptions, and to plans to restore and use the building.
Stretches
00:03–01:30
Kerler asks why a tradition exists of eating only dairy or a particular kind of food. The man answers that it is an old custom to eat certain foods. He links it to Sukkot, says a fruit is sent every year from Bucharest, and explains that it is bitter and sour. The details are unclear in the transcript.
The talk turns to a building and its books, and to something written on a wall or object. Kerler praises the Yiddish inscription, and they discuss letters in a mixture of Yiddish and German and the difficulty of finding people who still speak Yiddish. The scene is only partly recoverable.
Kerler and the man discuss restoring and repairing an old synagogue building. They mention costs, an agreement with a local figure, services on the Sabbath and holidays, and a small community that was allowed to remain after 1948. They also speak of winter use of the building, Polish, and a Lithuanian (?) connection. The man has begun preparing papers for the project. Many details are unclear.