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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface to the English Edition
  • A Note on the Translation
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: “Life as It Wasâ€?â€?Yekhezkel Kotik and His Memoirs
  • My Memoirs, Yekhezkel Kotik
  • Instead of an Introduction
  • Sholem Aleichemâ€?s letter to Yekhezkel Kotik
  • 1. My Town
  • 2. My Grandfather
  • 3. The “Panicâ€?
  • 4. My Father and His Attraction to Hasidism
  • 5. Yisrael, the Polish Patriot Hasid
  • 6. The Handshake
  • 7. The Scandal with the Assessor
  • 8. My Melamdim
  • 9. The Kidnappers
  • 10. The Great Dispute
  • 11. My Motherâ€?s Unhappiness12. The Lords
  • 13. Berl-Bendetâ€?s Life on the Estate
  • 14. How We Celebrated the Holidays
  • 15. The Rebbe Is Dead!
  • 16. The Fate of a Prodigy
  • 17. The Garments of Those Days
  • 18. My First Revolt
  • 19. The Izbica Hasid
  • 20. Marriage Negotiations
  • 21. Liberating the Serfs
  • 22. The Jews after the Polish Rebellion
  • 23. “Keep in Step!â€?
  • 24. The Debate
  • 25. “Children, Gather the Coins!â€?
  • 26. The Impact of the Bible on Me
  • 27. The Cholera Epidemic
  • 28. Grandmotherâ€?s Death
  • 29. Hasidism and MitnaggedismAppendix A: Yekhezkel Kotik: List of Publications
  • Appendix B: Selected Bibliography on Yekhezkel Kotik and His Memoirs
  • Appendix C: Yekhezkel Kotikâ€?s Genealogy
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Glossary
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