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Dear sister, brother-in-law and children,
How are you all and what good news can we
hear from you? With us, everything is the same. We have almost
forgotten about emigration and are living from day to day. We
received your letter. I would have liked to have heard better news
from you - that you had already managed to better yourself. We
hope that with time things will improve. How is Eliezer? How is
his health? How are you and the children?
The Sawitskis received a letter from Chaim
who wrote that he met you. This made me feel more relaxed. It had
been more than two months since we heard from you. Abraham Dov
Tenenbaum also sends you his regards. His daughter, Deborah, has
written about you.
On the second day of Succoth, Leibl [Rivka's
brother from Bialystok] arrived for a two-week visit. He spent
some time with Auntie Hanka and also spent a little time with me.
I was very worried about what to feed him here and I felt
uncomfortable about asking him [Leibl's dietary restrictions could
have been due to illness, or he may have kept Kosher]. His child
was also not well - he had a rash. They were ready to take the
child to Warsaw because the doctors in Bialystok couldn't diagnose
it. But now, Leibl has written to me and told me, thank goodness,
the child is better and is even playing with his friends again.
And now, I'll write a little about David. My
dear brother in law writes that he doesn't need him. On the
anniversary of mother's death [Rivka's mother, Masza Rozental, nee
Frydman], David couldn't make it to the cemetery and Leibl was
there on his own. Now that it's a new year, it's time for David to
wake up - to open his eyes and understand the situation. Now is
the right time for him to face reality. I worry a lot about him
but I can't help him.
Rabcia and her brother are also going away
soon. I think she is already preparing their passports. The family
is getting thinner and thinner. The other family also has
problems. Muki [Farber] still hasn't married and they are trying
to match him up with somebody but nothing is coming of it. Tevche
has achieved something - he has hired a salesgirl for his
shop. Bertha has put on some weight - she looked awful before.
Tevche hasn't fully recovered from his sickness, but he is very
busy with everyone else's business.
Nechama Bergstein is very sick. She has been
bedridden for a few weeks, but we don't know what is wrong with
her. She looks bad, and when I visited her she was not the same
Nechama.
Before the holydays the atmosphere here
changed for the worse. We came to realize that we are heading
towards war. Many are envious of you that you managed to escape.
We don't fully understand what is going on. Germany expelled so
many people and sent them back to Poland. They were allowed to
take ten marks with them, and the keys to their house. They were
not allowed to take their clothing or their belongings. They were
sent back to Poland as they stood. It is a terrible situation.
There are a few former Szczuczyn residents among them who lived in
Germany for forty years. It is rumored that they will do the same
with us.
No more news. We walk around in a daze. That
is enough for today.
From your Rivka
Yedidi will write separately
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