1. Briefly contrast the connection between mysticism and attitudes to Yiddish among the Pious of Ashkenaz, the later kabbalists, and Hasidism (later still).
2. Briefly sum up the role of Odessa in the rise of modern Yiddish press and literature. What was the role of Mendele Moykher Sforim (=Sholem Abramovich) and other leading personalities in Odessa at that time (Zedebaum, Lifschitz, Linetzky)?