Foreword | xi | |
Acknowledgments | xv | |
Introduction to Volume 2 | xvii | |
A Note on tde Commentaries | xli | |
Tales of the Supernatural | ||
1. | The Three-Day Fair in Balta (IFA 708) | 2 |
2. | The Kaddish (IFA 18159) | 12 |
3. | The House Vanished with All Its Inhabitants (IFA 7290) | 21 |
4. | The Rabbi Who Was Tricked (IFA 779) | 26 |
5. | The Demons and Spirits under the Fingernails (IFA 8792) | 33 |
6. | The Treasure (IFA 8256) | 48 |
7. | The Bottle of Oil from the Holy Land (IFA 4024) | 53 |
Hasidic Tales | ||
8. | Rebbe Shmelke's Matzos (IFA 237) | 58 |
9. | The Unforgotten Melody (IFA 5794) | 64 |
10. | The Power of a Melody (IFA 5793) | 70 |
11. | The Happy Man (IFA 12214) | 76 |
12. | How Rothschild Became Wealthy (IFA 18601) | 81 |
13. | Why Rebbe Levi Yitzḥak of Berdichev Deviated from His Custom (IFA 7612) | 92 |
14. | The Blessing of Elijah the Prophet on Yom Kippur (IFA 960) | 102 |
15. | Rebbe Pinhas'l of Korets (IFA 9797) | 109 |
16. | The Karliner Rebbe's Prescription (IFA 7912) | 118 |
17. | The Merit of the Third Sabbath Meal (IFA 5361) | 123 |
18. | The Apostate Who Made the Tenth for a Minyan (IFA 4936) | 133 |
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