Moisei Zelmanovich Fish (Moyshe ben Zalmen)

born 1922 in Rivne · recorded in Rivne, Slavuta, 2003, 2007

7 recordings · 381 minutes · 59 min of questionnaire · 10 min of singing

Also written: Moisei (Moyshe ben Zalmen) Zelmanovich Fish

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Moisei Lemster, Jeffrey Vedilinger · recorded together with Isaak Grigorievich Vainshelboim, unidentified ethnic Russian woman, Zorekh Motelevich Kurliandchik

Conversations 3 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Fish, whichever tapes carry it; ▶ opens it with its own player, which runs through its parts in sequence. The tape links play from that point on the tape's page.

• 2003-05-05 – 2003-05-06
  ▶ Rivne · 3.1 h uncertain

  MDV 639 · MDV 640 · MDV 642 · MDV 643 0:00–3:20 (4 tapes)
• 2003-05-06
  ▶ Rivne · 46 min two sources agree

  MDV 641 2:35–48:48
• 2007-06-10
  ▶ Rivne · 1.5 h

  MDV 652 · MDV 653 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

83 questions put to Fish. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 639 0:04
  difference between rov and rebe — the difference between rov and rebe
• MDV 639 0:14
  what rov means
• MDV 639 0:27
  Jew from Lithuania — what one calls a Jew from Lithuania
• MDV 639 0:54
  belly (живот) — how to say 'belly' or 'stomach'
• MDV 639 0:54
  blue (синий) — how to say 'blue' (color)
• MDV 639 1:04
  plural of rov
• MDV 639 1:16
  plural of rebe
• MDV 639 1:24
  mouse (мышь) — how to say 'mouse' (singular)
• MDV 639 2:53
  pigeon (голубь) — how to say 'pigeon/dove' (plural and singular)
• MDV 639 3:13
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — how to say 'deaf'
• MDV 639 3:25
  groats (крупа) — how to say 'groats' or 'gruel'
• MDV 639 3:26
  tomato (помидоры) — Yiddish word for tomato
• MDV 639 3:46
  vodka (водка) — Yiddish word for vodka
• MDV 639 4:35
  meaning of goylem — what 'גולם' means
• MDV 639 4:35
  plural of gvir — plural of 'gvir' (rich man)
• MDV 639 5:02
  cemetery (кладбище) — words for cemetery (בית־עולם)
• MDV 639 6:50
  please (пожалуйста) — Yiddish for 'please'
• MDV 639 8:15
  cold (холодно) — Yiddish for 'cold'
• MDV 639 8:19
  colder (холоднее) — Yiddish for 'colder'
• MDV 639 8:22
  high (высоко) — Yiddish for 'high'
• MDV 639 8:38
  higher (выше) — Yiddish for 'higher'
• MDV 639 8:49
  near (близко) — Yiddish for 'near'
• MDV 639 8:57
  nearer (ближе) — Yiddish for 'nearer'
• MDV 639 9:09
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — Yiddish sentence 'where does he live?'
• MDV 639 9:47
  listen to me (слушай меня) — Yiddish for 'listen to me'
• MDV 639 10:37
  very beautiful (очень красивая) — Yiddish for 'very beautiful'
• MDV 639 10:44
  I like him (он мне нравится) — Yiddish for 'I like him'
• MDV 639 11:03
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — Yiddish for 'he fled from the Germans'
• MDV 639 11:32
  cross (крест) — Yiddish word for cross
• MDV 639 11:48
  meaning of tseylem kop — what 'צלם קאפ' means (who is called that)
• MDV 639 12:15
  to build (a construi (RO)) — Yiddish verb for 'to build'
• MDV 639 12:15
  to build (a construi (RO)) — another Yiddish verb for 'to build'
• MDV 639 12:58
  stone building (каменная постройка) — Yiddish for 'stone building'
• MDV 639 13:06
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'head hurts'
• MDV 639 13:49
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'my head hurts'
• MDV 639 14:10
  grandmother (бабушка) — Yiddish word for grandmother
• MDV 639 14:41
  talking with mother (разговаривает с мамой) — Yiddish for 'talk with mother'
• MDV 639 15:08
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — Yiddish for 'I go on the street'
• MDV 639 15:14
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — Yiddish for 'I live on this street'
• MDV 639 15:25
  all people (все люди) — Yiddish for 'all people'
• MDV 639 15:35
  I know everyone (я знаю всех) — Yiddish for 'I know everyone'
• MDV 639 16:07
  to breathe (дышать) — Yiddish verb for 'to breathe'
• MDV 639 17:01
  prophet Elijah (пророк Илья) — Yiddish for 'prophet Elijah'
• MDV 642 0:02
  meaning of dibek — meaning of 'dibek'
• MDV 642 0:04
  meaning of goylem — meaning of 'גולם'
• MDV 642 0:10
  Jew from Lithuania — term for a Jew from Lithuania
• MDV 642 0:32
  defeated the Germans (разбили немцов) — how to say 'defeated the Germans'
• MDV 642 0:39
  to dig (рыть) — how to say 'dig'
• MDV 642 2:30
  order (порядок) — how to say 'order, tidiness'
• MDV 642 5:00
  tomato (помидоры) — Yiddish word for tomato
• MDV 642 5:08
  sausage (колбаса) — Yiddish word for sausage
• MDV 642 5:16
  plums (сливы) — Yiddish word for plums
• MDV 642 5:27
  grapes (виноград) — Yiddish word for grapes
• MDV 642 6:26
  near (близко) — how to say 'close, near'
• MDV 642 6:33
  vodka (водка) — Yiddish word for vodka
• MDV 642 6:37
  nearer (ближе) — how to say 'closer'
• MDV 642 6:46
  listen to me (слушай меня) — how to say 'listen to me'
• MDV 642 7:09
  she is very beautiful (она очень красивая) — how to say 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 642 7:19
  difference between krank and shlaf — difference between 'קראנק' and 'שלאף'
• MDV 642 7:59
  I liked him very much (он мне очень понравился) — how to say 'I liked him very much'
• MDV 642 8:42
  cross (крест) — how to say 'cross'
• MDV 642 9:25
  how does he live (как он живёт?) — how to say 'how does he live?'
• MDV 642 9:40
  to build a house (строить дом) — how to say 'build a house'
• MDV 642 10:54
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — how to say 'he ran away from the Germans'
• MDV 642 11:24
  my head hurts (голова болит) — how to say 'the head aches'
• MDV 642 12:17
  where are you from (откуда вы?) — how to say 'where are you from?'
• MDV 642 12:29
  from there (оттуда) — how to say 'from there'
• MDV 642 12:36
  from here (отсюда) — how to say 'from here'
• MDV 642 12:44
  my head hurts (голова болит) — repeat: how to say 'my head aches'
• MDV 642 12:52
  bed (кровать) — how to say 'bed'
• MDV 642 13:31
  teeth (зубы) — how to say 'teeth'
• MDV 642 13:38
  ten (десять) — how to say 'ten'
• MDV 642 13:48
  you are young (ты молод) — how to say 'you are young'
• MDV 642 13:55
  you are right (ты прав) — how to say 'you are right'
• MDV 642 14:09
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — how to say 'you (pl.) are right'
• MDV 642 14:29
  I was (я был) — how to say 'I was'
• MDV 642 14:36
  to pray (молиться) — how to say 'pray'
• MDV 642 14:45
  grandmother (бабушка) — how to say 'grandmother'
• MDV 642 15:14
  to talk with mother (разговаривать с мамой) — how to say 'talk with mother'
• MDV 642 15:23
  street (улица) — how to say 'street'
• MDV 642 17:04
  I walk on the street (иду по улице) — how to say 'I go on this street'
• MDV 642 17:08
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — how to say 'I live on this street'
• MDV 642 17:15
  I live on the street (я живу на улице) — how to say 'I live on the street'