Yentl the Yeshiva Boy
Isaac Bashevis Singer
58 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0374293473
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Language: English
Publish: December 1, 1983
20th CenturyClassicsFictionHistorical FictionJewishJudaicaJudaismQueerReligionShort Stories
Recognizing that Yentyl seems to have the soul and disposition of a man, her father studies the Torah and other holy books with her. When he dies, Yentyl feels that she no longer has a reason to remain in the village, and so, late one night, she cuts off her hair, dresses as a young man, and sets out to find a yeshiva where she can continue her studies and live secretly as a man.