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One thing the pirates couldn't steal (a Simchat Torah parable)

JL;DR SUMMARY Miriam Udel presents a Yiddish children's Simchat Torah parable illustrating the intrinsic value of the Torah over material goods. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HolidaysYiddish LiteratureJewish TraditionRabbinic TalesSimchat TorahCultural HeritageJewish LearningMiriam UdelYiddish Children's Stories

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Israel
"Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah a single day in Israel and two sequential days in the diaspora will be the anniversary of what Hebrew media very quickly labeled the Black Sabbath."
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