The Genizah at the House of Shepher: A Novel
by:
Tamar Yellin (author)
Winner of the 2007 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature (Jewish Book Council)Winner of the 2006 Ribalow Prize (Hadassah Magazine),Shortlisted for the 2006 Wingate Prize (Jewish Quarterly)Shulamit Shepher pays one last visit to her grandparents’ home in Jerusalem after a fateful discovery—a...
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Winner of the 2007 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature (Jewish Book Council)Winner of the 2006 Ribalow Prize (Hadassah Magazine),Shortlisted for the 2006 Wingate Prize (Jewish Quarterly)Shulamit Shepher pays one last visit to her grandparents’ home in Jerusalem after a fateful discovery—a mysterious and valuable Torah manuscript that’s been stashed away in the attic genizah, a depository for old or damaged sacred documents, has been uncovered. So begins a remarkable journey that spans four generations of the family Shepher, one that begs Shulamit to reconsider not only her ancestors’ history and heritage but her own passions, faith, and choices for the future. Haunting and illuminating, The Genizah at the House of Shepher is a tale of love and loss, exile and belonging, tradition and myth that no reader will soon forget.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312379070 (0312379072)
Publish date: July 22nd 2008
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Genizah, a Hebrew word, is defined as a storeroom or attic, usually in a synagogue, for worn or unusable prayerbooks or bibles, which, since they contain the name of God, cannot be thrown away but must rather be buried according to Jewish ritual. That was the first question I had when I picked up Th...
If I were to pick one word to describe this book, it would be confusing. You start a new chapter and it begins with pronouns; I kept wondering, who are we talking about?! After a page you know, but that is too long for my tastes. He did this and felt that and she responded in this manner…..but who, ...
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