Aviezer
Mordechai Aaron Gintsburg
1863
Chapter 31
One day I came back from my synagogue and sat down in my room to take breakfast—a bowl of milk and some bread, instead of the compote juice and butter cake that had been my customary breakfast since the first days of my existence. And here comes my mother- in-law and shuts the door behind her, as if she has some secret to tell me. But I…
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