A Jew Hiding Behind a Free-man - A Note on Bernard Malamud’s “The Lady of the Lake” (Part I)

Menu Skip to primary content Search Schlemiel Theory The Place Where the Laugh Laughs at the Laugh A Jew Hiding Behind a Free-man: A Note on Bernard Malamud’s "The Lady of the Lake" (Part I) Several critics have discussed Bernard Malamud’s interest in Jewishness. My interest in his work, howe...

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Fast of the First Born (thing) by Metacognizant - Everything2.com

Fast of the First Born (thing) See all of Fast of the First Born, no other writeups in this node. In Rabbinic Judaism, bechorim, or first born children- male children that is (of course)- have to fast on the day preceeding the first night of Passover. This is in commemoration of the Slaying of the First Born, when God killed all the first born children and animals in Egypt and freed the Jewish slaves. Only the Jewish first born survived, and they are supposed to fast in gratitude....