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Chişinău
 (09-007.04-F) -  Shelf Number: MDV 138
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Date: December 19, 2005

Participants: Roif, Shabs Abramovich; Roif, Zelda Davidovna; Farber, Slava

Location recorded: Chișinău, Chișinău Municipality, Moldova

Language: Yiddish, Russian

Culture Group: Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Moldovans

 Recording Content:   

The first part of the recording is the continuation of a formal interview with Shabs Abramovich Roif. (Part 4 of 4. See MDV 135, MDV 136, and MDV 137)

The second part of the recording includes a formal interview with Slava (Slave) Farber, born 1954 in Vertiujeni. (Part 1 of 2. See MDV 139)

00:00:00 Roif speaks about life today. He then continues to answer dialectological questions from the AHEYM Yiddish linguistic questionnaire. Roif also briefly addresses his religious school (cheder) education.
00:28:50 Zelda and Roif talk prewar Jewish life in their hometown. In particular they recalls their homes. Roif then continues to answer dialectological questions from the AHEYM Yiddish linguistic questionnaire. Roif also speaks about his visits of the church on the kolkhoz, he ran.
00:46:28 They discuss life today. The camera then cuts to the interview with Farber.
00:47:38 Farber provides personal information. He then addresses prewar Jewish life in Vertiujeni, as well as life today.
00:50:32 Farber sings the wedding Yiddish song "Mekhutonim Geyn" (The in-laws are coming). He then speaks about his involvement in contemporary Yiddish festivals.
00:55:12 Farber sings a Yiddish-Moldovan song "Mir forn keyn Odes" (we are going to Odessa). He states that he rewrote the song.
00:59:35 End of recording.