CONTENTS
Foreword
THE FIRST DAY
Ansky - The Tower of Rome *
Mendele Moykher
Sforim - The Wandering of a Soul *
From The Mayse-Book - The Rabbi Who Was Turned
into a Werewolf *
Der Nister -
At
the Border *
Y. L. Peretz - The Three Wedding Canopies
*
THE SECOND DAY
Ansky - The Penitent *
Y. L. Peretz - Three Gifts *
Der Nister - The Fool and the Forest Demon
*
I. J. Trunk - The Jewish Pope - a Historical
Tale *
Moyshe Kulbak
- The Wind Who Lost His Temper
*
Yudl Rosenberg - The Golem *
THE THIRD DAY
From The Mayse-Book
- The Conversation of Two Ghosts *
Ansky - A
Good Laugh *
From The
Mayse-Book - The Possession *
Dovid Bergelson
- At Night
Der Nister - In the Wine Cellar *
Rabbi Nakhman
of Bratslev - A Tale of a King and a Wise Man
Moyshe Kulbak - The Messiah of the House o
f Ephraim *
THE FOURTH DAY
Rabbi Nakhman of Bratslev - A Tale o f a Prince
*
Ber Horovitz - The Dybbuk *
Y. L. Peretz - A Passion for Clothes *
From The Mayse-Book - King Solomon and Ashmedai
*
Rabbi Nakhman of Bratslev - A Tale of a Rabbi
and His only son *
Y. L. Peretz
- The Conjuror *
A. B. Gotlober - The Gilgul or The Transmigration
*
THE FIFTH DAY
From The Mayse-Book - Haninah and the Frog
*
Rabbi Nakhman
of Bratslev - A Tale of a Menorah *
Ber Horovitz - The Legend of the Madonna *
Der Nister - A Tale of Kings *
THE SIXTH DAY
Mendele Moykher-Sforim
- The Mare *
AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY
Rabbi Nakhman
of Bratslev - The Tale of the Seven Beggars *
NOTES