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The Storyteller: Selected Short stories, Vol. 3
Jewish stories are part of the heritage of our people, often capturing the essence of Jewish experience. the stories in this volume will provide hours of reading enjoyment for older children and teenagers. Parents and teachers will turn to them again and again when they are called upon to be storytellers themselves. The contribution of Nissan Mindel to the treasury of Jewish stories is inestimable. He has, for the past five decades, researched and presented to both English and Yiddish reading audiences stories mined from sources inaccessible to the average person. They cover a wide range of subjects: Great Jewish personalities, the festivals, Jewish life in medieval and pre-Holocaust times, the Holocaust, and life behind the Iron Curtain. The world of innkeeper and nobleman, shepherd and woodchopper, spice merchant and gem dealer, comes alive to reveal to us the workings of Divine Providence and the events that helped shape Jewish history.
368 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 1998
About the author
Nissan Mindel
97 books4 followersRABBI DR. NISSAN MINDEL was born in Riga, Latvia in 1912 and was educated in European yeshivos, among them the prestigious Torah V’Derech Eretz - of the Shamshon Rafael Hirsch tradition. He received his rabbinic ordination from noted Rabbonim in Manchester, England and served there as associate Rabbi in the Holy Law Congregation.
He studied law and economics at the University of Manchester in England, which he graduated with B.A. and M.A. and also received a degree in Semitic languages. In 1962 he earned a PHD in philosophy from Columbia University in New York, with his groundbreaking translation of the Tanya to English.
Dr. Mindel was associated with the Chabad Lubavitch movement from 1938-1999. During these very productive six decades he merited to serve the two Rabbeim – Sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson and his successor and Seventh Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson – as personal secretary responsible for their correspondence in several languages, as their emissary on numerous missions and as prolific writer of Chassidic literature for young and old. He was also a founding member of the three pillers of Chabad - Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, Machaneh Yisrael and Agudas Chassidei Chabad.
His writings have spanned the gamut from children’s magazines which he edited for forty seven years to Chabad philosophy for the serious scholar.
Dr. Mindel is perhaps best known for his translation of the Tanya kaddisha to English, an extraordinary achievement which opened the study of chassidus to the world at large. Another translation of his was the Memoirs of the Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson. Among his many writings are included: monthly children’s magazines - Talks and Tales (English) and Shmuessen Mit Kinder (Yiddish), the Complete Story of Tishrei and the Festival Series, My Prayer, The Storyteller Series, Our People Series (history of the Jewish People), Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi – Biography & Philosophy of Chabad. His works have been translated to many languages and have enjoyed many printings and wide acclaim.
Dr. Mindel’s elegant and lucid writing on many vital topics of Jewish interest has earned him universal appeal and a respected place among the Jewish writers of the twentieth century.
He studied law and economics at the University of Manchester in England, which he graduated with B.A. and M.A. and also received a degree in Semitic languages. In 1962 he earned a PHD in philosophy from Columbia University in New York, with his groundbreaking translation of the Tanya to English.
Dr. Mindel was associated with the Chabad Lubavitch movement from 1938-1999. During these very productive six decades he merited to serve the two Rabbeim – Sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson and his successor and Seventh Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson – as personal secretary responsible for their correspondence in several languages, as their emissary on numerous missions and as prolific writer of Chassidic literature for young and old. He was also a founding member of the three pillers of Chabad - Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, Machaneh Yisrael and Agudas Chassidei Chabad.
His writings have spanned the gamut from children’s magazines which he edited for forty seven years to Chabad philosophy for the serious scholar.
Dr. Mindel is perhaps best known for his translation of the Tanya kaddisha to English, an extraordinary achievement which opened the study of chassidus to the world at large. Another translation of his was the Memoirs of the Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson. Among his many writings are included: monthly children’s magazines - Talks and Tales (English) and Shmuessen Mit Kinder (Yiddish), the Complete Story of Tishrei and the Festival Series, My Prayer, The Storyteller Series, Our People Series (history of the Jewish People), Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi – Biography & Philosophy of Chabad. His works have been translated to many languages and have enjoyed many printings and wide acclaim.
Dr. Mindel’s elegant and lucid writing on many vital topics of Jewish interest has earned him universal appeal and a respected place among the Jewish writers of the twentieth century.
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