YL-0151 Translation
June 16 (Thursday) 1932 With G-d’s help
Peace and blessing.
To the honor of my dear known one, Mr. Mordecai, with his precious wife Mrs. Leah, may you live, with all your sons and daughters, may they live with all goodness. I have the pleasure of informing you that I received the $25.00 punctually. You have made me very happy, through your correctness. May you thereby find rejoicing with all that is good. I received your precious writing and check, and went to the House of Study to pray; I thanked G-d, and recited Psalm 18, and because of joy, many tears flowed from my eyes. The previous Thursday, before Shavuos (Pentacost), I had a guest Miralay Pristov, and wrote down by me, and gave me an 8 day bill to pay 500 (?), that is fifty dollars. And naturally, I have . . . . but, truthfully, I was not frightened. . . . I found in myself so much faith. Suddenly I received the check, and if one has half, it is so that the G-d sends the other half, and tomorrow will I go to relieve myself from my debt. With G-d’s help will I receive the sufficient sum! I owed this to a Kristina Bank. With reference to my other debts to Jews, I receive no rough treatment, though obviously it isn’t pleasant. Yet I pushed thru the time! I see how obviously you interest yourself in me so much. Therefore I must write you fully. You may threfore be well satisfied, that you have done kindness with me. May the light always shine for you! And I thank you, and am satisfied with your blessing that G-d should help me from His generosity that I should not have to depend on half, and that your blessing will surely be fulfilled! A mazel tov is due me. I have made a shidduch for my son Abba, and dowery has apready been deposited. May it be with success. A local shidduch; and I take him into my house. Hopefully it will pay me.

(Abrupt ending to the letter)

YL-0152-1 Translation
January 27, 1911(?)
Vayishlach, Thursday

My dear Sam. . . .Mordecai. . . .Mrs. Leah. . .may you always live in good fortune.
Dear Cousin Leah, I received the check for $175 you sent. I thank you and wish you health, and longevity with your husband, and obtain spiritual pleasure from your children, and entire fimily in success. And G-d should send a good groom, it should be the beginning, with of dowery. I haven’t sufficient words to wish to be able, to thank you, my only friends, for your help to me. I thank you for my dear daughter, whom I, alone, cannot help. G-d must sund me good pious people to worry for them, and help them. My lot is a sad one, I cannot keep them, the two with whom I remained. There are people in my age, and are able to earn, and I can hardly breathe. But we must thank G-d that I am able to continue despite my troubles that I’ve been able to bear. May G-d, from now on, have pity on me, so that I will be able to send you a mazel-tov from a good groom, from my daughter, Hanna. The money I deposited immediately in a bank. Let people know that I have some money. Perhaps people will come and to me a match. I conclude my writing to you, with much thankfulness, and wish you, heatrily, health, together with your husband and children, and maches from the entire family. From me. . . Mordecai Leizerson (?). Regards to your families . . . regards to my dear grandchildren, may they learn successfully. I thank you greatly for the package you will send me. For we have no means to sew new clothes, and one may well be found in your package.
My hearfelt regards and thanks to you. For me, by myself, to write to see of you is very difficult, and you, being wise, can understand this. The members of our family all wish you good health.