SHolom-Aleychem (nove oformlennya)

SHolom-Aleychem (SHolom Nachumovych Rabinovych, 1859–1916) — yevreys′kyy pys′mennyk, dramaturh i prosvitytel′, yakyy, za yoho vlasnymy slovamy, pysav «yevreys′koyu rozmovnoyu hovirkoyu, scho imenuyet′sya zharhonom». Svit, vidobrazhenyy SHolom-Aleychemom, — tse, persh za vse, zhyttya «malen′kych lyudey », scho zhyly v mezhach tak zvanoyi «smuhy osilosti», svit zi svoyeridnym ukladom zhyttya, pobutom ta zvychayamy. Pys′mennyk i sam vyyshov z ts′oho seredovyscha, i yomu dovelosya perezhyty vsi prymchy yevreys′koyi doli. Znav vin zlety i padinnya, bahatstvo i bidnist′, pry ts′omu vidmitnoyu rysoyu yoho yak pys′mennyka i yak lyudyny zavzhdy buv humor — dobryy, blahotvornyy i ryativnyy. Yomu vdavalosya pysaty prosto pro skladne, veselo pro sumne i, ne pretenduyuchy pry ts′omu na istynu v ostanniy instantsiyi, stvoryty halereyu yaskravych obraziv — chlopchyk Motl, Menachem Mendel′, Tev’ye-molochnyk