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R' Mendel was widowed in his 50s and left with seven seemingly
unmarriageable daughters in his household. This became something of a
joke to the city clowns of the small town of Akkerman in the Ukraine
who gave them the nickname "Benot Zelophehad" who, in the Biblical
account of them, raised the case of a woman's right to inherit
property in the absence of a male heir. But unexpectedly, they
married off one-by-one, perplexing those who wondered how "Mendel's
daughters [would] be grabbed like fresh buns when everyone knew that
they were not so fresh and they had not dowry." This chapter is from
the Yizkor book of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyy, as which was formerly known
as Akkerman in southwest Ukraine not far from Odessa.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1435971889758295
Bruce Drake
Silver Spring, Md.
Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
Towns: Wojnilow, Kovel
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R' Mendel was widowed in his 50s and left with seven seemingly
unmarriageable daughters in his household. This became something of a
joke to the city clowns of the small town of Akkerman in the Ukraine
who gave them the nickname "Benot Zelophehad" who, in the Biblical
account of them, raised the case of a woman's right to inherit
property in the absence of a male heir. But unexpectedly, they
married off one-by-one, perplexing those who wondered how "Mendel's
daughters [would] be grabbed like fresh buns when everyone knew that
they were not so fresh and they had not dowry." This chapter is from
the Yizkor book of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyy, as which was formerly known
as Akkerman in southwest Ukraine not far from Odessa.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1435971889758295
Bruce Drake
Silver Spring, Md.
Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
Towns: Wojnilow, Kovel
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Join JewishGen at the 37th IAJGS International Conference
on Jewish Genealogy from 23–28 July 2017 at the Disney World
Swan Resort, Orlando, Florida. 300 lectures, workshops, SIG
meetings, luncheons and films. Online databases, networking,
and mentoring from experts. Live! web streaming of over 60
featured lectures available. For details, visit IAJGS2017.org
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