Cornel asks where in Czernowitz they accommodated the large Chassidic
deluge, which came for the Chasidic wedding. I know nothing about this
particular wedding, but my parents often described wedding parties they
went to in Vascauti and Wiznitz, were there were far fewer hotels than in
Czernowitz. A wooden platform was built in each of a number of rooms, of
the house of the bride and each of her relatives and neighbors. The guests
slept, often as many as 20 or 25 of them on each of these platforms,
assorted males in one room and assorted females in another.
I do not know whether an ordinary household had enough bedding for all the
guests, or whether they brought their bedding with them, but pillows and
featherbeds were prized possessions and well to do families certainly had
a wealth of them.
In this issue of "Der Tag" is also an advertisement for "Bettfedern und
Daunen"( featherbeds and quilts).
The crowded sleeping conditions were conducive to the spread of contagious
diseases and particularly to the spread of lice and bedbugs.
The good old days were not so good, after all.
Mimi
On 11/26/11 10:35 AM, "cornel fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net> wrote:
> Just one question....where in Czernowitz did they accommodate all these
> Chasidic deluge????? Cornel
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