Yeshiva Boy A Story of Piety and Young Love By: Ruth Fisher Goodman |
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ISBN: 978-1-60862-397-6 Edition: Paperback, 185 Pages Publication Date: May 11, 2012 |
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Translated from the Yiddish: Herschele by Jacob Dineson
Herschele, a story of piety and young love, was written
in Yiddish by Jacob Dineson (b. 1856-d.1919) and
published in Warsaw, Poland in 1928. Herschele, an
orphan, is enrolled in a Yeshiva. As it was in that
era, boys would be given a day each week at someone’s
home to take meals. His Wednesdays were at the home of
a wealthy widow. The story takes on the depth of
meaning when the teenage boy falls in love with the
widow’s daughter, but he doesn’t understand the strange
feelings that have possessed him: “Has evil passion
grasped me by the shoulder? Or has a magician cast an
evil spell upon me?” he asks. |
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