Who My Great Grandfather Nachum Was
Father of my Maternal Grandmother Rivka - Nachum - Cantor, Shochet, Father, Friend, Teacher, Rabbi, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather.
From A Bundle of Memories
By Avraham Yaffe, Tel Aviv, Israel
Translated from Hebrew to Yiddish by M. Goelman
Translated from Yiddish to English by Dr. Isaac Fine
One house in the shtetl was the center for song throughout the entire year, particularly during religious festivals. This was the residence of Cantor Nochum Amdurer. His dwelling was located in Avram- Moishe's house, across from the post office on the corner of Dolistover Street. The Cantor Nochum Amdurer was a beardless man of average stature. He was always seen with a hat and a long coat. Nochum was a schochet, a ritual slaughterer. Day by day he and Yankel, the other schochet would go to the slaughterhouse. On the evening before Yom Kippur, everyone would bring the chickens for slinging to their home. In the fall, when geese and calves were in season at the market, the two men would go to various homes in the town and slaughter them in the prescribed kosher manner.
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From A Bundle of Memories
By Avraham Yaffe, Tel Aviv, Israel
Translated from Hebrew to Yiddish by M. Goelman
Translated from Yiddish to English by Dr. Isaac Fine
One house in the shtetl was the center for song throughout the entire year, particularly during religious festivals. This was the residence of Cantor Nochum Amdurer. His dwelling was located in Avram- Moishe's house, across from the post office on the corner of Dolistover Street. The Cantor Nochum Amdurer was a beardless man of average stature. He was always seen with a hat and a long coat. Nochum was a schochet, a ritual slaughterer. Day by day he and Yankel, the other schochet would go to the slaughterhouse. On the evening before Yom Kippur, everyone would bring the chickens for slinging to their home. In the fall, when geese and calves were in season at the market, the two men would go to various homes in the town and slaughter them in the prescribed kosher manner.
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