The world-famous compiler of exciting stories, Baron Munchausen, praised this book. The great master said the following: "I never thought that my contemporaries and countrymen, the Ukrainian hasids, could...

Hasid Shlomo made a discovery in science: he found that stones can think and feel. In the home of his teacher, rabbi Yaakov, he recounts the scientific result he has obtained. His listeners, besides the...

Respected by soldiers and commanders, Achan, a young officer in the Jewish army, falls in love with Rahab, a pagan. By committing treachery, poor Achan obtains wealth, which he intends to give to his...

Herod (Ordos), king of ancient Judaea, the eastern provincia of the Roman Empire, was born in 73 BC and died in 4 BC. Herod was a loyal vassal of the emperors, but he also loved his people. He believed...

In this narrative, Daniel and Akiva, familiar to the reader from the story "Yoni and Shosh", are the investigators. Years have passed. Daniel is now a prophet, but he has not lost his detective skills....

Three world-famous detectives independently of each other investigate a certain crime that happened in ancient times and is described in the Bible. The results of the investigations differ. Humor and...

The story presents the reader with some episodes from the life of the forefather Abraham, the main character of the narrative. He acts as one of the mentors of the people of the Promised Land. Other characters...

A sensational event occurred in the house of a high-ranking official - his young beautiful wife was accused by two honorable townspeople of adultery. The offended husband regarded the accusation as slander....

The events of the book took place two centuries ago. Educated European Jews, the enlighteners, laughed at the ignorance of their Ukrainian tribesmen, the simple hasids. Other opponents of the hasids were...

Shlomo suffers a great grief, for which he is himself to blame, but sincerely repentant. He knows the story of Frankenstein, an evil and vengeful monster created by the imagination of a writer. Shlomo...

The hasids gathered at the house of their mentor after a great deal of drinking on the holiday of Purim. Shlomo, the most educated hasid, expounds a theory he has invented, which he calls "The World of...

Intending to reward the four inhabitants of Paradise for their righteousness, the angel Michael offers them resettlement on Mars, where people like those on Earth live. The righteous accept the offer....

Queen Athaliah ruled ancient Judaea in the 9th century BC. She was the daughter of the Israelite king Ahab and his non-Jewish wife Jezebel. The main content of the spiritual life of this ancient period...

Two old men, both the God-fearing righteous from the same town, enter Paradise. On Earth they were ideological opponents, but life in Paradise reconciled them and they became friends. They meet a young...

The reader learns of the brilliant beginning of the Jewish sage Matan's career, of his happy marriage, of his family, and of his and his wife's bitter old age. The children, whom the father and mother...

The great love of a youth and a girl ends in tragedy - both are burned in the flames of a merciless war between common sense and insanity. The fate of other main characters involved in the irreconcilable...

The king's wife loved flowers, but she had no land to grow them. There was a peasant's vineyard adjoining the king's house. She thought she should buy this land and make a flower garden. The king offered...

The main heroes of the narrative are: Korach, Pharaoh's fabulously wealthy accountant; Moses, the ruler over the Jewish people; Aharon, the high priest. The Jews, fleeing Egyptian slavery to the Promised...

Yakov from Jaffa is a Jewish boy, the son of a poor Jaffa fisherman. An accident happened and the lad was orphaned. The rabbi from whom Yakov studied passed the care of the orphan to the brother in Jerusalem....

Perhaps not everyone knows that Satan is an angel, and an angel of high rank in the hierarchy of the Heavenly Host. The narration is in the first person, that is, on behalf of Satan. The author hopes...

The story is based on two plots - ancient and modern. The main characters of both plots have the same names and the same aspirations. One of them is the Biblical personage, the military leader and prophet...

The author tells the famous Biblical legend of the hero Samson in a new way. There is room in the story not only for Delilah, Samson's beloved, but also for his parents, his wife, and the angel who guided...

The narrative is based on the Biblical legend of a hero named Jephthah. In order to gain God's support, the military leader swore to sacrifice to Him the person who would be the first to congratulate...

Ancient people on Earth lived primitive and poor lives, they did not know how to use fire, they knew neither agriculture nor crafts. People lived in caves, hunted animals, gathered berries and roots....

Hasids Shlomo and Shmulik tell each other their dreams. Incredible adventures happen to the heroes of the narrative in their night visions. They were first in England, then on a distant star and always...

Two very different powers oppose each other, and each seeks to gain absolute hegemony in the world. One power is poor and spiritual. The other power is rich and pragmatic. Both powers manage to create...

The story humorously tells about the life and struggles of Leviathan. The giant speaks of his extraordinary perfections: enormous size, unprecedented beauty, and keen intelligence. Leviathan initiates...

This narration is about love and war. Ukraine, 17th century.A young boy, a Jew, fell in love with a Cossack girl, and she responded to him with hot feelings. Their passion was not destined for a happy...