Will of Bernard Drachman
New York, N.Y. January 8th 1945
Tebeth 23rd, 5705
I, the undersigned, Bernard Drachman, being of sound and disposing mind, hereby declare this my last will and testament. I leave and bequaeth to each of my seven children, Beatrice, Edgar, Julian, Albert, Mathilde, Myron, and Theodore, the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) as a sign of love and affection. I trust that they will continue to live in loyalty to the holy Jewish faith in which I have reared them, and especially that they will observe the year of mourning for me and the annual day of memorial, Yahrzeit, by attending at the synagogue, and the recitation of the holy Kaddish prayer. All the rest of my estate, whatever property I die possessed of, I leave and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife, Hadassah Levine Drachman, in loving recognition of the constant affection and devoted care and attention which she extended to me throughout the years of our marriage. I request her to give a certain amount, in acordance with her judgment, to the charitable institutions of Jerusalem and New York. I desire that my earthly remains be interred at the side of my beloved first wife, the mother of my children, Sarah Weil Drachman, with whom I lived in happy wedlock for thirty seven years
I appoint and _____ Hadassah Levine Drachman sole executrix of this my last will and testament to administer it in accordance with its provisions and with full powers to sell or otherwise dispose of any portion of it as she may think proper, these powers to begin thirty days after my demise.
Bernard Drachman
Witnesses:
David Allersberg, M. D.
136 E 64th, N. Y. C.
William Rosenberg
650 Crown Street
Bklyn, N. Y.
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