Folktales of the Jews, Volume 1: Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion

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FOLKTALeS of the JeWs V O L U M E 1 T A L E S F R O M T H E S E P H A R D I C D I S P E R S I O N The publication of this book is made possible through these generous gifts: Lloyd E. Cotsen In honor of my great-grandparents and my grandparents, who came out of Eastern Europe The Maurice Amado Foundation National Endowment for the Humanities National Foundation for Jewish Culture Special Gifts Harold and Geraldine Cramer David Lerman and Shelley Wallock, celebrating the graduate school, college , and high school graduations of their children Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Richmond, in memory of Rose and Edgar Burton Gayle and David Smith, in memory of their parents: Judge Edward and Ruth Rosenwald and Robert Smith and Evelyn Lieberman * Dr. D. Walter Cohen Barry and Carol Nove * Rabbi Marc D. Angel · Alan J. Bloch and Nancy M. Berman · Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Bossen Ambassador and Mrs. Edward E. Elson · Allan R. Frank · Ellen P. Goodman · Daniel A. Harris Phyllis M. Holtzman · Charles S. Houser · Jerome Allen Kellner Mr. and Mrs. A. Leo Levin · Mary M. Pernicone · Rabbi Aaron M. Petuchowski · Denise H. Portner Jerome J. Shestack · Rabbi and Mrs. Jonathan A. Stein · Dr. Harold and Phyllis Teplitz E. Kinney Zalesne and Scott Siff * Emanuel M. Abrams · Mark and Michelle Abramson · Rabbi Richard F. Address · Libby R. Adelman Mr. and Mrs. Sanford M. Autor · Ellen Barr · Larry Berkin · Stephen A. Bernard · Stephen Best Steven A. Bleier · Eugene Borowitz · Dr. and Mrs. Jonas Brachfeld · Benjamin H. Bruckner Rabbi Steven D. Burton · Dr. and Mrs. Norman Chassin · Nyles Cole · Wendy Fein Cooper Rabbi Maurice S. Corson · Samuel M. Ehrenhalt · Bella Ruth Ehrenpreis Jacqueline Koch Ellenson and David Ellenson · Melvin Fastow · Nathan B. Feinstein Jan Fischer · Rabbi Wayne M. Franklin · The Gendler Family Foundation · Abraham J. Gittelson Mr. and Mrs. David Goldberg · Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Goldblum · Dr. and Mrs. Martin I. Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Alvin A. Gordon · Rabbi Daniel B. Gropper · Anne Helfgott · Rabbi Jacob Herber Rabbi Howard and Joan Hersch · Highland Park Conservative Temple Muriel W. Horowitz · Rabbi and Mrs. S. Robert Ichay Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding of Muhlenberg College Rabbi and Mrs. Ronald Jacobs · Berton H. and Ellen B. Kaplan · Lewis S. Kapnek · Hazel B. Karp Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kesten · Jeffrey Kichen · Sybil-Frances Kimbrig · Sam and Jessica Kimelman · Neil Kuchinsky Joan A. Larsen · Rabbi Robert and Ruth Layman · Dr. and Mrs. Michael Leinwand · Dr. Reevan and Natalie Levine Dr. and Mrs. Joe S. Levy · Mr. Robert and Honorable Roberta K. Levy · Herbert A. Lippitz · Bonnie Lipton David Litan · Rabbi Joseph Mendelsohn · Cantor Claire G. Metzger · Dr. Randall and Rosebeth Miller Captain and Mrs. Joseph R. Morgan · Hazzan Diane J. Nathanson · Irving R. Newman Mr. and Mrs. Reynold F. Paris · Rochelle Pearl · Dr. and Mrs. David M. Pollack · Janet Greenstein Potter Robert S. Rendell · Lawrence A. Riemer · Dr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Romm · Rabbi Richard B. and Lois S. Safran Gideon Samet · Mr. and Mrs. Jacob L. Schachter · Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schork · Bernice B. Schumer Rabbi Joel M. Schwab · Martin Schwarzschild · Allen L. Shapiro · Rabbi Marion Shulevitz Drs. Jeffrey L. and Cynthia G. Silber · Cantor Rhoda Silverman, Temple Emanuel of Baltimore Norman and Ruth Spack · Horace A. Stern · Mark and Marsha Strauss-Cohn · Mr. and Mrs. Jerome P. Subar Clergy Discretionary Fund of Temple Israel · Lisbet O. Temple The Honorable David G. Trager and Ms. Roberta E. Weisbrod · Deborah and Michael Troner · Kenneth Turan Washington Hebrew Congregation · Seth P. Waxman · Felicia P. Weber · N. William Weinstein Arthur S. Weinstock · Alvin L. Weiss · Mrs. Simon L. Weker · Kenneth Wishnia Rabbi Jeffrey Wohlberg · Rabbi David Wolpe FOLKTALeS of the JeWs V O L U M E 1 TA L E S F R O M T H E S E P H A R D I C D I S P E R S I O N Edited and with Commentary by Dan Ben-Amos Dov Noy, Consulting Editor Ellen Frankel, Series Editor Tales Selected from the Israel Folktale Archives Named in Honor of Dov Noy and Translated by Leonard J. Schramm Illustrations by Ira Shander 2006 • 5767 The Jewish Publication Society Philadelphia Copyright © 2006 by The Jewish Publication Society Commentary © 2006 by Dan Ben-Amos Illustrations © 2006 by Ira...