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Mendele Mocher Sforim
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Yiddish-Hebrew writer (1836-1917)

Also known as: Mendele Moicher Sforim, Mendale Mocher Sforim, Mendale Mocher Spharim, Mendale Moicher Sepharim, Mendel Mocher Sforim, Mendele der Buchhändler

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Known works

  • Pereḳ shirah (2000)
  • Cuentistas judíos
  • The wishing-ring (2003)
  • Classic Yiddish stories of S.Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I.L. Peretz
  • TheTravels and Adventures of Benjamin the Third