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Sabbath
- Title
- Sabbath / Josef Erlich ; edited and with introduction by Hana Wirth-Nesher ; foreward by Dov Sadan ; translated from the Yiddish by Schmuel Himelstein.
- Author
- Ehrlich, Joseph.
- Publication
- Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PJ5129.E45 S513 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxiv, 182 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Set in the Polish-Jewish shtetl of Wolbrom in the 1930s, where Josef Erlich spent his youth, his account of how the character Feivel and his family observe the Sabbath has the flavor of a documentary narrative rather than a novel in the strictest sense.
- In this book - translated into English for the first time from the Yiddish - the author describes in intricate detail the religious observance and folkways of this holiest of days from the order of communal prayer to the preparation of the meals. It is a rich archive for readers unfamiliar with the Orthodox religious tradition as it was practiced for centuries in Europe and as it continues to be practiced among pious descendants today.
- Series Statement
- Modern Jewish history
- Uniform Title
- Shabes̀. English
- Modern Jewish history.
- Alternative Title
- Shabes̀.
- Subject
- ISBN
- 0081560590 (cl. : alk. paper) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 99020732
- OCLC
- ocm40948454
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries