Short Friday (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
- First Published: 1945
- Type of Plot: Fable
- Time of Work: Unspecified
- Setting: The village of Lapschitz
- Principal Characters: Shmul-Leibele, Shoshe
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Marriage, Spiritual life or spirituality, Faith, Life and death, Judaism
The Story
Shmul-Leibele is a simpleton, unsuccessful but honest in his trade. Although he is not scholarly, he is expert at following the basic tenets of his religion. His wife, Shoshe, is a meticulous homemaker and more competent in her trade than her husband in his. Together they create a life, a marriage, and a home devoted to the observance of Jewish ritual and customs.
The couple's commitment to making and keeping the Sabbath is unequivocal. A recognition of the day on which God rested after completing the Creation, the Sabbath represents the culmination of the...
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