| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
2 v. : ill., 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. The tenth for the Minyan -- 2. The wedding attended by the Patriarchs -- 3. Hebron Purim -- 4. The miracle of the Torah Scrolls -- 5. The adventures of Raphael Meyuhas -- 6. A story about my great-grandfather -- 7. The 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. The merchant and Rabbi Meir Baʻal ha-Nes -- 12. The coin from the collection box of Rabbi Meir Baʻal ha-Nes -- 13. Sol Hachuel of Tangier -- 14. The awesome tale of Rabbi Kalonymos -- 15. A blood libel in Jerusalem -- 16. The 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. The two orphans of Istanbul -- 20. Three hairs from Elijah's beard -- 21. The man who unintentionally made his fortune from the devil -- 22. The Gilgul -- 23. The 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. The 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. The honest merchant -- 30. The rich man who avoided giving charity but later mended his ways -- 31. The pregnant king -- 32. The rich man and his two sons -- Folktales -- 33. Noah's daughter -- 34. The angel who descended to put the world in order -- 35. Satan's sons -- 36. The 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. The 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. The Rabbi's son and the King's daughter -- 46. The King's wise daughter -- 47. The trained cat and the Rabbi's wise daughter. |
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48. The Rabbi's son and the priest -- 49. King Abdul-Aziz, the Jewish builder, and the wicked painter -- 50. The miracle of Tu bʼShevat -- 51. The 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. The miser Mohel and the demon -- 56. The miraculous circumcision -- 57. The disciples' envy of the Rabbi's son -- Humorous tales -- 58. The 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. The 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. The three-day fair in Balta -- 2. The Kaddish -- 3. The house vanished with all its inhabitants -- 4. The Rabbi who was tricked -- 5. The demons and spirits under the fingernails -- 6. The treasure -- 7. The bottle of oil from the Holy Land -- Hasidic tales -- 8. Rebbe Shmelke's matzos -- 9. The unforgotten melody -- 10. The power of a melody -- 11. The happy man -- 12. How Rothschild became wealthy -- 13. Why Rebbe Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev deviated from his custom -- 14. The blessing of Elijah the Prophet on Yom Kippur -- 15. Rebbe Pinhasʼl of Korets -- 16. The Karliner Rebbe's prescription -- 17. The merit of the third sabbath meal -- 18. The apostate who made the tenth for a Minyan -- Holocaust tales -- 19. The fireflies on Rosh Hashanah night in Lodz Ghetto -- 20. The miracle of the white doves -- Historical tales -- 21. The exodus on Purim in the town of Yampol -- 22. What really caused World War I -- Tales between Jews and non-Jews -- 23. The Shofar of the Messiah -- 24. The redemption of captives. |
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25. The long "Had Gadya" -- 26. The two friends -- 27. The Gentile beggar's secret -- 28. The boy who was kidnapped and brought to Russia -- 29. The Jew who returned to his people -- 30. The boots made from a Torah Scroll -- 31. The Gentile who wanted to screw the Jew -- Moral tales -- 32. The old couple and their children -- 33. With the Rebbe's power -- 34. Gossip is worse than profaning the Sabbath -- 35. The 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. The 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. The neighbor in paradise -- 46. A trial in heaven -- 47. White flowers, red flowers. |
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Folktales -- 48. The King's three daughters -- 49. A boy and girl who were destined for each other -- 50. The three young men -- 51. The poor man who became rich -- 52. The stolen ring -- 53. The 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. The Jewish innkeeper -- 57. Little fish, big fish -- 58. Three complaints -- 59. The 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. The emissary from the world to come -- 65. Froyim Greidinger revives the dead -- 66. The death of a wicked heretic -- 67. Who had it better? -- 68. The 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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Jewish legends.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
Jewish legends -- History and criticism.
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Tales -- History and criticism.
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Sephardim -- 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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