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My eldest sister was getting married and the nuptials were held in our cottage courtyard. I can see the scene clearly before me. The courtyard neatly swept and the heap of manure in front of the…
Our house was gloomy—one reason why, since childhood, I have preferred the street to the home.
One cause of this gloom was the Torah…
This ketubah (ritual marriage contract) from Rhodes formalizes the marriage of Avraham, son of Yehudah Galante, and Joya, daughter of Shlomo d’Boton. The groom may have been the prominent educator…
A Suitor Calls with the Matchmaker. Illustration from Scènes familiales juives (Familiar Jewish Scenes), Alphonse Lévy’s book of caricatures of Alsatian rural Jewish life.
The exterior of Tevye’s house. A Fiddler is seated on the roof, playing. Tevye is outside the house.Tevye:A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But in our little village of Anatevka, you…
It is said: A thread of grace is spun and drawn out of the deeds of Israel, and the Holy One, blessed be He, Himself, in His glory, sits and weaves—strand on strand—a tallit all grace and all mercy…
When my engagement was decided, my sister and brother-in-law announced, “You are engaged” without my even meeting the father of the bride.
As the date of my wedding approached, I still didn’t have the…