The ideas and notions about Death of the Jews of Podoliya and Bessarabia (fieldwork materials of 2004–2010)

The article focuses on the ideas and notions about of Death and Soul in the Oral Tradition of the Jews of Podoliya and Bessarabia. Traditional Culture of Eastern European Jewry is very alive in these regions. Most of our informants remember their prewar childhood in traditional Jewish Home, and their native language is Yiddish.The study is based on the fieldwork materials, collected in 2004–2010 in Ukraine and Moldova by the scholars ans students form Moscow and Saint Petersburg.