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The Silver Candlesticks/די זילבערנע לײַכטערס

Translation of Tea Arciszewska's Yiddish poem "The Silver Candlesticks," about Yom Kippur candles and memory from the standpoint of a Holocaust survivor.

black and white portrait photo of Arciszews­ka from the 1958 edi­tion of Miryeml: drama­tish­er tsikl in fuft­sen bilder.

10 October 2024

Image of Arciszews­ka from the 1958 edi­tion of Miryeml: drama­tish­er tsikl in fuft­sen bilder. Image cour­tesy of the Yid­dish Book Cen­ter Steven Spiel­berg Dig­i­tal Yid­dish Library.

די זילבערנע לײַכטערס

The Silver Candlesticks

Author

Tea Arciszewska; Translation by Sonia Gollance