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Title

Folktales of the Jews / edited and with commentary by Dan Ben-Amos ; Dov Noy, consulting editor ; Ellen Frankel, series editor ; translated by Leonard J. Schramm ; illustrations by Ira Shander.

Publication

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2006-2011.

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Additional Authors

• Ben-Amos, Dan
• Noy, Dov
• Frankel, Ellen
• Arkhiyon ha-sipur ha-ʻamami be-Yiśraʼel (Haifa, Israel)

Description

3 volumes : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Subjects

• Tales
• Fiction
• Folklore
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Tales > History and criticism
• Sephardim > Folklore
• Jews > Folklore
• Jewish legends > History and criticism

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Folklore.
• Fiction.

Note

• Map on lining papers.
• "Tales selected from the Israel Folktale Archives named in honor of Dov Noy."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• v. 3. Tales from Arab lands -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Volume 3 -- A note on the commentaries -- Legends -- 1. The tenth man in Hebron -- 2. Reciting Psalms -- 3. The blood libel in Constantinople in the time of Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov of blessed memory -- 4. Rabbi Ḥayyim ben Attar and the Ba'al Shem Tov -- 5. Rabbi Ḥayyim Vital -- 6. Rabbi David Alshqar knows the time of his death -- 7. Rabbi Shelomoh the Lion -- 8. Shalom [Shalem] Shabazi as a healer -- 9. You shall not destroy the side-growth of your beard -- 10. The miracle at the tomb of Sidu Bu-'Aissa U-Sliman, who was a Jew -- 11. The Holy Book -- 12. The Ba'al Shem Tov drags Jesus and Mary down from a picture -- 13. The Menorah of Jerba -- 14. The miracle of the myrtle -- 15. The Jewish fisherman's song of the sea.
• Moral tales -- 16. The field that the lion entered -- 17. Three old brothers solve a problem -- 18. The cobbler and the king -- 19. One should always be happy with his lot -- 20. Rabbi Shalem [Shalom] Shabazi and the Yemenite Imam -- 21. King Solomon and the craftsman's wife -- 22. Remember days of old! -- 23. The complacent wife -- 24. Seven daughters and seven sons -- 25. Fertility and changing place bring luck -- 26. Observing the Sabbath -- 27. It pays to love God -- 28. The resurrected dead man (righteousness saves from death) -- 29. Charity begins at home -- 30. Two loyal friends -- 31. He who finds a wife has found happiness -- 32. Elijah the prophet saves a Jewish family from destruction.
• Folktales -- 33. The cruel loaner and the clever princess -- 34. Three questions -- 35. The fateful debate -- 36. They did not ask him to ask the fish for anything -- 37. Where is God's place in Israel? -- 38. The Rabbi's daughter and the miraculous child -- 39. A story of a prince and a princess -- 40. Smeda Rmeda -- 41. The rich man who wanted to marry his daughter -- 42. A woman of valor who can find? (The entrapped lovers) -- 43. The man who never took an oath -- 44. The apple tree's daughter -- 45. The poor fisherman -- 46. The "faithful" widow -- 47. The poor Jew who went looking for his fortune -- 48. Go to the cemetery -- 49. The woman is the cause of everything -- 50. The man who searched for his luck -- 51. The blessed one, or the lucky youth -- 52. Two brothers -- 53. The clever brother -- 54. The poor man who set out to earn a living (Elijah the prophet) -- 55. A daughter awaits a gift from God -- 56. A story of a brave son -- 57. King Solomon -- 58. The partnership with Ashmedai -- Humorous tales -- 59. Cows do not believe foals -- 60. Abu Katerina -- Abbreviations -- Narrators -- Collectors -- Bibliography -- Motif indexes -- Tale type indexes -- General index.

Call Number

GR98

ISBN

• 0827608292
• 9780827608290
• 0827608306
• 9780827608306
• 9780827608719
• 0827608713

LCCN

• 2006014753
• 9780827608290

OCLC

68786698

Title

Folktales of the Jews / edited and with commentary by Dan Ben-Amos ; Dov Noy, consulting editor ; Ellen Frankel, series editor ; translated by Leonard J. Schramm ; illustrations by Ira Shander.

Publisher

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2006-2011.

Edition

1st ed.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Added Author

Ben-Amos, Dan

Noy, Dov

Frankel, Ellen

Arkhiyon ha-sipur ha-ʻamami be-Yiśraʼel (Haifa, Israel)

Other Standard Identifier

9780827608290

Research Call Number

*R-JWS GR98 .F65 2006