David Abramovich Vider (Duvid-Hersh, or sometimes Duvid-Tsvi when called up to the Torah)

born 1922 in Sighetu Marmației ("Sighetu Marmatiei" in the catalogue) · recorded in Kolomyya, Popel'nyky, 2003, 2005, 2007

11 recordings · 673 minutes · 73 min of questionnaire · 72 min of singing

Also written: David (Duvid-Hersh, or sometimes Duvid-Tsvi when called up to the Torah) Abramovich Vider; Dovid Abramovich Vider

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Dovid Katz, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Moisei Lemster · recorded together with Semyon Semyonovich Krotsh, Iosef (Yosl) Grigoryevich Grayf

Conversations 6 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Vider, 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.

• 2003-05-15
  ▶ Kolomyya · 3.7 h proposed

  MDV 514 · MDV 515 · MDV 516 · MDV 517 0:00–39:34 (4 tapes)
• 2005-07-01
  ▶ Kolomyya · 2.1 h

  MDV 519 · MDV 520 (2 tapes)
• 2005-07-02 – 2005-07-03
  ▶ Kolomyya · 1.7 h proposed

  MDV 526 · MDV 527 0:00–41:42 (2 tapes)
• 2005-07-02 – 2005-07-03
  ▶ Kolomyya or Popel'nyky · 2.4 h two sources agree

  MDV 527 41:42–1:02:02 · MDV 528 · MDV 529 (3 tapes) · with Semyon Semyonovich Krotsh
• 2005-07-03
  ▶ Kolomyya · 63 min

  MDV 531
• 2007-05-30
  ▶ Kolomyya · 62 min

  MDV 534

Topics

Questionnaire

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

• MDV 516 0:00
  plural of rov — plural of רב
• MDV 516 0:22
  plural of rebe — plural of רבי
• MDV 516 2:37
  Jew from Lithuania — what a Jew from Lithuania is called
• MDV 517 0:00
  tomato (помидоры) — the Yiddish word for tomatoes
• MDV 517 1:37
  sausage (колбаса) — the Yiddish word for sausage
• MDV 517 2:41
  vodka (водка) — the Yiddish word for vodka
• MDV 517 4:07
  meaning of goylem — meaning of גולם
• MDV 517 6:08
  kissel (кисель) — Yiddish word for kissel (fruit jelly)
• MDV 517 6:29
  ears (уши) — Yiddish word for ears
• MDV 517 6:32
  kasha (каша) — Yiddish word for kasha
• MDV 517 6:47
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish word for deaf
• MDV 517 6:53
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish word for pigeon
• MDV 517 7:17
  near (близко) — Yiddish word for near
• MDV 517 7:25
  nearer (ближе) — Yiddish word for nearer
• MDV 517 7:36
  late (поздно) — Yiddish word for late
• MDV 517 7:42
  later (позже) — Yiddish word for later
• MDV 517 7:49
  high (высоко) — Yiddish word for high
• MDV 517 8:44
  she knows everything (она знает всё) — Yiddish translation of 'he knows everything'
• MDV 517 9:46
  roof (крыша) — Yiddish word for roof
• MDV 517 10:18
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — Yiddish translation of 'he is very sick'
• MDV 517 10:36
  she is very beautiful (она очень красива) — Yiddish translation of 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 517 10:50
  I don't like him at all (он мне очень не нравится) — Yiddish translation of 'I don't like him very much'
• MDV 517 11:06
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — Yiddish translation of 'barely walks'
• MDV 517 11:34
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — Yiddish translation of 'he ran away from the Germans'
• MDV 517 11:48
  very devout (он очень набожен) — Yiddish translation of 'he is very pious'
• MDV 517 12:31
  honest (честный) — Yiddish word for honest
• MDV 517 12:49
  cross (крест) — Yiddish word for cross
• MDV 517 13:01
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish translation of 'my head hurts'
• MDV 517 13:11
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish translation of 'my head hurts'
• MDV 517 14:21
  bed (кровать) — Yiddish word for bed
• MDV 517 14:25
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — Yiddish translation of 'I ask you'
• MDV 517 14:31
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — Yiddish for flower bed
• MDV 517 14:51
  thousand (тысяча) — Yiddish word for thousand
• MDV 517 15:08
  in the twentieth year (в двадцатом году) — ordinal: in the twentieth year
• MDV 517 15:25
  you are right (ты прав) — Yiddish for 'you are right' (singular vs. plural)
• MDV 517 15:36
  I was there (я был там) — Yiddish translation of 'I was there'
• MDV 517 15:45
  don't cry (не плачь) — Yiddish translation of 'don't cry'
• MDV 517 16:10
  to pray (молиться) — Yiddish word for praying
• MDV 517 16:21
  grandmother (бабушка) — Yiddish word for grandmother
• MDV 517 18:24
  I see her poorly (я её плохо вижу) — Yiddish translation of 'I see her poorly'
• MDV 517 18:34
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — Yiddish translation of 'I don't see him'
• MDV 517 18:49
  he told her that you are sick (он ей сказал, что ты болен) — Yiddish translation of 'he told her that you are sick'
• MDV 517 19:39
  well (колодец) — Yiddish word for well
• MDV 517 19:52
  store (магазин) — Yiddish word for store
• MDV 517 20:00
  potato (картошка) — Yiddish word for potato
• MDV 517 21:08
  flowers (цветы) — Yiddish word for flowers
• MDV 517 22:14
  tail (хвост) — Yiddish word for tail
• MDV 517 24:58
  I know everyone here (я знаю здесь всех) — Yiddish translation of 'I know everyone here'
• MDV 517 25:25
  I know everyone (я знаю всех) — confirming 'I know everyone'
• MDV 517 28:27
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — Yiddish translation: only Jews live on this street
• MDV 517 29:30
  you came from another city (ты прибыл из другого города) — Yiddish translation: you arrived from another city
• MDV 517 29:49
  otherwise I cannot (иначе не могу) — Yiddish translation: otherwise I can't
• MDV 517 30:31
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — Yiddish translation: I don't know whether he knows or not
• MDV 517 31:10
  man (мужчина) — Yiddish word for man
• MDV 517 31:24
  woman (женщина) — Yiddish word for woman
• MDV 527 0:00
  potato (картошка) — word for potato
• MDV 527 2:31
  thank you (спасибо) — Yiddish for 'thank you'
• MDV 527 4:18
  my husband (мой муж) — how mother said 'my husband'
• MDV 527 6:04
  potato (картошка) — word for potato (repeated question)
• MDV 527 6:50
  honest (честный) — Yiddish for 'honest'
• MDV 527 7:09
  pious (набожный) — Yiddish for 'pious'
• MDV 527 8:06
  cross (крест) — word for cross
• MDV 527 9:33
  don't cry (не плачь) — how to say 'don't cry'
• MDV 527 9:52
  he is ill (он болен) — Yiddish for 'he is sick'
• MDV 527 15:27
  ran away (убежал) — Yiddish for 'he ran away'
• MDV 527 16:03
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish for 'deaf'
• MDV 527 16:14
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish for 'dove'
• MDV 527 17:00
  what a hoyz means — what 'a hoyz' means
• MDV 527 17:36
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish for 'groats'
• MDV 527 17:45
  kasha (каша) — Yiddish for 'porridge/skin'
• MDV 527 18:08
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish for 'mouse'
• MDV 527 18:28
  happiness/luck (счастье) — Yiddish for 'happiness'
• MDV 527 18:31
  I have no luck (мне не везёт) — Yiddish for 'I have no luck'
• MDV 527 21:43
  woman (женщина) — Yiddish for 'woman/wife'
• MDV 527 24:22
  meaning of orel — what 'orel' means
• MDV 527 30:12
  flowers (цветы) — word for flowers
• MDV 527 31:44
  attic (чердак) — Yiddish for attic
• MDV 527 33:00
  corpse — word for corpse