Resh answers dialectological questions from Lemster. The items include words for a Christian, a garden, a tree, ten, a thousand and brandy, along with street, river, potato and flower terms. They also include the basement and attic, the word for "suddenly", sentence forms with verbs and pronouns, and the choice between competing variants. S2 and S3 sometimes offer answers, and some prompts are given in Romanian or Russian.
S2 and S3 also supply answers, and some prompts are in Russian or Romanian.
Resh describes the Jewish community of Iași today. Of tens of thousands of prewar Jews only some hundreds remain, mostly old people, and no child has been born in years. He expects Jewish life to disappear within a few decades. Answering Lemster, he says the synagogue is kept open for memorial prayers, with services three times a week and attendance at holidays and the seder. He also speaks of the two cemeteries of Iași and the thousands buried in them.
Gives the size of the community and attendance at holidays and the seder, and mentions the legionnaires' takeover of the old cemetery.
Resh speaks about Itsik Shvarts, also known as Andre Kara, a good friend. He remembers him as a Yiddish writer and historian who served in the Russian army. Shvarts broke his leg in a fall in old age, and friends looked after him for over a year before he died. Resh confirms that Shvarts used to pray, and Lemster thanks him at the end.
