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(4.01) | 7 | The first novel in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar In 1068, the scholar Salomon ben Isaac returns home to Troyes, France, to take over the family winemaking business and embark on a path that will indelibly influence the Jewish world, writing the first Talmud commentary, and secretly teaching Talmud to his daughters. Joheved, the eldest of his three girls, finds her mind and spirit awakened by religious study, but, knowing the risk, she must keep her passion for learning and prayer hidden. When she becomes betrothed to Meir ben Samuel, she is forced to choose between marital happiness and being true to her love of the Talmud. Rich in period detail and drama, Joheved is a must read for fans of Tracy Chevalier's Girl With a Pearl Earring.… (more) |
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If the Christians educate their sons, they do so not for God, but for gain, in order that one brother, if he be a cleric, may help his father and mother and his other brothers. . . But the Jews, out of zeal for God and love of the law, put as many sons as they have to letters, that each may understand God's law. . . and not only his sons, but his daugthers.---Anonymous student of Peter Abelard,twelfth century Paris  Declared Ben Azzai: "A man must teach his daughter Torah so that if she drinks she will know that her merit will suspend her punishments." Rav Eliezer said: "Whoever teaches his daughter Torah teaches her lechery." ---Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sotah 20a | |
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In Loving Memory of My Mother
ANNE S. ANTON EINSTEIN
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A teacher of teachers | |
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The cold slowly forced Joheved awake. | |
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Salomon gave Meir a long hug and then cleared his throat. "May this child, named in the House of Israel, Isaac ben Meir, become great. Even as he has entered into the covenant, so may he enter into Torah, into marriage canopy, and into the practice of good deeds." The congregation responded heartily, "Amen." (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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None ▾Book descriptions The first novel in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar In 1068, the scholar Salomon ben Isaac returns home to Troyes, France, to take over the family winemaking business and embark on a path that will indelibly influence the Jewish world, writing the first Talmud commentary, and secretly teaching Talmud to his daughters. Joheved, the eldest of his three girls, finds her mind and spirit awakened by religious study, but, knowing the risk, she must keep her passion for learning and prayer hidden. When she becomes betrothed to Meir ben Samuel, she is forced to choose between marital happiness and being true to her love of the Talmud. Rich in period detail and drama, Joheved is a must read for fans of Tracy Chevalier's Girl With a Pearl Earring. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description |
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