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Letters to Sala

Letters to Sala


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“Now it is already Purim, and [we are] so far from each other.”
“Now it is already Purim, and [we are] so far from each other.”
  “Chanukah! … Our dear father kindles the lights. He’s singing “Ha-neros halolu” while crying all the time.”
“Chanukah! … Our dear father kindles the lights. He’s singing “Ha-neros halolu” while crying all the time.”
“The holidays are already over and you can’t imagine how sad our seder night was and we all cried.”
“The holidays are already over and you can’t imagine how sad our seder night was and we all cried.”
  “We had a seder in our room till 2 in the morning.”
“We had a seder in our room till 2 in the morning.”