Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives from Israel.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations: Folk Art and Material Culture of Moroccan Jews -- Introduction -- Ḥaviva Dayan -- The Patient Wife -- Commentary -- The Tales of Mother Alaguz -- Commentary -- Never Trust the Dark Haired Man -- Commentary -- Mordekhai Malka -- The King, the Vizier, and the Clever Jew -- Commentary -- Freḥa Ḥafutah -- Smeda Rmeda -- Commentary -- My Sister Mass'uda and my Brother Mass'ud -- Commentary -- Rabbi Ḥanania Portal -- The Miracle That Occurred between Purim and Pessah -- Commentary -- The Birth of the Maharal -- Commentary -- Rabbi Ḥaim Ben-Atar -- Commentary -- Yamna Dayan -- What Is Written in Heaven Cannot Be Wiped Out -- Commentary -- Queen Alfahima -- Commentary -- Smeda Rmeda Who Was Turned into a Dove -- Commentary -- The Clever Girl -- Commentary -- Yoseph Peretz -- Who Is Unclean -- Commentary -- Juliette Megera -- The Story of Rabbi Ḥaim Pinto -- Commentary -- David Seruya -- If God Cares for Me, He Will Punch a Hole in the Ceiling and Pour Down Riches -- Commentary -- Juḥā Sells His House -- Commentary -- Asher Dayan -- Rabbi Abraham Iben Ezra Is Sold into Slavery -- Commentary -- Sultana Shoshan -- The Tailor's Son and the Magic Lantern -- Commentary -- Ya'acov Edri -- The Purim Miracle -- Commentary -- Eliyahu Abu-ḥatzera -- Nobody Can Escape His Fate -- Commentary -- Bibliography -- Type Index -- Index.

A unique selection of folk narratives of Moroccan Jews in Israel.

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