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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Devenishki
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Village in the government of Wilna, Russia. The census of 1898 shows a population of 1,877, of whom 1,283 are Jews. Of the latter 277 are artisans. About 66 Jewish women and girls earn a livelihood by knitting stockings, which are sold in Wilna. About 93 people are employed as day-laborers. The remainder of the population are engaged in business. Among charitable institutions there are the poorhouse, the gemilut ḥasadim, the biḳḳur ḥolim, etc. The village possesses a Jewish library. There are a Jewish free school with 84 pupils, a Talmud Torah with 20 pupils, and 5 ḥadarim with 56 pupils.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Devenishki'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/d/devenishki.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Devenishki'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/d/devenishki.html. 1901.
