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 \nShtetl Life  \nChelm is an example of a shtetl,an EasternEuropean village where Jewish communitiesexisted for centuries,and this story gives usa taste of shtetl life.Fish was the food to eaton Shabbat-for rich and poor alike.GronamOx,the bumbling leader of Chelm,representsthe rabbis and community leaders to whomshtetl residents turned for advice(hopefullythey were wiser than Gronam!).Shtetl jobslikely included \"fish dealer\"and\"water carrier.\"Residents may even have fed leftover Shabbatchallah crumbs to shtetl fish!For both the wiseand the foolish,there was always lots of life inthe shtetl.  \n# Laughing All the Way\n\nLaughter can keep us from taking life(andourselves)too seriously.Jews seem to haverealized this a long time ago and have beentelling funny stories ever since!Good thing,too,as laughter has also helped us get throughhard times.Stories about Chelm-an EasternEuropean Jewish town of fools-portrayshtetl life in a whimsical,lighthearted waywhen real life in that time and place was notso easy.So remember the townspeople of  \n(continued on back of flap)  \n# WISE MENoF CHELMF00LISH CARP\n\nTHE  \nANE  \nFirst published in the UK in 2020 by Green Bean Booksc/o Pen &Sword Books Ltd  \n47 Church Street,Barnsley,South Yorkshire,S702AS,Englandwww.greenbeanbooks.com  \nFrom Stories for Children ◎1984 by Isaac Bashevis Singer  \nReprinted by permission of Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers.All Rights Reserved.llustrations copyright ◎Viktoria Efremova,2020English edition ◎ Green Bean Books,2020  \nPaperback edition:978-1-78438-565-1  \nHarold Grinspoon Foundation edition:978-1-78438-569-9  \nThe right of Isaac Bashevis Singer to be identified as the Author of this work has been asserted inaccordance with the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988.All rights reserved.No part of this bookmay be reproduced,transmitted,broadcast or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or byany means,graphic,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,taping and recording,without priorwritten permission from the Publisher.  \nDesigned by Saray García RúaEdited by Kate BakerProduction by Hugh Allan  \nPrinted in China by 1010 Printing International Ltd092030K1/B1534/A7  \n# WISE MENoF CHELMF00LISH CARP\n\nTHE  \nAND  \nTHE  \nWitten by Isaac Bashevis Singerllustrated by Viktoria Efremova  \nINthe city of Chelm,every family bought fish for the Sabbath.The rich bought large fish,the poor,small ones.They werebought on Thursday,chopped and made into gefilte fish on Friday,and eaten on the Sabbath.  \nOne Thursday morning,the door opened at the house of the communityleader of Chelm,Gronam Ox,and Zeinvel Ninny entered,carrying abucket full of water.Inside was a large,live carp.  \n\"What is this?\"Gronam asked.  \n\"A gift to you from the wise men of Chelm,\"Zeinvel said.\"This is thelargest carp ever caught in the Lake of Chelm,and we all decided togive it to you as a token of appreciation for your great wisdom.”  \n\"Thank you very much,\"Gronam Ox replied.\"My wife,Yente Pesha,willbe delighted.She and I both love carp.I read in a book that eating thebrain of a carp increases wisdom,and even though we in Chelm areimmensely clever,a little improvement never hurts.But let me have a  \nclose look at him.I was told that a carp's tailshows the size of his brain.\"  \n三  \nGronam Ox was known to be near-sighted,and when he bent down tothe bucket to better observe the carp's tail,the carp did something thatproved he was not as wise as Gronam thought.He lifted his tail andsmacked Gronam across the face.  \nGronam Ox was flabbergasted.\"Nothing like this has ever happened to mebefore!\"he exclaimed.\"I cannot believe this carp was caught in the Chelmlake.A Chelm carp would know better.\"  \n\"He's the meanest fish I've ever seen!\"agreed Zeinvel Ninny.","cbCaikqDF32M6Mzw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikqDF32M6Mzw","pdf",3058025,28,"English","# Laughing All the Way\n# WISE MENoF CHELMF00LISH CARP\n## Witten by Isaac Bashevis Singer","[{\"question\":\"Where does the story take place?\",\"answer\":\"It is set in the city of Chelm, an Eastern European Jewish town of fools, and describes daily shtetl life.\"},{\"question\":\"What role do fish and the Sabbath play?\",\"answer\":\"Each family buys fish for the Sabbath, then prepares and eats it during Shabbat, with fish tied to both rich and poor families.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Gronam Ox try to assess the carp’s wisdom?\",\"answer\":\"He claims that eating carp brain increases wisdom and that a carp’s tail size shows the brain’s size, then examines the tail closely.\"},{\"question\":\"What unexpected event occurs during Gronam Ox’s inspection?\",\"answer\":\"When Gronam Ox bends down to look, the carp lifts its tail and smacks him across the face, surprising him and disproving his assumptions.\"}]","WISE MEN - Part 1 - Can you be wise and foolish? 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