Monday, September 11, 2023

Yiddish brivshteler (letter templates)

  1. Neumann, Moses and Cohen, Shalom. ספר מכתבי עברית כולל תבנית אגרות ומכתבים בלשון עבר ואשכנז Wien, 1855. - 296 p. "A book of Hebrew letters, including templates of fees and letters in Hebrew and German languages" (Sefer mikhtevey ivrit: kolel tavnit igrot u-mikhtavim bi-leshon ever ve-ashkenaz). Letter templates in Hebrew and in German (in Hebrew letters). Other editions:
    • 1819 is here.
    • Another edition (Vilnius, 1864) is here.
  2. Shaykevich, N. M. Shomers briefenshṭeler. Vilnius, 1898. -108 p.. Includes Hebrew, German in Hebrew letters (or Germanized Yiddish), some Russian and German.
  3. Frenkel's "Love letters writer". Warsaw: publishing "Kultur", [191?] -142 p. = פרענקעל’ס ליעבּעס־בּריעף־בּוך. ווארשא: פערלאג ״קולטור״, [?]191 The examples are based on quotes from popular fiction.
  4. Ayn nayer brifenshteller in dray obteylungen... : oykh fershidene aneḳdoṭin. Vilnius, 1900. -136 p. Letter templates in both Hebrew and Yiddish.
  5. Harkavy, Alexander. Amerianisher briefen-sheler un speller : English un Yidish = Harkavy's American letter writer and speller : English and Yiddish. 1902. -410 p.
  6. Katerzinski, Avraham Leyb. Otsar mikhtavim. ʻIvriyot ṿe-'Ashkenaziyot. Briefensteller. Vilnius, 1912. -121 p. Examples in Hebrew and Germanized Yiddish (or Ivre Taych).
  7. Bloshteyn, Oyzer Eliezer. דער נייער פיעלפערבעסערטער בלאשטיינ'ס בריעפענשטעלער. Vilnius, 1913. -144+20 p. The new improved Bloshteyn's letter writer. Monolingual Yiddish brivenshteler. Includes italic parts.
  8. Shaykevich, N. M. Nayer briefenshṭeler a folshṭendiger ṿeg-ṿayzer far ale ḳlasen menshen ... : ṿi azoy tsu shrayben ale sorṭen brief. New York, 1928. -124 p. Only Yiddish (still quite Germanized). Includes section "Children's letters" in italics.
  9. Shteynberg, Abraham. Shṭeynberg's brifenshṭeler. New York, 1926. -128 p.
    • Another edition (New York, no date) is here
  10. Anon. Briefenshṭeler in shraybshrifṭ enṭhalṭ fershiedene ḳurtse brief. New York, 19??.

Also: Nakhimovsky, Alice and Newman, Roberta. Dear Mendl, dear Reyzl: Yiddish letter manuals from Russia and America. 2014. -250 p.

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