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| 1. Bir = Birzai 56243 |  |
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| 'n xejder bin ix egan biz drajtsn jor | |
| I went to "heder" till I was thirteen |
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| in besme'dres[!] | |
| in the prayer and study house |
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| in ste'tlsn besmedres | |
| in the town prayer and study house |
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| xo gelernt in siti kaledzh in ovnt | |
| I studied at City College in the evening. |
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| 2. Cho = Chorzele 53203 |  |
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| ni:, ot der tate nim gehentfert | |
| So, Father answered him |
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| si dox a kint | |
| He was a child, you know |
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| si gevejn der pxor | |
| He was the first-born |
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| ot im gehentfert "kenst, kenst kimen" | |
| So he answered him, "you may, you may come". |
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| 3. Ka = Kalisz 51187 |  |
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| s'amul gevejn ajner | |
| There once was a man |
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| ot nis gehat kan sajder ci maxn | |
| had nothing to make a seder with. |
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| iz er nebex gezesn mitn va:p | |
| So he, poor guy, was sitting there with his wife |
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| zenen ze gezesn in di sti:b 'n obn gevajnt | |
| sitting there in the room and crying. |
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| obn gurnis gehat | |
| They had nothing. |
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| obn ze cezamingenimen di pur zaxn | |
| So, they gathered up their meagre possessions |
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| zenen gegangen avegajn | |
| were on the verge of leaving |
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| i gekimen der kintsnmaxer | |
| when the magician arrived. | |