Postcard by Hayyim Goldberg from the series "Jewish Livelihoods" depicting a merchant. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Let us just consider the shmatte / First - two holes are present right now / Now, see, the lining - it is worn and torn / In short, how much will the deal cost you?"
Postcard by Hayyim Goldberg from the series "Jewish Livelihoods" depicting a merchant. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Miss, take the price, and do not delay / If I trade, I want deals here / Believe me, I will give the creator his due / If I stay, it would be a tenner in profit..."
Postcard by Hayyim Goldberg from the series "Jewish Livelihoods" depicting a merchant. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "'Old galoshes, shoes, and coats!' I trade them all, I buy them all / Will a penny be made on them? / Here is a new door, a new little purchase / Perhaps God would give now a fair profit..."
Postcard by Hayyim Goldberg from the series "Jewish Livelihoods." The Hebrew at the top of the postcard is excerpted from Exodus 23:5 : "you shall surely release it with him." The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "And if you see your brother fall under the burden / Do not go past like a serarah / Do not stand at a distance, run beneath as soon as possible / And help him out of trouble."
