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On the engagement of Zalman Orliansky to his contemporary Rachel Hirshovitz, the following contributions were made: the bride and groom 70 kopeks; the brides father 30 kopeks; her brother Zvi Yosef 20 kopeks; her brother-in-law Shmuel Aryeh, and Aaron Michal, Yitzhak Vaks, and the undersigned 20 kopeks each. The total 2 rubles for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land*, according to receipt 814/61. On the marriage of Esther Rivka Kruskal to her contemporary Manos Gordon from Neistadt 2.50 rubles were collected for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land, according to receipt 814/17. On the eve of Passover at the celebration on the conclusion of a Talmudic tractate in the house of study (to exempt the first-born from the obligation of fasting) 50 kopeks were collected, according to receipt 814/18. On the marriage of Zalman Orliansky from Argola to his contemporary Rachel Hirshovitz 1.50 rubles were collected for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land, according to receipt 814/19. When Mr. Abraham Mann eulogized the illustrious rabbi, the GRSHM of blessed memory, 5 rubles were collected, and I received 2 rubles from those proceeds for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land according to receipt 814/20. Yosef Galgin blessed his wife Chaya and contributed 50 kopeks for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land, according to receipt 814/21. Yosef Galgin and his wife Chaya congratulate Shalom Yechezkel Levinsohn of Rituva on the marriage of his daughter Miriam to her contemporary Shimon Zaks and as a sign of blessing contribute 50 kopeks for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land, according to receipt 814/22. On the marriage of Yosef Porat to his contemporary Tzira Srulovitz the following contributions were made for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land: Zev Shtok 30 kopeks, the undersigned 36 kopeks, Rivka Pinkus from Kretinge 30 kopeks, Chaya Meller from Chvadan 25 kopeks, the father of the bride and Benjamin Berg - 20 kopeks each, the groom and his mother, Dov Boruchov, Shaul Zusmanovitz, Mendel Srulovitz, and the brides brother Benjamin 18 kopeks each, and additional contributions totaling 85 kopeks according to receipt 814/25. I congratulate my mother, my father-in-law, and my mother-in-law on my joyous occasion and contribute 50 kopeks for the settlement of the Land of Israel according to receipt 814/24. Ben Porat Yosef Yosef Ben-Porat blesses his wife Tzirel and her sister Shoshana and contributes chai (18) kopeks for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land, according to the aforementioned receipt. From atop the mountains of Zion, may God bless Abraham Messia from Shad on the marriage of his daughter Bryna to her contemporary Israel Edelsohn and as a sign of blessing I have contributed twice chai (36) kopeks for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land, according to receipt 814/23. Zvi Menachem Srulovitz .. Menachem Kotisker, on the naming of his daughter Elka Hena, born to him in good fortune, contributed 25 kopeks for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land, according to the receipt. Dr. A. Friedman from Gorzd congratulates Dr. Moshe Shereshevsky from Koenigsberg on his marriage to his contemporary Elisheva Latte and has contributed for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land 50 kopeks, according to the receipt. Shaul Tuvia Katzenellenbogen from Memel congratulates Meir Zusmanovitz on the marriage of his daughter Feige Batya to her contemporary Yaakov Socher and has contributed for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land 1 mark, according to the receipt. Yaakov Socher from Anikst, commemorating his marriage to his contemporary Feige Batya Zusmanovitz has contributed 50 (kopeks?) for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land, according to the receipt. May God send blessing to (?) Miriam Mandelstam on her marriage to her contemporary Mordecai Lemkin in Dobelen and in commemoration we have contributed twice chai (=36) kopeks for the benefit of the workers in the Holy Land, according to the receipt. _______________Elkanah Dvora and her son, Yechezkel Zusmanovitz and his wife. _______________The one authorized in Gorzd, Yechezkel Zusmanovitz |
Translation by Barry Marks
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