Hordas family settles down in Cholui (Lipen), Belarus

At the end of 18 century (about 1793 y.), the Hordas family are settles down in Cholui.

The following document is an excerpt from the Yizkor book, the piece on Cholui. This piece is based on stories by A. Galfend , Joshua Ze'ev Hordas , A. Shapira and others and it was translated by Dr. Steven Maron

"The small village of Cholui is found by a lake in the vicinity of the Svislotch River, that drains into the Berezina. It is found in the northern part of the Bobruisk district, near the village of Svislotch. According to family tradition, the area on which the village was later built was leased indefinitely to Nasheh Maron at the end of the 18th century. Nasheh's four sons: Joshua, Aaron, Pesach, and Isaiah divided the area into four portions and built a separate well on each portion. They also designated portions of land to the Christian inhabitants of the village and collected a tenant's tax from all inhabitants of the village. Two other old families lived in the town: the Hordas family, and the Luria family. By the time of the Holocaust there lived in Cholui the fourth and fifth generation of the Marons, who mixed with the members of the Luria and Hordas families. The tenant's tax custom continued until the rise of the Soviet government, which forbade private ownership of land."

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אמוד המעורה: Belarus