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  • March 20, 2013 12:36 am at 12:36 am #608682
    writersoul
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    Anyone else read them?

    Does anyone know where I could find them in Hebrew? (I live in Monsey if it helps, though I would guess that it’d be easier to find through the internet as FInkelstein doesn’t have them…)

    March 20, 2013 1:19 am at 1:19 am #1091716
    playtime
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    Never heard of the book, but call

    Tuvias Judaica

    421 New York 59

    Monsey, NY 10952

    (845) 426-0824

    & ask them if they carry it

    March 20, 2013 1:34 am at 1:34 am #1091717
    writersoul
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    I checked… I don’t think they do. I could be wrong though- it’s got enough nooks and crannies that they could be there and I missed it :).

    Haim Sabato is actually the author of four fantastic books in Hebrew, which were then translated into English. I read the English translations (which I highly recommend) and now I want to try them in Hebrew.

    March 20, 2013 1:45 am at 1:45 am #1091718
    playtime
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    Just call them and ask them if they carry it.

    What are the titles, and what are they about?

    March 20, 2013 5:52 pm at 5:52 pm #1091719
    writersoul
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    There are four, but they’re not a series. They’re called Adjusting Sights (about the author’s experiences in the Yom Kippur War), Aleppo Tales (fictionalized stories about the Jewish community of Aleppo), The Dawning of the Day (about the old Jewish community of Yerushalayim post-war), and From the Four Winds (about the author’s experiences as a child in an immigrant neighborhood in Yerushalayim). They are phenomenal. I definitely recommend them.

    I want to go to Tuvia’s anyway before Yom Tov so I’ll ask then.

    March 20, 2013 7:21 pm at 7:21 pm #1091720
    playtime
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    Sounds like good stuff. Except for the fictional tales in Aleppo- I’m not a historical fiction guy. (Personally I think it’s a waste of time.)

    But there is a great history book of Aleppo: Aleppo, city of scholars (by David Sutton).

    It is said that Aleppo has perhaps the richest history, after Eretz Yisrael, of the Jews- straight from the days of Avrohom Avinu. It’s a little sad that so many people don’t know of it.

    July 15, 2015 12:26 am at 12:26 am #1091721
    golfer
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    bump

    July 15, 2015 1:38 am at 1:38 am #1091722
    writersoul
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    Yay! A bump!

    I’ve now read all of his books in both Hebrew and English (including the one that’s currently only out in Hebrew).

    Do you have any questions about them or something like that?

    July 15, 2015 2:18 am at 2:18 am #1091723
    writersoul
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    Or was that meant as a response to the newly-started thread?

    July 15, 2015 3:56 am at 3:56 am #1091724
    Sam2
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    They are very hard to find in America. The best, by far, is Mevakshei Panecha.

    July 15, 2015 4:20 am at 4:20 am #1091725
    writersoul
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    I started that- I don’t own it, though. I’m going to make my friend bring it to college.

    It’s a very different type of book from his others (which I personally definitely enjoy).

    I actually started it after R Lichtenstein zt”l passed away (my friend had had it since the beginning of the year) and I went to the levaya and was very inspired by what the maspidim said about him and wanted to read more about him.

    Has it been translated into English?

    July 15, 2015 1:18 pm at 1:18 pm #1091726
    golfer
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    Writersoul, it was meant as a response to the newly-started thread.

    But now that I (hopefully) have your attention, I’d love to know where you got the books in Hebrew. I’ve read his books in English but I think I’d enjoy reading the originals as he wrote them. (I live in the USA.)

    I don’t know about you, but his stories, even the simple uncomplicated ones, linger in my mind for the longest time.

    Every Purim I think of the poor little immigrant boy from Beit Mamzil whose cowboy costume was ruined in the rain.

    The books never fail to give me the feeling that I must immediately do the laundry, pack whatever I can into a small suitcase, hand my house keys to my astonished neighbor, and take myself and my family straight to Israel. Of course logic and life kick in in less time than it takes to start the washer…

    July 15, 2015 8:09 pm at 8:09 pm #1091727
    writersoul
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    Just go to Israel.

    Both because that’s where I got my Hebrew editions and I have no idea where to get them in the States and, well, just go to Israel either way.

    I MIGHT have gotten one of them used on Amazon. My dad got it for me and I have no idea where from, but I doubt it was directly from Israel so that must be where.

    Just did a quick search on Amazon and you can get The Dawning of the Day (KeAfapei Shachar) in Hebrew there for $25.

    I don’t own them all in Hebrew, BTW. Just Adjusting Sights (Tiyum Kavanot) which is unfortunately currently on loan and From The Four Winds (Bo’ee Haruach). I got Bo’ee Haruach at Shavuat Hasefer for $10 :). The rest I borrowed/stole from various people I and/or my friends went to for Shabbos.

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