Ribald Classid: To Wrestle An Angel
May, 1974
Somebody Brought Word to the rabbi that a Jewish prostitute, a zono, had come to town, had taken a room at the gentiles' inn and had begun to entertain certain town officials and army officers in a shocking way. A little later, the rabbi thought he detected some lascivious looks on the faces of his young Talmudic students, who seemed to be whispering in corners more than usual. What a tsimmes!So the rabbi called for the wise men of the congregation to meet in his parlor: the president of the syn...
