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Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Rosenberg, Shloyme (1896-1975)
Title:	Shloyme Rosenberg Collection
Dates:	undated, 1940-1977
Abstract:	The Shloyme Rosenberg Collection contains manuscripts and newspaper columns written by Rosenberg. Also included are some personal materials such as correspondence, certificates, and international documentation. Newspaper columns comprise the majority of the collection and are written under a variety of pseudonyms, including S.R. Berg, A. Prashker, I. Prashker, S. Prashker, Reb Shloyme, and Shrage. The manuscript and newspaper and journal publications series are divided into works written under Shloyme Rosenberg's own name and works written under any of his pseudonyms. A majority of the material is written in Yiddish, with some manuscripts translated into English and some articles in Hebrew. Yiddish titles have been transliterated and are arranged according to transliterated title.
Languages:	The collection is predominantly in Yiddish, with some English, French, and Hebrew.
Quantity:	11.15 linear feet (12 manuscript boxes, 2 20"x16"x3" boxes, 1 24"x20"x3" box)
Identification:	P-712
Repository:	American Jewish Historical Society

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Biographical Note

Shloyme Rosenberg with Sholem Asch

Shloyme Rosenberg, son of Henoch and Nehama Rosenberg, was born in Laskarzew, Poland on April 23, 1896. As a boy in Poland, he studied at the gymnasium Staszic in Lublin. At the age of 22, in February of 1918, Rosenberg published his first poem entitled "The Death of the Priest Eli." After this publication, as Rosenberg writes, "so I became a writer!" In 1919, he traveled to Palestine and worked in the orange groves and vineyards. The cousin of famed Yiddish theater actor Maurice Schwartz, Rosenberg also acted on the Hebrew stage in Israel.

In 1922, upon his return to Poland, he became a printer. All the while, he still wrote poems and began translating works into Yiddish from Russian, French, and Polish. As he describes it, "I read by a chance the great work of the renowned Polish writer Stanislaw Wladislaw Reymont, his 4 volume 'CHLOPI'... and I was very impressed by it." The work inspired Rosenberg to translate it into Yiddish. This was no small feat considering the book inspired Rosenberg to translate it into Yiddish. This was no small feat considering the book was approximately 2,000 pages. The endeavor took him two years, 1924 to 1926, to accomplish. Apparently, Reymont knew about the translation and was "delighted" when it was done.

Around this time, Rosenberg began writing for the Haynt, a large Yiddish daily newspaper in Warsaw, Poland. Sholem Asch, who at the time was also a contributor to the Haynt from Nice, France, read Rosenberg's translation of Chlopi and requested that he become Asch's literary secretary. Rosenberg accepted and went to live in Nice. While in Nice, Rosenberg begam to write novels and published them in serial form in the Haynt. His position with Sholem Asch lasted from 1930 to 1938.

On February 28, 1936, Rosenberg married Regina Prashker. In 1937, while still in Nice, their son Marc Israel was born. According to Marc, while there, Rosenberg wrote articles, condemning Hitler. Apparently someone informed Rosenberg that he was on a hit list due to these articles and when war broke out, Rosenberg, along with his wife and son, escaped to Morocco. In 1941, after a year in Morocco, the Rosenbergs found their way to the United States. Within three months, Shloyme became a staff member for the Jewish Day, a Yiddish newspaper. Already fluent in German, French, Polish, Hebrew, Spanish, and Russian, he taught himself English and spent a lot of time at the Columbia University Library. Rosenberg stayed at the Jewish Day until the last years of his life. During this time, Shloyme and Regina had another son, Harold Reuben and then adopted a daughter, Rene Frayman.

While writing for the Jewish Day, Rosenberg published many serial novels along with thousands of articles, essays, and reviews. Many of these were published under various pseudonyms such as S.R. Berg, A. Prashker, I. Prashker, S. Prashker, Reb Shloyme, and Shrage. Some of the pseudonyms are clear. S.R. Berg clearly stands for "Shloyme Rosen Berg;" Prashker is his wife's maiden name. Shrage, however, is somewhat of a mystery. Rosenberg's publications include Tsvishn Feyer un Shwert, 1942; Der Idisher Monakh, 1943; Idishe Heldn, 1943; Rabbi Akiba, 1944; Shlomo Hamelech, 1944; In Kamf far a Neyer Velt, 1945; Der Idisher Prinz, 1947; Bar Kochba, 1948; Rabbi Meir and Beruriah, 1950; Moshiach's Tsayin, 1950; Der Idisher Kenig bei der Volga, 1954; Sholem Asch Fun Der Noent, 1958; Di Kuzrim, 1960; and Shabbetzay Zevi, 1965. He was a member of the Yiddish PEN Club, the Yiddish Writers Union, LZOA-Poale Zion, and Farband Labor Zionist Order. He also wrote for the Yiddish theater in New York City. Shloyme Rosenberg died in New York in 1975 at the age of seventy-nine.

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Scope and Content Note

The Shloyme Rosenberg Collection contains manuscripts and newspaper columns written by Rosenberg. Also included are some personal materials such as correspondence, certificates, and international documentation. Newspaper columns comprise the majority of the collection and are written under a variety of pseudonyms, including S.R. Berg, A. Prashker, I. Prashker, S. Prashker, Reb Shloyme, and Shrage. The manuscript and newspaper and journal publications series are divided into works written under Shloyme Rosenberg's own name and works written under any of his pseudonyms. A majority of the material is written in Yiddish, with some manuscripts translated into English and some articles in Hebrew. Yiddish titles have been transliterated and are arranged according to transliterated title. The collection is arranged in three series: Series I: Manuscripts, Series II: Newspaper and Journal Publications, and Series III: Subject Files.

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Arrangement

The collection has been arranged into three series and oversized separate material listing as follows:

• Series I: Manuscripts, undated, 1940-1953
  • Subseries A: S. Rosenberg, undated, 1940-1942, 1951, 1953
  • Subseries B: Pseudonyms, undated
• Series II: Newspaper and Journal Publications, undated, 1940-1977
  • Subseries A: Shloyme Rosenberg, undated, 1940-1977
  • Subseries B: Pseudonyms, undated, 1944, 1955-1956, 1958-1959, 1961, 1964, 1967-1968
• Series III: Subject Files, undated, 1940-1977
• Separated Oversized Material

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society, except items that are restricted due to their fragility.

Use Restrictions

Information concerning the literary rights may be obtained from the Executive Director of the American Jewish Historical Society. Users must apply in writing for permission to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection. For more information contact:
American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY, 10011
email: info@ajhs.org

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Provenance

The Society acquired the collection from Marc Rosenberg in 1987.

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Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Shloyme Rosenberg Collection; P-712; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.

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Access Points

• Subject Names:

  • Asch, Sholem (1880-1957)

• Subject Organizations:

  • Jewish American
  • Jewish Day

• Subject Topics:

  • Authors, Yiddish
  • Yiddish literature

• Document Types:

  • Articles
  • Clippings
  • Correspondence
  • Manuscripts
  • Photographs
  • Speeches

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Container List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series I: Manuscripts, undated, 1940-1942, 1951, 1953.
English, Yiddish.
Box 1 - Box 5 Folder 47
Scope and Content: Series I: Manuscripts contains manuscripts written by Shloyme Rosenberg under his own name as well as those written under any of his pseudonyms. Manuscripts translated into English are marked with an (E) after the title. Some correspondence and reviews pertaining to particular manuscripts are also located in this series, although most correspondence has been arranged in a separate correspondence folder in Series III: Subject Files. Series I is divided into two subseries: Subseries A: S. Rosenberg and Subseries B: Pseudonyms. In Subseries A: S. Rosenberg, manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by title; in Subseries B: Pseudonyms, manuscripts are arranged first alphabetically by pseudonym and then alphabetically by manuscript title under each pseudonym.
Subseries A: S. Rosenberg, undated, 1940-1942, 1951, 1953.
English, Yiddish.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by transliterated title.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
1	1	Blimelekh fun undzer literarishn gorin	undated
1	2	Chmelnitski's tsaytn	undated
1	3	Double Check (E)	undated
1	4	Far a neyer velt	undated
1	5	Far a neyer velt, pages 146-420	undated
1	6	Far a neyer velt, pages 421-555	undated
1	7	Der film register	undated
1	8	Gevise farkirtsonen	undated
1	9	Idisher monakh, pages 233-end	undated
1	10	Idisher monakh, pages 458-end	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
2	11	Der Idisher prinz	undated
2	12-13	In land fun tarkvemade	undated
2	14	Literarishe folks-angentn	undated
2	15	The Man in the Black Hat (E)	undated
2	16	Mekartiism af ist-bradvay	undated
2	17-18	Di pleytim	undated,1940-1941
2	19	Queen of the Underworld (E)	undated
2	20	Rabbi Akiba (E), chapters 1-2 and synopsis	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
3	21-23	Rabbi Akiba (E), chapters 1-7, 21, and synopsis	undated
3	24	Rabbi Akiba (E), chapters 6, 7, 21	undated
3	25	Rabbi Akiba (E), excerpts	undated
3	26	Rabbi Meir and Beruriah (E) (with relating correspondence and review)	undated
3	27	Rabbi Meir and Beruriah (E) (and review)	undated, 1951
Box	Folder	Title	Date
4	28-30	Rabbi Meir and Beruriah (E) (annotated)	undated
4	31	Revenge (E) (with relating correspondence)	undated, 1942, 1953
4	32	Sholem Asch (E)	undated
4	33	S'iz geevarn 40 yar nakhn pogrom in ifn	undated
4	34	The Sun Betrayed Her (E)	undated
4	35	Tsvishn feyer un shverd	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
5	36-37	'Twixt Fire and the Sword (E)	undated
5	38	A yugnt bild	undated
5	39	Untitled	undated
5	40	Untitled, pages 2-end	undated
5	41	Untitled, prologue and chapters 1-2	undated
Subseries B: Pseudonyms, undated.
English, Yiddish.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by pseudonym and within pseudonym by transliterated title.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
5	42	S.R. Berg, Chmelnitski's tsaytn	undated
5	43-44	S. Prashker, Iber okeanen un continentn	undated
5	45-46	S. Prashker, A shvester's farrat	undated
5	47	Reb Shloyme, Untitled	undated

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Series II: Newspaper and Journal Publications, undated, 1940-1977.
Yiddish.
Box 5, Folder 48- Box 9, Folder 88; Box 13-14(OS1), Folder 124; Box 15(OS2), Folders 129-132.
Scope and Content: Series II: Newspaper and Journal Publications consists of the various newspaper columns as well as journal articles written by Shloyme Rosenberg under his own name and under his many pseudonyms. Most of the newspaper articles are serial columns published over many weeks. Some of these columns were eventually edited as manuscripts and published as such. As in Series I: Manuscripts, newspaper and journal publications are divided into two subseries: Subseries A: Shloyme Rosenberg and Subseries B: Pseudonyms. Within Subseries A: Shloyme Rosenberg, newspaper columns are arranged alphabetically by title of column. In Series B: Pseudonyms, folders are first arranged alphabetically by pseudonym, and within each pseudonym, the columns are alphabetical by title.
Subseries A: Shloyme Rosenberg, undated, 1940-1977.
Yiddish.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by transliterated article title.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
5	48	"Altmanakh-Idish" (in Undzer Dor)	1962
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6	49	"Aza iz das lebn"	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
13(OS1)	109a	"Aza iz das lebn" (USER COPY)	undated, 1966
13(OS1)	109b	"Aza iz das lebn" (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1966
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6	50	"Di khnenim fun snipishak" (in Bitokhn)	1961
6	51	"Durkh fayer un flamen"	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
12	110a	"Far a neyer velt" (Folder 1 of 2) (USER COPY)	undated, 1972
12	110b	"Far a neyer velt" (Folder 1 of 2) (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1972
12	111a	"Far a neyer velt" (Folder 2 of 2) (USER COPY)	undated, 1972
12	111b	"Far a neyer velt" (Folder 2 of 2) (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1972
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6	52	"Idish un hebraish in Medina" (in Undzer Dor)	1962
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15(OS2)	129a	"Der Idisher monakh" (USER COPY)	undated, 1943
15(OS2)	129b	"Der Idisher monakh" (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1943
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6	53	"Der Idisher shreiber un zany kritiker" (in Undzer Dor)	1962
6	54	"Der lebediker iz nisht goyrem" (in Oifsnai)	1958
6	55	"Der man vas ekzistiert nisht"	undated
6	56	"Di nakomeh fun a kintsler"	undated
6	57	"Di pleytim" I	undated, 1940-1941
6	58	"Di pleytim" II	undated, 1940-1941
6	59	"Di pleytim" III	undated, 1940-1941
6	60a	"Di pleytim" IV (USER COPY)	undated, 1940-1941
6	60b	"Di pleytim" IV (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1940-1941
Box	Folder	Title	Date
7	61	"Di pleytim" V	undated, 1940-1941
Box	Folder	Title	Date
12	112a	"Di pleytim" (Folder 1 of 2) (USER COPY)	undated
12	112b	"Di pleytim" (Folder 1 of 2) (RESTRICTED)	undated
12	113a	"Di pleytim" (Folder 2 of 2) (USER COPY)	undated
12	113b	"Di pleytim" (Folder 2 of 2) (RESTRICTED)	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
7	62	"Der professor"	undated
7	63	"Shlomo Hamelekh" I	undated
7	64	"Shlomo Hamelekh" II	undated
7	65	"Shlomo Hamelekh" III	undated
7	66	"Shlomo Hamelekh"	undated, 1945
Box	Folder	Title	Date
8	67	"Taybele" I	undated
8	68	"Taybele" II	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
13(OS1)	114a	"Taybele" (USER COPY)	undated
13(OS1)	114b	"Taybele" (RESTRICTED)	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
8	69	"Di tsen tsadikim" (in Undzer Dor)	1962
Box	Folder	Title	Date
13(OS1)	115a	Columns in the Jewish American (USER COPY)	1955-1965
13(OS1)	115b	Columns in the Jewish American (RESTRICTED)	1955-1965
Box	Folder	Title	Date
8	70	Miscellaneous Articles	undated, 1940-1970
Box	Folder	Title	Date
13(OS1)	116a	Miscellaneous Articles (USER COPY)	undated, 1944-1946
13(OS1)	116b	Miscellaneous Articles (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1944-1946
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15(OS2)	130a	Miscellaneous Articles (USER COPY)	undated, 1945-1977
15(OS2)	130b	Miscellaneous Articles (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1945-1977
Subseries B: Pseudonyms, undated, 1944, 1955-1956, 1958-1959, 1961, 1964, 1967-1968.
English, Yiddish.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by pseudonym and within pseudonym by transliterated article title.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
8	71	S.R. Berg, "Chmelnitski's tsaytn"	undated
8	72	S.R. Berg, "G'zayrat taykh"	undated
8	73	S.R. Berg, Miscellaneous Article	undated
8	74	A. Prashker, "Yugnt zind"	undated
8	75	I. Prashker, "Libe un farbrekhn"	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
13(OS1)	117a	I. Prashker, "Libe un farbrekhn" (USER COPY)	undated, 1968
13(OS1)	117b	I. Prashker, "Libe un farbrekhn" (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1968
13(OS1)	118a	S. Prashker, "Der Idisher detektiv" (USER COPY)	undated
13(OS1)	118b	S. Prashker, "Der Idisher detektiv" (RESTRICTED)	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	76	S. Prashker, "Der Idisher detektiv"	undated, 1956
		(See also item in oversized folder)
9	77	S. Prashker, "A korbm fun zind"	1961
		(See also item in oversized folder)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15(OS2)	131a	S. Prashker, "A korbm fun zind" (Folder 1 of 2) (USER COPY)	1961
15(OS2)	131b	S. Prashker, "A korbm fun zind" (Folder 1 of 2) (RESTRICTED)	1961
15(OS2)	132a	S. Prashker, "A korbm fun zind" (Folder 2 of 2) (USER COPY)	1961
15(OS2)	132b	S. Prashker, "A korbm fun zind" (Folder 2 of 2) (RESTRICTED)	1961
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	78	S. Prashker, "Libe un farbrekhn"	undated
9	79	S. Prashker, "Libe un farbrekhn"	undated, 1958
9	80	S. Prashker, "Der mentsh mit tsvay ponimer"	undated
9	81	S. Prashker, "Der mentsh mit tsvay ponimer"	1956
Box	Folder	Title	Date
13(OS1)	119a	S. Prashker, "Der mentsh mit tsvay ponimer" (USER COPY)	undated, 1967
13(OS1)	119b	S. Prashker, "Der mentsh mit tsvay ponimer" (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1967
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14(OS1)	120a	S. Prashker, "Dem prakurars sod," no. 1-19 (USER COPY)	undated
14(OS1)	120b	S. Prashker, "Dem prakurars sod," no. 1-19 (RESTRICTED)	undated
14(OS1)	121a	S. Prashker, "Dem prakurars sod," no. 20-37, 57-60 (USER COPY)	undated
14(OS1)	121b	S. Prashker, "Dem prakurars sod," no. 20-37, 57-60 (RESTRICTED)	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	82	S. Prashker, "Dem prakurars sod"	undated, 1958
9	83	"Yugnt zind"	undated, 1959
		(See also item in oversized folder)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14(OS1)	122a	"Yugnt zind" (USER COPY)	undated, 1967
14(OS1)	122b	"Yugnt zind" (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1967
14(OS1)	123a	Untitled (USER COPY)	undated, 1955
14(OS1)	123b	Untitled (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1955
14(OS1)	124a	Miscellaneous Articles (USER COPY)	undated
14(OS1)	124b	Miscellaneous Articles (RESTRICTED)	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	84	Miscellaneous Articles	undated, 1964
9	85-86	Reb Shloyme, "Afn zilber"	undated
9	87	Miscellaneous Articles	undated
9	88	Shrage, Miscellaneous Articles	undated, 1944
		(See also item in oversized folder)

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Series III: Subject Files, undated, 1940-1977.
English, Yiddish.
Boxes 9, Folders 89-90-Box 11; Box 13, Folders 125-128; Box 14, Folders 133-135.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Scope and Content: Series III: Subject Files consists of various correspondence and reviews and publicity of manuscripts, as well as speeches and other miscellaneous material. Researchers are encouraged to consult the manuscript series to locate additional correspondence. Series III is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	89	Articles	undated, 1941-1958
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15(OS2)	133a	Articles (USER COPY)	undated, 1942-1962
15(OS2)	133b	Articles (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1942-1962
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	90	Articles about Rosenberg	undated, 1950-1966
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15(OS2)	134a	Articles about Rosenberg (USER COPY)	1952-1977
15(OS2)	134b	Articles about Rosenberg (RESTRICTED)	1952-1977
Box	Folder	Title	Date
10	91	Correspondence	undated, 1943-1973
10	92	Correspondence relating to the Trilogy	undated, 1968
10	93	Journals	1954
10	94	Journals	1954-1958
10	95	Personal Information	undated, 1940-1965
10	96	Photograph	undated
10	97	Reviews and publicity, Der Idisher kenig bey der Volga	undated, 1954-1955
10	98	Reviews and publicity, "Kandelabra"	undated, 1955
10	99	Reviews and publicity, "Di Kuzrim"	undated, 1960-1962
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14(OS1)	125	Reviews and publicity, "Di Kuzrim"	undated, 1960-1962
Box	Folder	Title	Date
10	100	Reviews and publicity, Rabbi Akiba	undated, 1947-1949
10	101	Reviews and publicity, Rabbi Meir and Beruriah	undated, 1951-1956
10	102	Reviews and publicity, "Shabbetzay Zevi"	undated, 1965
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14(OS1)	126a	Reviews and publicity, "Shabbetzay Zevi" (USER COPY)	undated, 1965-1967
14(OS1)	126b	Reviews and publicity, "Shabbetzay Zevi" (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1965-1967
Box	Folder	Title	Date
10	103	Reviews and publicity, Sholem Asch fun der noent	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14(OS1)	127a	Reviews and publicity, Sholem Asch fun der noent (USER COPY)	undated
14(OS1)	127b	Reviews and publicity, Sholem Asch fun der noent (RESTRICTED)	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15(OS2)	135a	Reviews and publicity, Sholem Asch fun der noent (USER COPY)	undated, 1957-1959
15(OS2)	135b	Reviews and publicity, Sholem Asch fun der noent (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1957-1959
Box	Folder	Title	Date
11	104	Reviews and publicity, Sholem Asch fun der noent	1957-1962
11	105	Reviews and publicity, Miscellaneous Reviews	undated, 1947-1965
11	106	Sholem Asch	undated, 1956-1965
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14(OS1)	128a	Sholem Asch (USER COPY)	undated, 1957
14(OS1)	128b	Sholem Asch (RESTRICTED)	undated, 1957
Box	Folder	Title	Date
11	107	Short Stories (by other authors)	undated, 1966
11	108	Speeches	undated

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Separated Oversized Material in Box 14 (OS1), undated, 1944, 1956, 1959, 1961.
Yiddish.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14(OS1)	1	S. Prashker, "Der Idisher detektiv"	undated, 1956
		(Separated from Box 9, Folder 76)
14(OS1)	2	S. Prashker, "A korbm fun zind"	1961
		(Separated from Box 9, Folder 77)
14(OS1)	3	S. Prashker, "Yugnt zind"	undated, 1959
		(Separated from Box 9, Folder 83)
14(OS1)	4	Shrage, Miscellaneous articles	undated, 1944
		(Separated from Box 9, Folder 88)

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