By Beth-Zion Abrahams
A desirable memoir of 1 of Judaism’s earliest woman writers, translated from the unique Yiddish
Glückel of Hameln was once a wonder of her time: an complete businesswoman in addition to the mum of twelve. Devastated by way of the loss of life of her loved husband in 1689, she proceeded to put in writing the riveting memoir that may turn into a undying vintage, revealing a lot approximately Jewish lifestyles in seventeenth-century Germany.
This quantity additionally beneficial properties an advent by means of translator Beth-Zion Abrahams that gives a fuller history of the author's existence and tells how Glückel got here to write down the memoir that might supply perception for hundreds of years to return into Jewish, eu, and women’s history.
Glückel (1646–1724) used to be born to a admired relations in Hamburg, Germany. on the age of fourteen, she used to be married to a prosperous gem stones broker in an prepared marriage and have become his enterprise and fiscal adviser whereas bearing and elevating their twelve childrens. She persevered to control his organizations even after his demise in 1689, till her moment husband, a profitable banker, misplaced all their funds, and her lifestyles resulted in close to poverty.
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He was like one of God's angels! Everyone knows the difference between Hameln and Hamburg. I, a young child brought up in luxury, was taken from parents, friends, and everyone I knew, from a town like Hamburg to a village where only two Jewish families lived. And Hameln is a dull, shabby place. But this did not make me unhappy because of my joy in my father-in-Iaw's piety. · ThenI forgot Hamburg. What 1 Samuel Stuttgart, who lived in the town of Witzenhausen, Hesse, was Jewish government representative of the whole of the electorate of Hesse, being elected to the office by IUs fellow Jews.
What 1 Samuel Stuttgart, who lived in the town of Witzenhausen, Hesse, was Jewish government representative of the whole of the electorate of Hesse, being elected to the office by IUs fellow Jews. His was a civil office as opposed to the land rabbis, who dealt with religious matters only. I An invariable accompaniment to Talmudic study. FLIGHT FROM POLAND 34 a holy man he was! May his merits benefit us! And may he persuade God to send no further ills; and that we may not sin, or come to shame. It was also a pleasure to know his children.
With God's help the leaders quelled the rebellion and then went to Copenhagen to see the King. The King was a righteous man who loved justice; he settled matters peaceably and the rascals were humbled. This MARRIAGE TO CHAIM HAMELN did not cost much money, for the parnass and the members jealously guarded the community, like the apple of their eye, against debt. If a few hundred reichstalers were lacking, the leaders would advance the money and take it back by easy instalments. My God! when I begin to reflect on those days and compare them with the present, they were happy times, though people did not have half of what they have now.