The «Jewish Stories» is Isaac Loeb Peretz's collection of short stories and novellas. Peretz found the inspiration for his work in the folklore of Hasidic Judaism. However, all of his stories, with exception of the legend «The Image,» are set in late nineteenth century Russia and Poland and deal with social issues related to the life of Jewish population. Contents: If Not Higher Domestic Happiness In the Post-chaise The New Tune Married The Seventh Candle of Blessing The Widow The Messenger What is the Soul? In Time of Pestilence Bontzye Shweig The Dead Town The Days of the Messiah Kabbalists Travel-pictures Trust Only Go! What Should a Jewess Need? No. 42 The Maskil The Rabbi of Tishewitz Tales That Are Told A Little Boy The Yartseff Rabbi Lyashtzof The First Attempt The Second Attempt At the Shochet's The Rebbitzin of Skul Insured The Fire The Emigrant The Madman Misery The Làmed Wòfnik The Informer The Outcast A Chat The Pike The Fast The Woman Mistress Hannah In the Pond The Chanukah Light The Poor Little Boy Underground Between Two Mountains The Image
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Isaac Loeb Peretz. The Collection of Jewish Stories
The Collection of Jewish Stories
Table of Contents
I. If Not Higher
II. Domestic Happiness
III. In the Post-chaise
IV. The New Tune
V. Married
VI. The Seventh Candle of Blessing
VII. The Widow
VIII. The Messenger
IX. What is the Soul?
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2
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
X. In Time of Pestilence
1. The Town Takes Fright
2. Two Are Not Afraid
3. The Second Who Is Not Afraid
4. Savitzki Withdraws—Yössil Goes Into Retreat
5. Savitzki and Yössil Together
6. The End
XI. Bontzye Shweig48
XII. The Dead Town
XIII. The Days of the Messiah
XIV. Kabbalists
XV. Travel-pictures
Preface
Trust
Only Go!
What Should a Jewess Need?
No. 42
The Maskil
The Rabbi of Tishewitz
Tales That Are Told
A Little Boy
The Yartseff Rabbi
Lyashtzof
The First Attempt
The Second Attempt
At the Shochet's
The Rebbitzin of Skul
Insured
The Fire
The Emigrant
The Madman
Misery
The Làmed Wòfnik
The Informer
XVI. The Outcast
XVII. A Chat
XVIII. The Pike115
XIX. The Fast
XX. The Woman Mistress Hannah
A Packet of Letters. 1
First Letter
Second Letter
Third Letter
2
First Letter
Second Letter
Third Letter
Fourth Letter
3
First Letter
Second Letter
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XXI. In the Pond
XXII. The Chanukah Light
XXIII. The Poor Little Boy
XXIV. Underground
XXV. Between Two Mountains
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XXVI. The Image
Glossary
Footnotes
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Isaac Loeb Peretz
If Not Higher, Domestic Happiness, In the Post-chaise, The New Tune, Married, The Seventh Candle of Blessing
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"We went on looking at each other like the best of friends, but she could not come to us, nor we, to her.
"She had but to try it! It was a most orthodox town, where everyone but the Feldscher and the ladies' tailor wore kaftans. And there was something besides, I don't know what, that kept us back.
