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Monday, December 31, 2007

Caps for Sale from Ben Ish Hai's Haggada?

Is the book Caps For Sale, published in 1938, taken from the Haggada of the Ben Ish Hai?

Or did they both get the story from an earlier source (as Wikipedia says - "Based on a folktale")?

5 Comments:

At Mon Dec 31, 02:49:00 PM 2007, Blogger Rafi G. said...

wow! it has been such a long time since your last post! Now 2 in 1 day!

 
At Mon Dec 31, 02:54:00 PM 2007, Blogger yaak said...

Yeah, work is slow on Dec. 31st, and the blogging urge returned, at least temporarily.

 
At Mon Dec 31, 03:01:00 PM 2007, Blogger Devorah Chayah said...

Wonderful to see you back. I've visited every day since you left.

 
At Mon Dec 31, 03:11:00 PM 2007, Blogger yaak said...

Thanks, Devash.
I like how your blog is shaping up too. Keep it up!

 
At Mon Sep 15, 04:54:00 AM 2008, Blogger Unknown said...

Brilliant!
Thanks so much for bringing thsi to my attention.

"Caps for sale" is one of my all time favorite kids stories. And here I was reading Torah to my kids the whole time and didnt know it!

Hafoch ba veHafoch ba deChulei ba!

 

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