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Sefer Vladimirets
translations
NOTES: Some (not all) of the
chapters of the Sefer Vladimirets have a very heavy-handed and
dramatic writing style. Although it’s easy to laugh
at the characterization of all Jewish Vladimiretsers as ‘a
simple and purehearted God-fearing’ people (I know my family too well for that),
please remember that these writers saw
their entire village destroyed and were
writing to honor those who died, to remember a place that no
longer existed, and with a deep spirit of gratitude for being
one of those who were delivered out of that
nightmare.
The characterization
also isn't entirely wrong. Life in the shtetl
was simpler. It followed the
rhythms of Jewish life, the days leading into and out of
Shabbos, the cycle of the Torah readings, the milestones of life
honored with Jewish traditions. G-d had a place in
everyday life. Maybe he wasn't showing up in person, the
way he did in the tents of Abraham, but there was always a fear
that He might.
All chapters of the
Sefer Vladimirets yizkor book are now
available, shown with
links to the translated chapters. When a chapter appears
in both Hebrew and Yiddish, the two are combined for the best
translation. Some of the inserts are still being worked
on, and the complete translation still needs to be edited for
consistency and completeness, but we wanted to make the
information available as quickly as possible.
As always, this work
is being done by volunteers, and when not all the words are
translatable, they do the best they can. To ensure that
the flow of the original Sefer Vladimirets is shown, we have
added pdf scans of each chapter and insert. All pdf files
open in a new window. A link to
Adobe Reader is provided here.
To read pdf files,
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