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Heir To The Throne

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The year is 1470. The place is the remote Kingdom of Hungary,far from the great Torah centers of Spain and France. In the royalcapital of Tirnau, the Jewish community celebrates the arrival of itsnew Rabbi, a great Torah luminary who has been persuaded tocome from Spain where the persecution of Jews intensifies day byday. His name is Rabbi Yitzchak de Cordova, the author of SeferHaminhagim.Among the gentile observers of the gala welcome prepared forthe new Rabbi is young Prince Ordan, heir to the throne of Hun-rgary. The great spiritual joy of the downtrodden Jews of Tirnaumakes such a profound impression on the young crown prince thathe feels his whole world has turned upside down. From that dayon, he begins a long and courageous odyssey that completelychanges his life and threatens severe repercussions both for him-self and the Jews of Tirnau,Heir to the Throne is a classic historical novel, written in Yiddishby Shmuel Rothstein and first published in Poland in the early partof the century. In this sensitive and lyrical translation by ChanaFeferkorn, the story of the Baal Haminhagim and the Crown Princeof Hungary, an almost forgotten footnote to Jewish history, cometo life in rich descriptive colors and an intensity of feeling thatcaptivates the Imagination. It is a story of friendship and devotion,of faith, courage and extraordinary heroism in a world seethingwith greed, treachery and hatred.As the setting of the story moves back and forth between Hun-gary and Spain in the years immediately preceding the estab-lishment of the Inquisition and the Expulsion, the reader alsogains new insight into a period of tragic upheaval in Jewish history..

The year is 1470. The place is the remote Kingdom of Hungary,far from the great Torah centers of Spain and France. In the royal..

Author:Shmuel Rothstein
Type:Softcover
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