The Ordeal of Writing Hebrew Uri Nissan Gnessin (1879-1913) Ha-Tsidah, (Sideways) Letter to Ya'acov Fichman (1881-1958), written in February 1909 Vilna, 1914 Ha-Tsidah is a memorial collection of Gnessin's letters with some eulogies; edited by Yosef Haim Brenner (1881-1921) Credit: Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania