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Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved
Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France | Maggie Anton
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The first two novels in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar In 1068, the scholar Salomon ben Isaac returns home to Troyes, France, to take over the family winemaking business and embark on a path that will indelibly influence the Jewish world?writing the first Talmud commentary, and secretly teaching Talmud to his daughters. Joheved, the eldest of his three girls, finds her mind and spirit awakened by religious study, but, knowing the risk, she must keep her passion for learning and prayer hidden. When she becomes betrothed to Meir ben Samuel, she is forced to choose between marital happiness and being true to her love of the Talmud. Rich in period detail and drama, Joheved is a must read for fans of Tracy Chevalier?s Girl With a Pearl Earring.
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Estherhasredhair
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This book was very well researched and provided a delightful commentary on 11th century France. I found myself thinking like the characters. However, it does drag in the middle; so much that I put it down for a while. However, it does pick up and move for the rest of the book. 8/10

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I spent a wonderful night volunteering to set up Bookstock, which is a local used book fair, last night. I spent the night in Detroit and am now relaxing reading and sipping a latte at Timmy's

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I know that the author did tons of research to make this as accurate as possible, but I wish there was a more documentary/biographical work based on the lives of Rashi's daughters.