YISROEL-YITSKHOK TSIPERSHTEYN
He came
from Proshke (Pruszków), near Warsaw. In
the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, he lived in Warsaw and was
known as the “wedding entertainer from Pruszków” (Proshker badkhn). He authored various poems that appeared in
those years, among them Dray naye lider
(Three new poems) (Warsaw, 1889), 20 pp., second printing 1900. In this work may be found his poem “Al tira
avdi yankev” (Fear not, my servant Jacob), which was sung in Poland as a
folksong. Other biographical details
remain unknown.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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