A collection of puzzling situations and stories from Jewish folklore, concerning outsmarting others, coping with those in power, and learning how to live.
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This review is from: Brainteasers from Jewish Folklore (Folktales) (Paperback)
Although short, these 16 beautifully illustrated riddles will quickly draw your children into early Talmudic study. The stories come from Spain, Morocco, Eastern Europe and Israel. Two are from the Midrash. In "The Most Precious Thing," a husband decides to divorce his barren wife, though he loves her dearly. First, he tells her to bring back to her father's house her most precious thing. What is that? (You ask your child.) Why, the husband, of course. Also from the Midrash come the Queen of Sheba's riddles for King Solomon. What water does not fall from the sky, gush from the mountains, always comes from the same place, and is sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter? What do you bury that isn't dead--that becomes more alive the longer it stays underground? What doesn't move when it is alive, but moves when it is dead? Tears, seeds, and timber. My favorite is "Light Cargo." A terrible storm that arises in the sea takes the great wealth of many merchants, their silver, rugs and furnishings. For years afterwards, the merchants suffered. But the poorest scholar among them prospered. Why? His true wealth--his knowledge--could never be lost. Alyssa A. Lappen
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