In the Heart of the Seas | In the Heart of the Seas

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Author: Shmuel Yosef Czaczkes
First Published: 1935
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Folklore
Time of Work: The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Setting: Eastern Galicia and Palestine
Genres: Long fiction, Folklore, Epic
Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Tradition, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Poverty or poor people, Jews or Jewish life, Storytelling, Middle East, Begging or beggars
Locales: Europe, Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine, Mediterranean, Galicia

Hananiah (hah-nah-NI-yah), a holy man who endures hardships and captivity as he drifts on whatever path the Lord sets his feet. He longs for nothing so much as to go to The Land of Israel. His hands are blessed; he can, without instruction or training, perform the skills of all trades. His opportunity to go to Israel arises when nine rabbis and their wives, who are about to embark, welcome him to join them, for he makes the quorum of ten men necessary for the group to pray as a congregation. True to the goodness of his heart, however, he misses the boat’s...

In the Heart of the Seas | In the Heart of the Seas

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