num_pages: 58
description: Recognizing that Yentyl seems to have the soul and disposition of a man, her father studies the Torah and other holy books with her. When he dies, Yentyl feels that she no longer has a reason to remain in the village, and so, late one night, she cuts off her hair, dresses as a young man, and sets out to find a yeshiva where she can continue her studies and live secretly as a man.
language: English
title: Yentl the Yeshiva Boy
titlecomplete: Yentl the Yeshiva Boy
genres: Classics, Judaism, Religion, Short Stories, Jewish, Judaica, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Queer
ratings_count: 544
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux