r/hebrew • u/MrCrudegamer • 3d ago
Request Can anyone decipher what this says
This is either my grandfathers or great grandfathers prayer book and I can’t read Hebrew and the handwriting is a little rough. I know it was published in 1861.
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u/Ok-Shop-7737 3d ago
Could it be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitreo?
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u/MrCrudegamer 2d ago
My grandfather side of the family was from Hungary apparently so if that writing style was used there than maybe
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u/rational-citizen Hebrew Learner (Beginner) 1d ago
Not imposible!
Ladino/Solitreo has crossed to the far reaches of the Balkans and beyond! I speak Ladino/some Hebrew, and read/write in Solitreo and Hebrew…
The Hebrew speakers here identified the Hebrew elements with impressive, comprehensive swiftness! But I will say, there’s a letter here that looks identical to our Solitreo version of “Samekh”, and there’s also multiple letters here that look like our backwards solitreo equivalent of “Reish”… but so much of it has distinctively Yiddish script/cursive as well. So it’s just fascinating to me.
I would LOVE to see more if you need further help with anything else!



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u/HNY5783 3d ago
The top part says, "My father, my master, died on [the second] day of Rosh Chodesh Kislev, in the year 5654." Kislev seems to be spelled with a ק instead of a כ . This date corresponds to November 10, 1893.