The Fox and the Sourgrapes : (Midrash Koheleth 5)
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Holder, Meir
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1981
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This is an unusual pamphlet for at least three reasons. First, though its title may make readers think of Aesop's fable about the fox and the grapes, this story is actually a Jewish midrash variant of another fable about the weasel and the granary. The weasel gets in through a thin hole, and he must get thin again to get out. Secondly, the moral is not simply like the Greek fable's moral. It is rather about our entering life naked, and leaving it that way. Thirdly, the artistry has a style all its own, vividly clear on the cover. Some of us have to look at this illustration a long time before we see the head of a fox! The bunch of grapes pictured on the back cover makes for easier recognition! An unusual expression has the fox, when he cannot easily get out of the vineyard, "crushed and shattered." Shattered? This version of the story has the fox slimming down twice: once to get into the vineyard and once to get out. Finally, why call these grapes sour? I was fortunate to find help on this pamphlet from The National Library of Israel online. Sixteen pages. 6›" x 9¼".
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Hillel Press
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12261 (Access ID)