( # Folk literature, Yiddish--Translations into English\nA compendium of two hundred Yiddish folktales, collected during the 1920s and 1930s from people of all walks of life in the small towns and villages of Eastern Europe.\"@Naked truths and resplendent parables: allegorical tales -- A rooster and a hen, let the story begin: children\'s tales -- Magic rings, feathers of gold, mountains of glass: wonder tales -- Justice, faith, and everyday morals: pious tales -- Nitwits, wits, and pranksters: humorous tales -- Sages, tsadikim, and villains: legends -- Elves and dibbuks, ghosts and golems: supernatural tales.\"@ # Published in cooperation with YIVO Institute for Jewish Research\n # Published in cooperation with YIVO Institute for Jewish Research\nPublished in cooperation with YIVO Institute for Jewish Research\" ; # Folk literature, Yiddish--Translations into English\nFolk literature, Yiddish--Translations into English\"@ # Published in cooperation with YIVO Institute for Jewish Research\n There's a wide range in the 178 folktales here: allegories, children's stories, pious tales, and humorous tales, not to mention ghosts, golems, villains, elves, and dibbuks. File Size : 52.26 MB Arrived early and was in ver good condiyion I'm also giving it the "Atheist Seal of Approval," that is to say, unlike author Yiddish folktale authors, those that write a bit more complex stories, there's not as much "hidden religious agenda" in these stories.

Filled with princesses and witches, dybbuks and wonder-working rebbes, the two hundred tales that make up this delightful compendium were gathered during the 1920s and 1930s by ethnographers in the small towns and villages of Eastern Europe. The book has 178 stories, some as short as a half-page, so it's also great if you only have short snippets of time. Two of the men were intelligent, but one of them was a simpleton who knew nothing at all: he couldn’t put his clothes on, he didn’t know how to eat; nothing. Reliable information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) is available from the World Health Organization (Please choose whether or not you want other users to be able to see on your profile that this library is a favorite of yours.

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If you are not Jewish you will find the stories engaging, eI thought that this book contained interesting and varied stories on a broad number of topics even within the editor's categories. As good as chicken soup for giving the reader a warm wonderful feeling. One day the hardworking man asked the indifferent one, “Why don’t you make some effort to help teach the simpleton?” The other replied, “In this darkness you’ll teach him nothing, no matter how many years you spend. My husband and I enjoyed this book for ourselves, and will definitely read these tales to our future children.

Please try again. Filled with princesses and witches, dybbuks and wonder-working rebbes, the two hundred tales that make up this delightful compendium were gathered during the 1920s and 1930s by ethnographers in the small towns and villages of Eastern Europe. For this roundup, we took a look at the ...Filled with princesses and witches, dybbuks and wonder-working rebbes, the two hundred marvelous tales that make up this delightful compendium were gathered during the 1920s and 1930s by ethnographers in the small towns and villages of Eastern Europe. I devour folktales from many lands and peoples. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Long after the culture that produced them has disappeared, these enchanting Yiddish folktales continue to work their magic today.A collection of nonsense tales, parables, fairy tales, tales about crafty tricksters and plain old fools, and legends -- particularly legends. I opened my reading selection to an author named Yitzhak Leib Peretz (1852-1915) born in a Polish city, under Russian rule. Most would qualify today as 'flash fiction' because they are often short, scary, and succinct.

It's a good and comprehensive collection. Enjoyed reading this.Large, varied collection of folk tales, providing a view into entertainment and superstitious belief throughout Jewish history.Really enjoyed it. Please enter your name.The E-mail message field is required. Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript. Read : 752 May some of ebooks not available on your country and only available for those who subscribe and depend to the source of library websites. I cannot recommend this more strongly —The New York Times Book Review "This gem of a collections open a breathtaking vista upon a vibrant world now lost to us." Read : 915 A wide variety.You don't have to be Jewish to love Yiddish Folktales, but it couldn't hurt. Format : PDF, ePub, Docs It will connect you with your culture and you can experience the culture of your ancestors in the small Jewish villages that disappeared at the time of the Holocaust. It's for when someone asks you to tell them a story...“Once three men were confined in a pitch-dark prison. (See article on the Yiddish language for a full description of these texts.) It will connect you with your culture and you can experience the culture of your ancestors in the small Jewish villages that disappeared at the time of the Holocaust. Levita’s version, called Bovo d'Antona, and later known with the title Bovo-bukh, was circulated in manuscript from 1507, then published in Isny (Germany) in 15…