Clever Rachel

This is an enhanced ebook with a read-along function. In this retelling of a Jewish folktale, Jacob tries to stump Rachel with his best riddles but fails repeatedly. When a young woman in need of help presents Rachel and Jacob with the trickiest riddles of all, they discover the only way to solve them is to work together.

In this retelling of a Jewish folktale, Rachel and Jacob must work together to solve the trickiest riddles of all.

"Set in a Jewish community in 19th-century Poland and based on a medieval Jewish folktale, the play asks the question, "Can girls be as smart as boys?" Rachel lives with her family in their small bakery and inn and has acquired a reputation as a clever girl who can figure out answers to the most challenging riddles. But the traditional roles of men and women don't allow for women to be intellectuals. Her father believes in her and brags about her skills; her mother is afraid to tempt fate by praising her daughter; and her younger brother just wants to play. A series of visitors (all played by the same actress) take advantage of her wisdom, but things come to a head when Jacob, the smartest boy in town, challenges her to a contest of wits. Somehow they both win and find something that neither had before—a friend"--

A collection of Jewish tales from the Talmud and the Jewish communities of Europe, Asia, and North Africa includes versions of "Cinderella" and "King Midas," stories of ghosts and golems, moral tales, stories of the Wise Men of Chelm, and riddles

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