Dybbuk: A Version

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Holiday House, 2005 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 64 pages
In this compelling retelling of one of the best-known stories of the Kabbalah, a promise broken comes back to haunt the richest man in town. From the moment Sender's daughter, Leah, meets Konin, a poor scholar, the two fall madly in love. Though he only wants the best for his daughter, Sender turns his back on a sacred pact made long before and promises Leah to a wealthy suitor. Konin soon dies of a broken heart but vows revenge for the injustice. When Konin's ghost returns on Leah's wedding day, he possesses the body of his destined bride and refuses to leave,no matter the cost. In Barbara Rogasky's impassioned version of this Jewish legend, featuring dramatic and evocative illustrations by Leonard Everett Fisher, love truly does conquer all.

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ALEICHIM SHOLEM Almighty arms Award barrels of gold black candles blessings bridegroom chair Chassidic chief rabbi child claim against Sender courtyard curtain dance Dead is dead destined bride died Earth eastern wall enter the body evil spirits excommunication eyes face forgive golem groom groom's family hands happened hear heard heaven High Holy Days HOLIDAY HOUSE illustrated by LEONARD Israel Jewish Jews Judaism Kabbalah Kaddish KLEZMER knew Leah rose leave the body LEONARD EVERETT FISHER living person luck marry MAZEL TOV meant memory Menashe Mikel never Nisson ben Rivke nodded pact pain phylacteries poor prayer shawls Rabbi of Miropol Rabbi Shimson rabbinical court Reb Sender religious Jews remember Sabbath Sender of Brinitz Sender's daughter Sholem aleichim shook his head silent soul Sound the horns spoke softly story synagogue TALMUD tefillin tell thing told Torah wagon white shroud

About the author (2005)

Barbara Rogasky's "Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust" was called "an outstanding resource" in a Booklist starred review. She lives in Vermont. Leonard Everett Fisher is a well-known and prolific author and illustrator of children's books. He has also written for adults and created illustrations for magazines. In addition, Fisher was dean of the Whitney School of Art and a visiting professor at a number of schools. Fisher was born in 1927 in the Bronx, New York, and started to draw as a small child. After graduating from high school, he studied at Brooklyn College and then entered the army where he worked with a mapmaker. He holds a B.F.A. and a M.F.A. from Yale University. The first book that Fisher illustrated was The Exploits of Xenophon, written by Geoffrey Household and published in 1955. Fisher then illustrated and wrote numerous books himself. He is well known for the Colonial Americans series, for the Nineteenth-Century America series for young adults, and for many other nonfiction works. He has written two works for adults-Masterpieces of American Painting (1985) and Remington and Russell (1986).

Bibliographic information

TitleDybbuk: A Version
AuthorBarbara Rogasky
Illustrated byLeonard Everett Fisher
Editionillustrated
PublisherHoliday House, 2005
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedOct 27, 2009
ISBN082341616X, 9780823416165
Length64 pages
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Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Ethnic
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