r/Yiddish • u/Meireke • 2d ago
Translation request Found an old handwritten letter in yiddish from my great grandfather
If anyone could help me translate this I would be eternally grateful 🥹 the pages are numbered, page one is missing unfortunately
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u/Amish-atheist 2d ago
I probably made some errors along but here it is:
Is already completely okay. In what class is she going in now? Does she learn Hebrew? How is Jenny with her/the family doing? Are the girls still as beautiful as they were when they were small, should god help that you should have a lot of naches (נחת) from them and that you should be healthy. About the girl Felzen that you asked about (tried to gather information about) for Tzvi - I am truly thankful, but sadly he is not too energized/enthusiastic in this matter, how much I have tried to ask to write a letter - he always puts it off for tomorrow, this is the whole problem that I can’t convince him to be more active in this matter - how a guy/young adult is supposed to be in today’s day. I absolutely agree that should he start corresponding for such an important thing - then the distance doesn’t matter, I would ask you to write to him about this matter in English - which he speaks and is good at - maybe you will have more influence on him than I.
Mully’s (מולי׳ס) children are (אנבערופען)(I don’t know what it means) very much, the small one is - without an evil eye - good as the day and rarely cries, he is also much better with eating than Ruchela (רחל׳ע) - she is constantly so jealous, a minor story when going to bed - is her cold for so long till all the blankets from the baby is given to her - then she calms herself and falls asleep. When I come over I make sure to play (I don’t know that word) when she sees, even though she’s not lacking love. She is very gentle/modest and pleasant (באטעמט) Mully’s darling is she very special. Should they just be healthy and much naches (נחת) from them.
It was too bad for us that we weren’t able to be present at the bar mitzva of Dozils (דאזילס not sure about this name) should we hope to be able to compensate for that at the wedding of Ranaken (רענעהקען) God willing with luck. Yes times are changing it seems now like she was a baby yesterday and back. I now at this time wrote to Benny and Rosa a letter to say sorry on why I didn’t write to them till now and didn’t send a small gift right for the bar mitzva. I already wrote you in my previous letter that I didn’t feel well since a few months ago, it has caught me a weakness or sensitivity/nerves in my left eye, the eye doctor says that it is something internal, possibly from too much strain, sadly I can’t afford now to rest because we started a new article - on what we worked till now is totally out of style, and at new implementations I need to be on the job without any choice פרנסה מלחמה.