SHLOYME
VILF
He was born in a town near Lemberg,
Galicia. He authored religious texts in an
archaic Yiddish style, such as: Inyone
khinekh yeladim (Matters concerning children’s education) (Lemberg, 1884),
60 pp., second edition (Cracow, 1886); Mayse
hagdolim (Tales for adults), various stories drawn from the Talmud and
Midrashim with his own examples (Lemberg, 1896), 87 pp., published in six
editions, the final one in Warsaw (1887); Imres
shloyme (Shloyme’s sayings), “for recently married bridegrooms in Yiddish,”
with various tales of Hassidim and examples in Yiddish (Cracow, 1906), 189 pp.;
Imre shefer (Words of beauty), on the
Torah with Yiddish translations and citations (Pyotrków, 1927), 48 pp.; and Hisnayges haderekh (Proper conduct), with
explanations and examples in Yiddish (Pyotrków, 1927), 191 pp., second edition
(Lublin, 1934); among others. He died in
Israel.
Source:
Bet eked sefarim.
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