Brukha Yankelevna Kipervaser

née Milshenker · born 1924 in Berezdiv two sources agree · recorded in Slavuta, Ostroh, 2007

2 recordings · 112 minutes · 25 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster · recorded together with Mikhail (Moyshe) Yakovlevich Lerner

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Kipervaser, 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.

• 2007-06-10
  ▶ Slavuta · 76 min two sources agree

  MDV 621 35:59–1:02:17 · MDV 672 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

78 questions put to Kipervaser. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 672 0:39
  meaning of dibek — the meaning of 'dibek' (dybbuk)
• MDV 672 0:57
  golem — the word 'goylem' (golem)
• MDV 672 1:34
  sour (кислый) — the Yiddish word for 'sour'
• MDV 672 1:45
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — the Yiddish word for 'deaf'
• MDV 672 2:03
  pigeon (голубь) — the Yiddish word for 'dove/pigeon'
• MDV 672 3:03
  he came (пришёл) — the Yiddish word for 'he came'
• MDV 672 3:15
  builds (строит) — the Yiddish for 'builds'
• MDV 672 3:50
  cross (крест) — the Yiddish word for 'cross'
• MDV 672 4:06
  kasha (каша) — the Yiddish word for 'kasha/porridge'
• MDV 672 5:25
  room (комната) — the Yiddish word for 'room'
• MDV 672 6:47
  mouse (мышь) — the Yiddish word for 'mouse'
• MDV 672 7:26
  blue (синий) — the Yiddish word for 'blue'
• MDV 672 7:34
  gray-haired (седой) — the Yiddish word for 'gray-haired'
• MDV 672 8:11
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say 'thank you' in Yiddish
• MDV 672 8:23
  hello (здравствуйте) — how to say 'hello' during the day
• MDV 672 9:14
  to breathe (дышать) — the Yiddish word for 'to breathe'
• MDV 672 10:00
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — the Yiddish for 'he is very ill'
• MDV 672 10:26
  difference between krank and shlaf — the difference between 'krank' and 'shlof'
• MDV 672 11:33
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — the Yiddish for 'I like him very much'
• MDV 672 11:47
  where is he going (куда он идёт) — the Yiddish for 'where is he going'
• MDV 672 12:04
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — the Yiddish for 'he ran away from the Germans'
• MDV 672 12:30
  honest (честный) — the Yiddish word for 'honest'
• MDV 672 12:38
  pious (набожный) — the Yiddish word for 'pious'
• MDV 672 12:55
  religious (религиозный) — the Yiddish word for 'religious'
• MDV 672 14:06
  apostate (выкрест) — the Yiddish word for an apostate (a Jew who became Christian)
• MDV 672 15:00
  meaning of meshimed — the meaning of 'meshimed' (apostate)
• MDV 672 15:35
  peasant (крестьянин) — the Yiddish word for 'peasant'
• MDV 672 16:12
  Christian (христианин) — the Yiddish word for 'Christian'
• MDV 672 16:24
  my head hurts (голова болит) — the Yiddish for 'my head hurts'
• MDV 672 16:45
  church (церковь) — the Yiddish word for 'church'
• MDV 672 17:54
  what poyer means — what 'poyer' (peasant) means
• MDV 672 19:38
  in three days they will come (через три дня они приедут) — translation of 'in three days they will come'
• MDV 672 20:44
  you are young (ты молод) — the Yiddish for 'you are young'
• MDV 672 20:50
  you are right (ты прав) — the Yiddish for 'you are right'
• MDV 672 21:05
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — the Yiddish for 'you (pl.) are right'
• MDV 672 21:22
  unclear — unclear (possibly 'what does X mean')
• MDV 672 21:45
  don't cry (не плачь) — the Yiddish for 'don't cry'
• MDV 672 21:53
  grandmother (бабушка) — the Yiddish word for 'grandmother'
• MDV 672 22:00
  unclear — unclear (possibly an elderly woman or a specific term)
• MDV 672 24:44
  very tasty (очень вкусно) — how to say 'very tasty'
• MDV 672 24:54
  tastes good — how to say 'tasty'
• MDV 672 25:21
  not tasty (не вкусное) — how to say 'not tasty'
• MDV 672 26:10
  my head hurts (голова болит) — how to say 'head aches'
• MDV 672 26:19
  on the street (по этой улице) — how to say 'on the street'
• MDV 672 26:51
  I live on this street (живу на этой улице) — how to say 'I live on this street'
• MDV 672 26:56
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — how to say 'only Jews live on this street'
• MDV 672 27:27
  I see her poorly (я её плохо вижу) — how to say 'I see her poorly'
• MDV 672 27:37
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — how to say 'I don't see him'
• MDV 672 28:06
  well (колодец) — how to say 'well'
• MDV 672 28:13
  potato (картошка) — how to say 'potato'
• MDV 672 28:49
  store (магазин) — how to say 'store'
• MDV 672 29:10
  I don't hear her (её я не слышу) — how to say 'I don't hear her'
• MDV 672 29:35
  I need him very much (он мне очень нужен) — how to say 'I need him very much'
• MDV 672 30:22
  enemy (враг) — how to say 'enemy'
• MDV 672 31:02
  all people (все люди) — how to say 'all people'
• MDV 672 31:10
  I know everyone here (я знаю здесь всех) — how to say 'I know everyone here'
• MDV 672 33:04
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — how to say 'I was at father's'
• MDV 672 33:11
  one and a half (полтора) — how to say 'one and a half'
• MDV 672 33:54
  you came from another city (ты прибыл из другого города) — how to say 'you came from another city'
• MDV 672 34:06
  this is another story (это другая история) — how to say 'that's another story'
• MDV 672 34:38
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — how to say 'I don't know whether he knows or not'
• MDV 672 34:42
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — how to say 'will you come or not?'
• MDV 672 35:34
  plural of gvir — plural of גביר (rich man)
• MDV 672 36:53
  paradise (рай) — how to say 'paradise'
• MDV 672 37:12
  then (тогда) — how to say 'then, at that time'
• MDV 672 37:33
  on the road (на дороге) — correct form for 'on the road'
• MDV 672 38:13
  whose child (чей ребёнок) — how to say 'whose child?'
• MDV 672 38:25
  I made a mistake (я сделал ошибку) — how to say 'I made a mistake'
• MDV 672 38:56
  he made a mistake — how to say 'he made a mistake'
• MDV 672 39:59
  probably (наверное) — whether מסתמא was used
• MDV 672 40:19
  ceiling (потолок) — how to say 'ceiling'
• MDV 672 40:23
  floor (пол) — how to say 'floor'
• MDV 672 40:55
  fence (забор) — how to say 'fence'
• MDV 672 41:39
  face (лицо) — how to say 'face'
• MDV 672 41:42
  mug/ugly face (рожа) — how to say 'mug, face' (colloquial)
• MDV 672 41:47
  what tsire means — what צירה means
• MDV 672 42:43
  much/many (много) — how to say 'a lot, many'
• MDV 672 44:28
  suddenly (вдруг) — how to say 'suddenly'