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Der Tilim Yid (Salvation) (Yiddish) Vol 1
Der Tilim Yid Vol 1 - Salvation - Yiddish Author:Sholem Asch, Bluma Fogelgarn (Narrator) Sholem Asch’s Salvation centers around one person in a Hassidic community in Poland in the early 19th century. The whole book is, in some sense, a commentary on the Psalmic verse, “Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” The main character, Yechiel, is a disappointment to his family, because he is apparently slow... more » of learning, and he is finally kicked out of the House of Study, in part because he has to take off so much time to help his mother support the family.
He becomes instead a “Psalm-Jew,” who only reads and studies the Psalms with ordinary working people. He is scorned by the Jews in the House of Study, but he is motivated by the pure love of God, which gives him a peculiar strength and eventually leads him to a position of prominence, which he fills with great humility. After some cathartic events and much soul searching, he finally sees the truth and dies in what non-Jews might call the odor of sanctity.