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My paternal grandfather Leib Shpielberg was born approximately in 1852. He came from a village to Odessa with his younger son, who was my father to be, during the October Revolution, but I don’t know any details. I remember grandfather Leib very well: he had payes and a red beard. He had a heavy fist like a hammer.
He always wore a black cap, a white shirt and a kitel. My grandfather was very religious. He always spoke Yiddish and recited prayers in Hebrew at the synagogue. I don’t know where he studied. He read Russian newspapers and the Torah in Hebrew.
He went to pray at the synagogue in the morning and in the evening.
He always wore a black cap, a white shirt and a kitel. My grandfather was very religious. He always spoke Yiddish and recited prayers in Hebrew at the synagogue. I don’t know where he studied. He read Russian newspapers and the Torah in Hebrew.
He went to pray at the synagogue in the morning and in the evening.
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Odessa
Ukraine
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Efim Shpielberg Biography