Henne Fire | Part 2 Summary
Part Two
Henne tried to live at the poorhouse, but the poor were frightened and turned her away. A gentile woodchopper took in Henne but had to throw her out after the handle on his ax caught fire. Finally, the rabbi allowed her to live in the booth behind his home set up for the Succoth holidays (a Jewish harvest festival, usually celebrated in September, that commemorates the forty years the Jewish people spent in the wilderness). The rabbi’s family all worked to make the booth warm and comfortable for the winter; the son installed a stove and his wife arranged a bed and...
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