![]() ![]() On the table, two tallow candle-ends burn in clay candlesticks. A long bench stands along the wall, in front of the bench, a long wooden table cluttered with books. High on the rear wall are the small windows looking out of the women’s gallery. An old brass chandelier hangs from the middle of the ceiling, over the bima,* which is covered with a dark cloth. ![]() A wooden synagogue, very old, with blackened walls. Before the curtain rises, a subdued mystic singing is heard, as if from afar.) Three months elapse between the first two acts, three days between the second and third, half a day between the third and the fourth. ![]() Hassidim, Yeshiva Students, Prosperous Householders, Shopkeepers, Wedding Guests, Paupers, ChildrenĪcts I and II take place in Brinnits, Acts III and IV in Miropolye. Hennakh Student’s at the Yeshiva (Talmudical academy) in BrinnitsĪ Wedding Guest (Specially invited, by custom, because he is a stranger) Meyer, Shammes (caretaker) of the synagogue in Brinnits Khonnon Reb Azrielke of Miropolye, a Ysaddik (a Hassidic master or sage) Ansky (1863 – 1920) (a.k.a Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport) ![]()
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