Jewish folktales
By: selected and retold by Pinhas Sadeh ; translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin
Contributors: Halkin, Hillel
Edition: 1st Anchor books ed.
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9780385195744
Subjects: Jews; Folklore; Jewish folk literature
Work titles: Sefer ha-dimyonot shel ha-Yehudim
Notes: Translation of: Sefer ha-dimyonot shel ha-Yehudim.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Aaron's bull ; Abraham and the solitary Tsaddik ; Abraham the cobbler ; Adam's diamond ; The Adventures of David El-Ro'i ; Amen ; The Angel of Death's seven messengers ; The Angel's punishment ; The Apprentice Baker's blessing; title: The Baal Shem Tov and Sabbatai Zevi ; The Baal Shem Tov and the devil ; The Baal Shem Tov and the Dybbuk ; The Baal Shem Tov and the frog ; The Baal Shem Tov and the imps ; The Baal Shem Tov and the river ; The Baal Shem Tov and the witch ; The Baal Shem Tov's dream ; The Baal Shem Tov's servant ; The Bagel ; The Baker's apprentice and the magic cup ; Binyamin Kaskoda the detective ; The Bishop of Salzburg and the Rabbi of Regensburg ; The Black cat ; Blackface ; The Bookseller ; The Boy who cut an overcoat in half ; The Boy who gave God the whole prayer book ; The Boy who was said to be sacrificed ; The Bride and the Angel of Death ; The Bride who was sold to a prince ; The Bridegroom, his wedding, and his death ; The Bright-eyed lad ; The Broken glass ; The Brothers Shlomo and Avraham; title: The Cave of Father Abraham ; The Champion of hot pepper ; The Chickens and the glassware ; The Child ; The Clay barrel ; The Coachman's bad luck; title: The Daughter who was wiser than her father ; The Dead fiance e ; The Dead man's trial ; The Debate between the priest and the town fool ; The Desperate man and the Prophet Jonah ; The Devil and his partner ; The Doctor's illness ; The Dream of the Chief of Police ; The Dress ; The Drowning man; title: The Egg seller who struck it rich ; Elchanan the Pope ; The Errant soul ; The Eternally dirty pastry; title: The Fall of the Angels ; The Father, the dog, and the fish ; A Father's three pieces of advice ; The Finger ; The Fly and the spider ; The Four grand ladies ; The Four ne'er-do-wells ; From the visions of Jacob Frank.; title: Gehazi the dog ; The Girl who had a cow's mouth ; The Glutton ; The Golem of Prague ; The Gullible women; title: The Holy Ari and the King who rose from the pit ; The Horse that was an imp ; The Human donkey ; The Hunter and the bird ; The Husband, his wife, and the highwayman; title: The Jeweler and his two wives ; The Jewish Pope ; The Jewish shepherd ; Joab and the Amalekites; title: The King and the forty crows ; King David and Rabbi Reconnati ; King for a year ; King Solomon and Queen Keshira ; King Solomon and the jar of honey ; King Solomon and the old frog ; King Solomon and the stars ; King Solomon and the three brothers ; King Solomon's wager with fate ; The King who couldn't sleep ; The King who was saved by a Rabbi's wife ; The King's bad dream ; The King's horn ; The Kings' tomb ; The Kiss; title: The Lamp that died ; The Lead and the honey ; Leaves from Paradise ; Lilith and the blade of grass ; A Little about Juha ; The Little flowers ; The Little shoemakers ; The Little tailors ; The Little thatch roof ; The Little window that delivereth from death ; The Live merchant and the dead merchant ; The Location of Paradise ; The Lost princess ; The Lute player; title: Maimonides, the Grand Vizier, and Kerikoz the Painter ; The Man in the wagon ; The Man of faith ; The Man who agreed to be Moses ; The Man who came to dinner ; The Man who cast his bread upon the water ; The Man who forgave God ; The Man who killed the Prophet Zechariah ; The Man who ran after two ; The Man who stole a rope ; The Man who talked with Father Abraham ; The Man who visited Heaven ; The Man who visited Hell ; The Man who was told to beware of hypocrites ; The Man who went to the dickens ; The Man with two heads ; The Master thief ; Menashe, alias Moshe ; The Merchant who fell and hurt his leg ; The Merchant's son and Ashmodai's daughter ; The Mice that ate the iron ; The Miser and the demon ; The Miserly innkeeper and what happened to him after his death ; Moses and the ants ; Mullah Avraham's coat; title: Nachmanides and his disciple the apostate ; The Nightingale and the shroud wearers; title: The Old bachelor who lost a bean ; The Old donkeys ; The Old man in the shed ; The Old man of the mountains ; The Old man who entered the room ; One trouble drives away another.; title: The Page watcher ; The Parrot's advice ; Pearlneck ; The Peasant and the snake ; The Peasant Gabriel and Count Samael ; The Peddler and the woman who lied ; The Peddler's wife and the four beggars ; The Piece of copper ; Pinchas and the dead monkey ; The Pious and the wicked man who died on the same day ; The Pious thief ; The Pony's IOU ; The Poor brother and the three beasts ; The Poor man and the thieving ministers ; The Poor man who became a doctor ; The Poor man's luck ; The Precious ring ; Pretty Sarah ; The Prince and the gazelle ; The Prince who went off on his own ; The Prince who went out of his mind ; The Princess who refused to talk ; The Prophet Elijah and the Baal Shem Tov ; The Prophet Elijah's magic box ; The Prophet Ezekiel's tomb ; The Prophet Moses and the monkey woman; title: The Queen and the wood seller; title: Rabbi Abraham ben Ezra and the Bishop ; Rabbi Abraham ben Ezra and the devil worshipers ; Rabbi Adam Baal Shem ; Rabbi Alfasi and the lion ; The Rabbi and the Graf ; The Rabbi and the highwayman ; The Rabbi and the villager ; Rabbi Isaac Luria and the waverers ; Rabbi Isaac Abrabanel and the King's shoe ; Rabbi Judah the Pious and the breadless rich man ; Rabbi Nissim the Egyptian ; Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki and Sir Godfrey of Bouillon ; The Rabbi who wouldn't mourn on the Sabbath ; Rabbi Yehiel and the King of France ; The Rabbi's dead visitor ; The Rabbi's son and the eagle ; The Reaper and his daughter ; Reb Yudel the Red and King David ; The Reincarnated bride ; The Rich man, the Baal Shem Tov, and King David ; The Rich man who didn't believe in God ; The Rich man who prepared for a rainy day ; The Rich man who sought to repent ; The Riddle ; Riding and walking, laughing and crying ; The Right way ; The Righteous snake.; title: The Sambation and Sabbatai Zevi ; The Sanhedrin's verdict ; The Scholar who fell into the water ; The Seven good years ; The Sheep herder and the customs official ; The Shepherd's pipe ; The Shirt of a happy man ; Shlomo Tamsut's hand ; The Singing donkey and the dancing camel ; The Sky, the rat, and the well ; Solomon and Ashmodai ; Solomon and the poor man ; The Sorcerer ; The Soul of a wandering fiddler ; The Spices and the manure ; The Story of Abuhatzeira ; The Story of Rabbi Joseph de la Reina ; The Story of the donkey's head ; The Student, the heiress, and the Tsaddik ; The Stuttering corpse ; The Swindler, the bachelor, and the chicken; title: The Tailor and the descendant of wicked Haman ; The Tailor who came home in rags ; The Tailor's reckoning with God ; The Talmud student who wished to study magic ; The Tenth man ; There was a poor but pious man ; The Tin sword ; The Treasure beneath the bridge ; A Treasure from Heaven ; The Tsaddik and the Dybbuk ; The Two braided Sabbath loaves ; The Two friends ; The Two shopkeepers and the eagle ; The Two tailors and the wonderful photograph ; The Two washerwomen on Passover Eve; title: Under the Carob tree ; The Unearthing of the Wailing Wall; title: The Villager and the Hebrew letters ; The Villager and the tearful congregation ; The Vizier's daughter and the bandit in sheep's clothing; title: The Wandering merchant and the trustworthy ghost ; The Water carrier in the wilderness ; What can be learned from a thief ; Whatever a man does ; Whom God loves ; The Widow and the bank manager ; The Wise men of Chelm ; The Woman and the snake ; The Woman who did not believe in miracles ; The Woman who was almost stoned to death ; The Woman whose husband disappeared ; The Wonders of Jacob Frank ; The Woodcutter's dream ; The Worms' complaint; title: Ya'akov and the fisherman ; Yishma'el ben Netanyah ; The Young man and the lawyer who was a princess ; The Young man who had no luck.