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Zhen Yu and the Snake

Lyons, EricaMetallinou, Renia(Illustrated by)
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In long ago China, a girl named Zhen Yu wanders away from her father at a busy market.

A mysterious fortune teller helps Zhen Yu's father find her, but also warns him that one day his daughter will be bitten by a snake on her wedding night.

Years later, as Zhen Yu is dressing for her wedding, a knock comes on the door.

Although it is her wedding day, she is not too busy to show kindness to a stranger.

She opens the door, sticking her hairpin into the silk wall, unknowingly killing the lurking snake that the fortune teller had foretold. "e;It was the mitzvah of giving to the poor that kept you safe,"e; says her father.

Based on the Talmudic tale of Rabbi Akiva's daughter and a snake.

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Kar-Ben Publishing ®
1728495261 / 9781728495262
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
05/09/2023
1 pages
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