Efim Grigoryevich Skobilitskii

born 1919 in Berdychiv · recorded in Berdychiv, Zhytomyr, 2002, 2003

7 recordings · 279 minutes · 49 min of questionnaire

Also written: Skobilitskii

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Dovid Katz, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Moisei Lemster · recorded together with Isaak Iosipovich Vaisman, Beyle Mindel Vaisman, Fania (Feyge Leye), Raisa Iosifovna Chukh, David Zelikovich Furman, Veniamin Iakovlevich Geller

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Skobilitskii, 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.

• 2002-07-10 – 2002-07-11
  ▶ Berdychiv · 2.6 h uncertain

  MDV 341 · MDV 342 · MDV 343 · MDV 344 0:00–36:40 (4 tapes)
• 2003-05-22
  ▶ Berdychiv · 2.0 h proposed

  MDV 347 · MDV 793 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

91 questions put to Skobilitskii. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 343 0:04
  only Jews (одни евреи) — 'only Jews' (about a street)
• MDV 343 0:10
  cross (крест) — how to say 'cross' (church cross) in Yiddish
• MDV 343 2:59
  to knock (стучать)
• MDV 343 3:22
  prophet Elijah (пророк Илья) — Yiddish for opening the door for Elijah on Passover
• MDV 343 5:02
  desire/wish (желание)
• MDV 343 5:43
  to ask/request (прошу)
• MDV 343 7:37
  crying (плач ребёнка)
• MDV 343 10:27
  crying (плач ребёнка) — crying (revisited)
• MDV 343 12:17
  convert to Judaism — a convert to Judaism
• MDV 343 18:18
  ears (уши)
• MDV 343 18:32
  also (также)
• MDV 343 19:04
  belly (живот)
• MDV 343 19:26
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 343 19:48
  happiness/luck (счастье)
• MDV 343 20:25
  big mouse/rat (большая мышь)
• MDV 343 20:56
  pigeon (голубь) — pigeon/dove
• MDV 344 0:04
  ceiling (потолок) — the word for 'ceiling'
• MDV 344 0:08
  floor (пол) — the word for 'floor' (what is under the feet)
• MDV 344 1:48
  whether podlage is used for floor (подлога) — whether he used the Russian word подлога for floor
• MDV 344 3:19
  back (назад) — the word for 'back, backwards'
• MDV 344 4:14
  someone (кто-то) — the word for 'someone'
• MDV 344 4:27
  suddenly (вдруг) — the word for 'suddenly'
• MDV 344 5:17
  well (колодец) — the Yiddish word for 'well' (water source)
• MDV 344 6:17
  what one spun on Hanukkah — what children played with on Hanukkah
• MDV 344 7:06
  meaning of goylem — what 'goylem' means
• MDV 344 7:38
  gray-haired (седой) — the Yiddish word for 'gray-haired'
• MDV 344 8:43
  light blue (голубой) — the Yiddish word for 'light blue'
• MDV 344 8:53
  gray-haired (седой) — the Yiddish word for 'gray' (hair)
• MDV 344 9:33
  then (тогда) — the Yiddish word for 'then'
• MDV 344 11:11
  plural of vogn — the plural of 'wagon'
• MDV 344 14:05
  near (близко) — the Yiddish word for 'near'
• MDV 347 0:02
  ladder (лестница) — Yiddish word for ladder
• MDV 347 0:37
  sour (кислый) — Yiddish for 'sour'
• MDV 347 0:54
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for 'deaf'
• MDV 347 1:04
  cold (холодное) — Yiddish for 'cold'
• MDV 347 1:21
  high (высоко) — Yiddish for 'high'
• MDV 347 1:26
  higher (выше) — Yiddish for 'higher'
• MDV 347 1:30
  late (поздно) — Yiddish for 'late'
• MDV 347 1:46
  later (позже) — Yiddish for 'later'
• MDV 347 1:55
  earlier (раньше) — Yiddish for 'earlier'
• MDV 347 1:57
  what a litvak means — what 'a litvak' means
• MDV 347 2:01
  near (близко) — Yiddish for 'near'
• MDV 347 2:10
  nearer (ближе) — Yiddish for 'nearer'
• MDV 347 2:32
  also (тоже) — Yiddish for 'also'
• MDV 347 2:40
  whether remembers Jewish weddings — whether the speaker remembers Jewish weddings
• MDV 347 2:55
  please (пожалуйста) — Yiddish for 'please'
• MDV 347 3:06
  sick (больной) — Yiddish for 'sick'
• MDV 347 3:27
  thank you (спасибо) — Yiddish for 'thank you'
• MDV 347 3:33
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for 'mouse'
• MDV 347 3:52
  I have no luck (мне не везёт) — Yiddish for 'I have no luck'
• MDV 347 4:11
  I liked him very much (он мне очень понравился) — translation into Yiddish: 'I like him very much'
• MDV 347 4:17
  house (дом) — Yiddish for 'house'
• MDV 347 4:21
  if (если) — Yiddish for 'if'
• MDV 347 4:27
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for 'groats'
• MDV 347 4:34
  window glass
• MDV 347 4:52
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for 'honest'
• MDV 347 5:04
  blue (синий) — Yiddish for 'blue'
• MDV 347 5:18
  gray (седой, серый) — Yiddish for 'gray'
• MDV 347 5:26
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish for 'dove/pigeon'
• MDV 347 5:54
  builds (строит) — Yiddish for 'builds'
• MDV 347 5:56
  cross (крест) — Yiddish for 'cross'
• MDV 347 6:15
  white church (белая церковь) — Yiddish for Bila Tserkva, and to tell about it
• MDV 347 7:23
  my head hurts (голова болит) — translation: 'head hurts'
• MDV 347 8:05
  from where (откуда) — Yiddish for 'from where?'
• MDV 347 8:20
  from there (оттуда) — Yiddish for 'from there'
• MDV 347 8:48
  bed (кровать) — Yiddish for 'bed'
• MDV 347 9:09
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — Yiddish for 'I ask you'
• MDV 347 9:16
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — Yiddish word for 'flowerbed'
• MDV 347 9:29
  thousand (тысяча) — Yiddish for 'thousand'
• MDV 347 9:45
  twenty (двадцать) — Yiddish for 'twenty'
• MDV 347 10:47
  you are right (ты прав) — Yiddish for 'you are right' (singular and plural)
• MDV 347 11:13
  don't cry (не плачь) — Yiddish for 'don't cry'
• MDV 347 11:28
  to pray (молиться) — Yiddish for 'pray'
• MDV 347 11:51
  grandmother (бабушка) — Yiddish for 'grandmother'
• MDV 347 12:00
  midwife (акушерка) — Yiddish for 'midwife'
• MDV 347 12:48
  sea (море) — Yiddish for 'sea'
• MDV 347 13:13
  spoke with mother (разговаривал с мамой) — translation: 'talked with mother'
• MDV 347 13:25
  street (улица) — Yiddish for 'street'
• MDV 347 13:49
  lives on the street (живёт на улице) — translation: 'lives on the street'
• MDV 347 14:06
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — translation: 'I see poorly; I don't see him'
• MDV 347 14:21
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — translation: 'I was at father's'
• MDV 347 14:59
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — translation: 'sat at the table'
• MDV 347 15:06
  well (колодец) — Yiddish for 'well'
• MDV 347 15:45
  potato (картошка) — Yiddish for 'potato'
• MDV 347 16:08
  flowers (цветы) — Yiddish for 'flowers'
• MDV 347 16:19
  store (магазин) — Yiddish for 'store'
• MDV 347 18:26
  very needed (очень нужен) — translation: 'very needed'
• MDV 347 18:50
  all people (все люди) — Yiddish for 'all people': אלע or עילוי
• MDV 347 21:54
  one and a half (полтора) — Yiddish for 'one and a half'
• MDV 347 22:07
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — translation: 'I don't know whether he knows or not'
• MDV 347 22:36
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — Yiddish sentence: 'will you come or not?'