Sacred Seforim
Haggadah
Europe
Elijah Z. brought this Haggadah for the 2019 Moriah School Heritage Fair. Elijah Z.’s maternal great grandfather, Menachem Tzvi Greenfeld, was a great man. After the Holocaust, he purchased a Haggadah for the upcoming Pesach which he used for the rest of his life. After his death, the Haggadah was passed down to Elijah Z.’s maternal grandfather, Yehoshua Greenfeld. Following this, Elijah Z.’s maternal grandfather passed it down to Elijah Z.’s family.
The Z and the G. family cherishes this object.
Haggadah
Romania
MJ B. brought this Haggadah for the 2019 Moriah School Heritage Fair.This Haggadah is from MJ’s maternal side of the family. They originally lived in the Bukovina region of Romania, in a city called Czernovitz. The Haggadah was published in Vienna, in the early 1920's. This Haggadah belonged to MJ’s maternal great-grandfather, Kurt Klinger. He received it from his mother-in-law when her husband, MJ’s great-great grandfather, Heinrich Frimmet, passed away.Since both Kurt and Edith Klinger were Holocaust survivors, this Haggadah is one of the only family possessions which was left after the war. It meant so much to MJ’s great grandmother, Edith, that they were able to use her father's Haggadah at the Sedarim every Pesach. After World War II ended, the couple wasn’t given permission to move to America, so they chose to go to Cuba, close to Florida, to wait it out. They heard that many Holocaust survivors had settled in Cuba and were happy there.Her parents, MJ’s great-great-grandparents, Heinrich and Lina Frimmet, decided to go to Israel,- which was then still called Palestine, since they had relatives there. The Haggadah, which Heinrich had received as a wedding gift before the war, went with them to Israel. For four years in Israel, MJ’s great- great- grandfather struggled to make a living and worked very hard. Unfortunately, the hard work, sun and heat there made him weak, and one day, suddenly in 1950, he died of heart failure. MJ’s great-great grandmother was now a widow, in a strange country. She had lost her only son during the Holocaust, and MJ’s great-grandmother, Edith, was all she had left. Following this, Edith asked Kurt to promise to use only that Haggadah at every Seder they would observe in their lives from that time on. He kept that promise until he died. The Haggadah was used throughout MJ’s grandmother, Cary Reichardt, and his great-uncle, Robby's childhoods and adult lives. It even has numbers next to each question of the Mah Nishtanah that Kurt wrote in it as he was teaching each of his kids how to recite them.
The B and Reichardt families cherish this object.
Tikkun
United States
Jordan brought this tikkun for the 2019 Moriah School Heritage Fair. Jordan’s paternal great grandfather’s tikkun was originally from New York and published in 1944. This tikkun was kept in the family for almost 70 years. Jordan’s great grandfather gave this tikkun to his son, (Jordan’s grandfather) for his Bar Mitzvah. Jordan’s family kept this tikkun because Jordan’s grandfather only had daughters and not sons. He wanted it to be kept in the family so his future grandsons could use it to study for their Bar Mitzvah.
The D. and A. families cherish this object.
Siddur
United States
Katie K. brought this Siddur for the 2019 Moriah School Heritage Fair. Katie's great grandmother, Miriam Segal, once had a siddur. This siddur was originally from Monsey, New York and she received it in February of 1978. The siddur was given as a gift for Miriam Segal from Harabanit Sima Miryl Hager, the wife of the Viznitz Rebbe in Monsey, New York. Miriam Segal was a business woman, wife and mother from Hoboken, New Jersey and was married to David K. They were very involved in their community, and together they raised three children with strong Torah values. David K. passed away in 1966, and Miriam remarried Gershon Segal. Gershon was a Holocaust survivor who lost his wife and thirteen children. Gershon Segal was a Vizhnitz Chassid in Monsey, New York. Miriam became close with the Hager family, the Vizhnitz Rebbe’s family, and was very involved both personally and financially to all the Vizhnitz community needs. Rabanit Hager gave Miriam this Siddur and wrote a personal note inside in Yiddish. She praised her dedication to the Hager family, she asked Hashem to bless her with a long and healthy life. This Siddur is very important to Katie's family because it was a special gift to Miriam Segal, whom was Katie's namesake.
The K.family cherishes this object.
Siddur
Israel
Kira R. brought this siddur for the 2019 Moriah School Heritage Fair. Kira’s maternal great grandmother, Maja, bought this siddur on a vacation in Israel in 1968. Kira’s great grandmother gave it to Kira’s mother on her wedding day. Kira’s great grandmother and her mother, were Holocaust survivors from Dvinsk in Latvia, and after the war, they went to South Africa.
The Abramowitch, Smullen, and R families cherish this object.
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