Mikhail (Motya) Isaakovich Yerikhman

recorded in Sharhorod, Bratslav, 2002

2 recordings · 77 minutes · 19 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Dovid Katz, Jeffrey Veidlinger

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Yerikhman, 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.

• 2002-07-15
  ▶ Sharhorod · 77 min proposed

  MDV 658 · MDV 659 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

25 questions put to Yerikhman. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 658 6:43
  mouse (мышь) — the Yiddish word for мышка (mouse)
• MDV 658 7:04
  greeting during the day (здравствуй) — how to greet another Jew in Yiddish
• MDV 658 7:31
  I was (я был) — how to say 'я был' in Yiddish
• MDV 658 7:53
  crying (плач ребёнка) — the Yiddish word for плач (crying)
• MDV 658 9:29
  vodka (водка) — the Yiddish word for водка
• MDV 658 10:01
  cross (крест) — the Yiddish word for крест (cross)
• MDV 658 10:01
  no (нет) — how to say 'no' in Yiddish
• MDV 658 10:56
  to do (делать) — the Yiddish verb for делать and whether there's another word for 'делать'
• MDV 658 11:34
  bed (кровать) — the Yiddish word for кровать (bed)
• MDV 658 11:34
  happiness/luck (счастье) — the Yiddish word for счастье (happiness)
• MDV 658 11:34
  also (тоже) — the Yiddish word for тоже (also)
• MDV 658 12:24
  near (близко) — the Yiddish word for близко (near)
• MDV 658 12:24
  higher (выше) — the Yiddish word for выше (higher)
• MDV 658 12:24
  high (высоко) — the Yiddish word for высоко (high)
• MDV 658 14:45
  in the twentieth year (в двадцатом году) — how to say 'in the fourteenth year' in Yiddish
• MDV 658 15:27
  to breathe (дышать) — the Yiddish word for дышать (to breathe)
• MDV 658 15:54
  belly (живот) — the Yiddish word for живот (stomach)
• MDV 658 15:54
  blue (синий) — the Yiddish word for синий (blue)
• MDV 658 16:43
  pigeon (голубь) — the Yiddish word for голубь (pigeon)
• MDV 658 16:43
  groats (крупа) — the Yiddish word for крупа (groats)
• MDV 658 17:07
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — the Yiddish word for глухой (deaf)
• MDV 658 18:43
  rye (рожь) — the Yiddish word for рожь (rye)
• MDV 658 19:30
  probably (наверное) — the Yiddish word for наверное (probably)
• MDV 658 20:46
  ceiling (потолок) — the Yiddish word for потолок (ceiling)
• MDV 658 20:47
  back (назад) — the Yiddish word for назад (back)