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tant to note that this was the first time the rabbi of
Radzin came to our town. This was just prior to
the destruction that came to the Jewish people as
a result of the war and the cruel Hitlerite plague
that caused the terrible tragedy of European Jewry.
The destruction of its spiritual and cultural glory
erased all struggles, antagonisms, and misunderstandings
among different sectors of Jews, among
these the struggle over the Hebrew school for the
Jews of Luboml.
Ways the Community Operated
The primary tasks of the community, as set out in
the legislation, were: administering matters pertaining
to ritual slaughter [shechita] and kashrut
in general; traditional and religious education;
administering and maintaining the synagogues
and houses of worship [shtiblach]; the ritual bath
[mikvah]; the cemetery and burial matters; providing
for rabbis, shochetim, and other personnel;
administration and registration of marriages,
divorces, births, and deaths; and social welfare
activities to provide for the poor and sick.
The community also owned several public
buildings, such as the Talmud Torah and the
large grounds surrounding it; a public baththe
only one in town for the entire population [also
the non-Jews]; the Linat Hatsedek [public hostel];
and acres and acres of pasture land near the city,
which the municipality wanted to take from the
Jews and over which there was a struggle for
many years. It was the responsibility of the
council to administer, maintain, and preserve all
this Jewish communal property.
The administrators [parnassim] held meetings
every two weeks and, if necessary, more
often. At these meetings they dealt with the
ongoing affairs of the community and made
decisions. Once a year they prepared the annual
budget, which gave evidence of all the activities
and requirements of the community. After the
budget was accepted by the committee, it was
presented to the district authorities in Lutsk [a
nearby city] for approval. In most cases they
would change the proposed budget, and that is
how they limited even more the operations of the
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Distribution of clothing to poor children in 1929, with the participation of guests from the
United States and the trustees and board of the Talmud Torah.