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Mayse-bukh (Book of Stories)
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The Mayse-bukh (Book of Stories), a collection of more than two hundred and fifty stories in Yiddish, was popular among Jews in Western and Eastern Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Rovere, Venice (Roverè Veronese, Italy)

Date:

1585–1590

Subjects:

Yiddish, Anthologies, Writing, Leisure, Folklore

Categories:

Print & book culture, Folklore
Single manuscript page with Yiddish text.
From Ancient Times
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When one comes to collect legends of the Hebrews and Jews from the many diverse strata of our literature, one must be armed with all the secrets of the schools and fruits of visionary…

Contributor:

Mikhah Yosef Berdyczewski

Places:

Leipzig, Germany

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Folklore, Wisdom, Ethics, Jewish identity, Anthologies

Categories:

Anthologies, Folklore