| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
2 volumes : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Map on lining papers. |
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"Tales selected from the Israel Folktale Archives named in honor of Dov Noy." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
v. 1. Tales from the Sephardic dispersion -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Folktales of the Jews -- Introduction to Volume 1 -- A note on the commentaries -- Legends -- 1. Tenth for the Minyan -- 2. Wedding attended by the Patriarchs -- 3. Hebron Purim -- 4. Miracle of the Torah Scrolls -- 5. Adventures of Raphael Meyuhas -- 6. A story about my great-grandfather -- 7. Sanctification of God's name -- 8. "Our teacher Moses" and the King of Spain -- 9. Maimonides and the study of medicine -- 10. Why Maimonides is buried in Tiberias -- 11. Merchant and Rabbi Meir Baʻal ha-Nes -- 12. Coin from the collection box of Rabbi Meir Baʻal ha-Nes -- 13. Sol Hachuel of Tangier -- 14. Awesome tale of Rabbi Kalonymos -- 15. A blood libel in Jerusalem -- 16. Ba ʻal Shem Tov and the sorcerer -- 17. On Passover -- 18. Hakham Eliyahu is born through the special virtues of the cave of the Prophet Elijah -- 19. Two orphans of Istanbul -- 20. Three hairs from Elijah's beard -- 21. Man who unintentionally made his fortune from the devil -- 22. Gilgul -- 23. Prince's Gilgul -- 24. A letter from Morocco to the Western Wall. |
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25. Rabbi Jacob the storyteller ; or the Power of repentance -- 26. Immigration pangs of Rabbi Chilibon Franco of Rhodes -- 27. How the new immigrant Doychon Torres got rid of the cheese he brought with him without a Kashrut Certificate -- Moral tales -- 28. God loves the heart -- 29. Honest merchant -- 30. Rich man who avoided giving charity but later mended his ways -- 31. Pregnant king -- 32. Rich man and his two sons -- Folktales -- 33. Noah's daughter -- 34. Angel who descended to put the world in order -- 35. Satan's sons -- 36. Astrologer-King and the Rabbi -- 37. A bear makes a poor musician rich but is insulted by the musician's wife -- 38. An old man's advice makes a poor man rich -- 39. Half a friend -- 40. Man who knew all about animals, diamonds, and people's character -- 41. This, too, shall pass -- 42. Letters form the angel of death -- 43. There is no escaping heaven's decree -- 44. What heaven ordains must surely take place -- 45. Rabbi's son and the King's daughter -- 46. King's wise daughter -- 47. Trained cat and the Rabbi's wise daughter. |
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48. Rabbi's son and the priest -- 49. King Abdul-Aziz, the Jewish builder, and the wicked painter -- 50. Miracle of Tu bʼShevat -- 51. Old woman and the wind -- 52. King Solomon's judgment -- 53. Anything to find favor with a woman -- 54. King Solomon, his Ethiopian wife, and her lover -- 55. Miser Mohel and the demon -- 56. Miraculous circumcision -- 57. Disciples' envy of the Rabbi's son -- Humorous tales -- 58. Story of the Baklava -- 59. A porter saves Maimonides' life -- 60. Blinder than a blind man -- A general note on the tales of Djuha -- 61. Djuha helps his mother -- 62. Djuha's face -- 63. Why Djuha never got married -- 64. Djuha plays dead -- 65. Camel seeds -- 66. Djuha counts the donkeys -- 67. DJuha and the mules -- 68. A recipe for fish -- 69. A fair division -- 70. A bad man's desserts -- 71. Rabbi and the priest -- Abbreviations -- Narrators -- Collectors -- Bibliography -- Motif indexes -- Tale type indexes -- General index. |
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v. 2. Tales from Eastern Europe -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Volume 2 -- A note on the commentaries -- Tales of the supernatural -- 1. Three-day fair in Balta -- 2. Kaddish -- 3. House vanished with all its inhabitants -- 4. Rabbi who was tricked -- 5. Demons and spirits under the fingernails -- 6. Treasure -- 7. Bottle of oil from the Holy Land -- Hasidic tales -- 8. Rebbe Shmelke's matzos -- 9. Unforgotten melody -- 10. Power of a melody -- 11. Happy man -- 12. How Rothschild became wealthy -- 13. Why Rebbe Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev deviated from his custom -- 14. Blessing of Elijah the Prophet on Yom Kippur -- 15. Rebbe Pinhasʼl of Korets -- 16. Karliner Rebbe's prescription -- 17. Merit of the third sabbath meal -- 18. Apostate who made the tenth for a Minyan -- Holocaust tales -- 19. Fireflies on Rosh Hashanah night in Lodz Ghetto -- 20. Miracle of the white doves -- Historical tales -- 21. Exodus on Purim in the town of Yampol -- 22. What really caused World War I -- Tales between Jews and non-Jews -- 23. Shofar of the Messiah -- 24. Redemption of captives. |
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25. Long "Had Gadya" -- 26. Two friends -- 27. Gentile beggar's secret -- 28. Boy who was kidnapped and brought to Russia -- 29. Jew who returned to his people -- 30. Boots made from a Torah Scroll -- 31. Gentile who wanted to screw the Jew -- Moral tales -- 32. Old couple and their children -- 33. With the Rebbe's power -- 34. Gossip is worse than profaning the Sabbath -- 35. Tailor who was content with his lot -- 36. A poor man's wisdom is scorned -- 37. A change of place is a change of luck -- 38. God will help -- 39. Poisoned cake -- 40. There is no truth in the world -- 41. Everyone prefers his own bundle of troubles -- 42. Reb Zusha the shoemaker -- 43. "As face answers to face in water" -- 44. Who has the right to benefit from the Ten Commandments? -- 45. Neighbor in paradise -- 46. A trial in heaven -- 47. White flowers, red flowers. |
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Folktales -- 48. King's three daughters -- 49. A boy and girl who were destined for each other -- 50. Three young men -- 51. Poor man who became rich -- 52. Stolen ring -- 53. Money hidden in the cemetery -- 54. Catch the thief ; or Don't put too much trust in a pious person -- Humorous tales -- 55. I came from Mád and returned to Mád -- 56. Jewish innkeeper -- 57. Little fish, big fish -- 58. Three complaints -- 59. Elderly cantor -- 60. What kind of congregants I've got! -- 61. What kind of Rabbi we've got in this town! -- 62. Half is mine and half is yours -- 63. A visit by Elijah the Prophet -- 64. Emissary from the world to come -- 65. Froyim Greidinger revives the dead -- 66. Death of a wicked heretic -- 67. Who had it better? -- 68. Shammes who became a millionaire -- 69. I have no place to rest -- 70. Stalin tests his "friends" -- 71. Communism and religion -- Abbreviations -- Narrators -- Collectors -- Bibliography -- Motif indexes -- Tale type indexes -- General index. |
| Subject |
Jews -- Folklore.
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Jews -- Folklore. |
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Jewish legends.
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Jewish legends. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| Subject |
Jewish legends -- History and criticism.
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Tales -- History and criticism.
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Tales. |
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Sephardim -- Folklore.
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Sephardim. |
| Genre/Form |
Folklore.
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| Added Author |
Ben-Amos, Dan.
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Noy, Dov.
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Frankel, Ellen.
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Arkhiyon ha-sipur ha-ʻamami be-Yiśraʼel (Haifa, Israel)
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| Added Title |
Tales from the Sephardic dispersion.
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Tales from Eastern Europe.
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| ISBN |
0827608292 v. 1 |
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9780827608290 v. 1 |
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0827608306 v. 2 |
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9780827608306 v. 2 |
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