This is a marginal fact regarding the subject matter of the action in this case. The testimonies of the plaintiff and the notary, even if they are not identical with respect to the date of the application, all relate to the point in time of the commemoration of the thirtieth in relation to that conversation, and I do not find that the discrepancies alleged in the testimonies are capable of harming the credibility of the notary's testimony.
The deceased understood the contents of the will that was read to her in Hebrew:
- The opponents, as stated above, claimed that the deceased did not know how to read and write in Hebrew and spoke only plain Hebrew. After the notary's testimony that the deceased did not read the will to him, but rather that he read the will, the question of the deceased's knowledge of reading and writing in Hebrew does not affect the determination of the deceased's understanding of the will, and the deceased's ability to understand the content of the will read to her by the notary in Hebrew must be examined.
- The notary testified that he spoke with the deceased in Hebrew and from time to time a few words in Yiddish (p. 10, paras. 11-12 of the minutes of the hearing of October 18, 2021).
The objector testified that he spoke with the deceased in Hebrew and that only in the last years of her life did she understand and did not speak Hebrew to him at all (pp. 29, 26-28, pp. 29, 9 of the minutes of the hearing of June 9, 2022).
The objector testified that the deceased did not know how to read Hebrew, but she knew how to read Yiddish , "and if it is similar then she could interpret it for herself" and clarified that the letters in Yiddish and Hebrew are the same letters : "No, she didn't know Hebrew, she knew, she could compose it, let's say sometimes you understand, sometimes not, but Yiddish she knew, but Polish she knew very well. What she would write would be written in Polish and ask and read in a foreign language..." (p. 49, paras. 8-25 of the minutes of the hearing of June 9, 2022). The objector further testified that the deceased signed documents only after they explained to her what they were talking about (pp. 50, paras. 9-30 of the minutes of the hearing of June 9, 2022).