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Yiddish „תּיקו“ — אַ ווייניק באַקאַנטער משל פֿונעם פּאָעט אליעזר שטיינבאַרג, צו זײַן יאָרצײַט ‘A Riddle Without a Solution’ — a little-known fable by poet Eliezer Shteynbarg on his yortsayt
דער העברעיִשער פּאָעט חיים נחמן ביאַליק האָט שוין אין 1911 געהאַלטן שטײנבאַרגס משלים פֿאַר מײַסטערווערק.
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