Tales from Eastern Europe.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (667 pages)
- Folktales of the Jews ; v.2 .
- Folktales of the Jews .
Cover -- Front Matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Volume 2 -- A Note on the Commentaries -- Tales of the Supernatural -- 1. The Three-Day Fair in Balta (IFA 708) -- 2. The Kaddish (IFA 18159) -- 3. The House Vanished with All Its Inhabitants (IFA7290) -- 4. The Rabbi Who Was Tricked (IFA 779) -- 5. The Demons and Spirits under the Fingernails (IFA 8792) -- 6. The Treasure (IFA 8256) -- 7. The Bottle of Oil from the Holy Land (IFA4024) -- Hasidic Tales -- 8. Rebbe Shmelke's Matzos (IFA 237) -- 9. The Unforgotten Melody (IFA 5794) -- 10. The Power of a Melody (IFA 5793) -- 11. The Happy Man (IFA 12214) -- 12. How Rothschild Became Wealthy (IFA 18601) -- 13. Why Rebbe Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev Deviated from His Custom (IFA 7612) -- 14. The Blessing of Elijah the Prophet on Yom Kippur (IFA 960) -- 15. Rebbe Pinhas'l of Korets (IFA 9797) -- 16. The Karliner Rebbe's Prescription (IFA 7912) -- 17. The Merit of the Third Sabbath Meal (IFA 5361) -- 18. The Apostate Who Made the Tenth for a Minyan (IFA 4936) -- Holocaust Tales -- 19. The Fireflies on Rosh Hashanah Night in Lodz Ghetto (IFA 2361) -- 20. The Miracle of the White Doves (IFA 11165) -- Historical Tales -- 21. The Exodus on Purim in the Town of Yampol (IFA 3892) -- 22. What Really Caused World War I (IFA 14026) -- Tales between Jews and Non-Jews -- 23. The Shofar of the Messiah (IFA 6306) -- 24. The Redemption of Captives (IFA 4813) -- 25. The Long "H.ad Gadya" (IFA 7211) -- 26. The Two Friends (IFA 3222) -- 27. The Gentile Beggar's Secret (IFA 4541) -- 28. The Boy Who Was Kidnapped and Brought to Russia (IFA 18140) -- 29. The Jew Who Returned to His People (IFA 8915) -- 30. The Boots Made from a Torah Scroll (IFA 8257) -- 31. The Gentile Who Wanted to Screw the Jew (IFA 18136) -- Moral Tales -- 32. The Old Couple and Their Children (IFA 3364). 33. With the Rebbe's Power (IFA 19892) -- 34. Gossip Is Worse Than Profaning the Sabbath (IFA 5609) -- 35. The Tailor Who Was Content with His Lot (IFA 8255) -- 36. A Poor Man's Wisdom Is Scorned (IFA 13498) -- 37. A Change of Place Is a Change of Luck (?) (IFA 14260) -- 38. God Will Help (IFA 18130) -- 39. The Poisoned Cake (IFA 551) -- 40. There Is No Truth in the World (IFA 8004) -- 41. Everyone Prefers His Own Bundle of Troubles (IFA 14460) -- 42. Reb Zusha the Shoemaker (IFA 19949) -- 43. "As Face Answers to Face in Water" (IFA 20439) -- 44. Who Has the Right to Benefit from the Ten Commandments? (IFA 7755) -- 45. The Neighbor in Paradise (IFA 5377) -- 46. A Trial in Heaven (IFA 19585) -- 47. White Flowers, Red Flowers (IFA 18156) -- Folktales -- 48. The King's Three Daughters (IFA 7202) -- 49. A Boy and Girl Who Were Destined for Each Other (IFA 18132) -- 50. The Three Young Men (IFA 6098) -- 51. The Poor Man Who Became Rich (IFA 8021) -- 52. The Stolen Ring (IFA 7812) -- 53. The Money Hidden in the Cemetery (IFA 4032) -- 54. Catch the Thief -- or Don't Put Too Much Trust in a Pious Person (IFA 14962) -- Humorous Tales -- 55. I Came From Mád and Returned to Mád (IFA 6814) -- 56. The Jewish Innkeeper (IFA 4815) -- 57. Little Fish, Big Fish (IFA 8889) -- 58. Three Complaints (IFA 8794) -- 59. The Elderly Cantor (IFA 6655) -- 60. What Kind of Congregants I've Got! (IFA13908) -- 61. What Kind of Rabbi We've Got in This Town! (IFA 13909) -- 62. Half Is Mine and Half Is Yours (IFA 6976) -- 63. A Visit by Elijah the Prophet (IFA 3955) -- 64. The Emissary From the World to Come (IFA 2826) -- 65. Froyim Greidinger Revives the Dead (IFA 7127) -- 66. The Death of a Wicked Heretic (IFA 21021) -- 67. Who Had It Better? (IFA 21022) -- 68. The Shammes Who Became a Millionaire (IFA 14351) -- 69. I Have No Place to Rest (IFA 18592). 70. Stalin Tests His "Friends" (IFA 14263) -- 71. Communism and Religion (IFA14264) -- Abbreviations -- Narrators -- Collectors -- Bibliography -- Motif Indexes -- Tale Type Indexes -- General Index.
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Jews -- Folklore. Jewish legends. Tales. Jewish legends -- History and criticism. Tales -- History and criticism. Europe, Eastern -- Folklore.