Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty-Eight: Waiting for the Baron
When word arrived that Baron Edmond Rothschild was coming for a visit, with none other than the famous Dr. Chaim Weizmann, the colony turned into a frantic beehive of activity.
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Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty-Two: A Visit to the Yeshiva
Not only was Tevye's family going to be together, they were going to be rich! The Baron's gift of 5000 francs would make...
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty-Five: Tevye Cures the Muktar’s Daughter
On the arranged date, the Jews set out to survey the land which their Arab neighbors wanted to sell. The Muktar Abdulla...
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Thirty-Eight: A Love Song for Hodel
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Forty: Locusts
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty-One: Reunion
The journey from Zichron Yaacov to Jaffa took almost three days. For Tevye, it was a chance to see another part of the Land...
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Thirty: Waters of Eden
What was a man, Tevye thought, that one moment he could be so filled with power and seemingly invincible force, and the next moment a motionless pile of flesh?
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Three: Off to the Promised Land
Tevye saw him when they reached the outskirts of the village. At first he wasn't sure, but when he saw Hava keep turning her head, his suspicions proved true. It was Hevedke Galagan, the Russian who had stolen his daughter, the gentile she was supposed to have left – he was following the procession of Jews as they made their way down the bumpy dirt road.
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty: Zichron Ya’acov
With the birth of Hodel's baby, the time had come for Tevye to journey onward. Family was a matter of tantamount importance, but a Jew had an even higher allegiance to God. Had not the Almighty warned that life in the Holy Land must be lived according to the commandments of the Torah? That meant observing the laws of the Sabbath and the holidays, eating kosher food, donning tallit and tefillin, guarding the treasures of marital purity, and observing all of the six-hundred and thirteen commandments – most of which were flagrantly ignored by the young pioneers on the kibbutz.
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Six: A Wagon of Worries
"If you want to read a truly important book, you should read ‘The Jewish State,’ by Theodor Herzl. He was a prophet who spoke to the Jews of today," said Ben Zion. "The Lord has many messengers," Nachman answered. "In our time, God chose Herzl to bring the message of Zion to our exiled people. But it wasn't Herzl who invented the Zionist movement. It comes from our holy Torah and the Jews who have been following its call for thousands of years."
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Five: A Husband For Ruchel
When Tevye walked back to his wagon, Ruchel was missing. Tzeitl reported that a young man from the village had unharnessed Tevye's horse and taken it to the barn for a feeding. Apparently, he had taken Ruchel with him. Tevye's eyebrows rose in surprise. Of all of his daughters, Ruchel most resembled his Golda.
The Ambassador by Yehuda Avner (z”l) and Matt Rees
Jewish Press Online presents the prologue to The Ambassador (Toby Press) by Yehuda Avner & Matt Rees
Our Glorious, Gutsy Past
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Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty-Six: Tevye Takes a Wife
Both of Elisha's two grown daughters were golden-skinned, beautiful, devoutly religious, and nearly half Tevye's age. The eldest daughter, Carmel, was naturally the...
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter 15: Guardian of Israel
As a sign of his grief over Tzeitl, Tevye tore his shirt and sat on a low stool in Hodel's house in the traditional custom of mourners. He maintained a stalwart expression to disguise the hole he felt in his heart. His strength came from Golda. She appeared to him in a dream and told him not to worry.
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Two: Golda
Tevye took the shovel and started to dig. The earth was hard, but after breaking through the frozen topsoil, the ground became looser below. Whoever would have dreamed of Tevye digging up his Golda?
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Thirty-Four: Fear No Evil
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty-Seven: Hodel Leaves Perchik
Overnight, Tevye's new cottage became a warm, haimisher home...
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Thirty-Three: The Settlers Draw Lots
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Thirty-One: Hevedke the Jew
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
Who Knows But God
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Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Seven: ‘Get Thee Forth to the Land’
"Oy Golda, Oy Golda," Tevya moaned. "Is this to be your reward? To be thrown to the fish? To have your bones scattered to the ends of the seas? Without any dry earth to warm you, or a flower to grow over your head? Is this to be your reward for being Tevye's wife for twenty-eight years and for raising his seven daughters?"
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Thirty-Two: A Letter From America
One late afternoon when Tevye returned to his tent after a back-breaking day in the winery, a letter was...
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Ten: Rabbi Kook
"No Jew is an atheist," Rabbi Kook answered. "No matter how confused our young people are with foreign ideas and creeds, the Jewish soul is always pure. Sometimes our eyes are blind and our ears are deaf, but our inner souls long for our God and our Torah. We carry the flame of our heritage eternally within our hearts. Nothing can extinguish it, not even two-thousand years of darkness and exile.