The Frog, the Serpent and the Raven SAMPLE Daniel Freedman
,נ י and Avrohom Yeshayahu נ י For my dear children: Meir Simcha may you always have the emunah and bitachon in Hashem to accomplish and fulfill your purpose. Glossary Hashem - Literally: 'The Name', refers to the holy ineffable Name of God. Emunah - Faith. Bitachon - Trust. Mishnah - The restatement of the Oral Torah (Law) compiled By Rebbi Yehudah HaNasi in 188 CE / 3948 AM). Talmid Chochom - A Torah scholar (literally a student of wisdom). Common Era (CE) - Count of the years according to the secular (Gregorian) Calendar. Anno Mundi (AM) - Count of the years from the birth of the World (Creation) - in the Jewish Calendar. Bet Shemesh Eretz Yisrael First published Adar 5777 (Mar 2017) Copyright 2017 Daniel Freedman. All Rights Reserved. ISBN: 978-1-365-80821-0 The rights of Daniel Freedman to be identified as the author and illustrator of this work have been asserted. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form, digitally, electronically, mechanically or otherwise. It may not be translated without express permission from the author in writing. The rights of the author will be strictly enforced. First Edition. For more information: contact@rabbidfreedman.com (+972) 2 625 0572 http://child.rabbidfreedman.com
The Frog, the Serpent and the Raven A children s tale about relying on Hashem for all your needs.
Rabba bar Bar-Chanah slept in his nice warm bed, Nothing moved, not even his head. As the night passed on, a dream he dreamed, and this is the story of what it seemed.
תלמוד בבלי בבא בתרא עג, עמ ב ו אמ ר ר ב ה ב ר ב ר ח נ ה: ל ד יד י ח ז י א ל י
A gigantic frog terrorized a town. He had great fire eyes and a ferocious frown, He croaked night and day, without delay, On a city of sixty houses, did he tread, Now everyone had fear and dread. תלמוד בבלי בבא בתרא עג, עמ ב ה ה יא אק ר וק ת א ד ה ו י א כ י אק ר א ד ה ג ר ונ י א, ו אק ר א דה ג ר ונ י א כ מ ה ה ו י א? ש ת ין ב ת י,
Everyone tried to hit the frog, but oh no, oh dear, they re in such a bog: Another sixty did appear. Frogs and more frogs everywhere!
This is a book about a frog, a serpent and a raven, who all teach a deep lesson about Hashem's unwaivering support for his beloved children who follow in His ways and learn His Torah. The interpretation of the midrash in the Gemara (Bava Basra 73b) is based on the Gaon (Rabbi Eliyahu Kramer of Vilna - 1720-1798 CE / 5480-5558 AM) of Vilna's interpretation. This has been expounded upon in the book: The Juggler and the King, by Rabbi Aharon Feldman. It was published by Feldheim (1990). The book has been translated into Hebrew המושל),(רוח and the Vilna Gaon's own.פירוש על כמה אגדות, הגר א (1996): Feldman work has been reprinted and edited by Rabbi Aharon Harav Aharon Feldman is currently the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was also one of the Roshei Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem, Israel. The Maharal (Rabbi Yehuda Loewe of Prague - 1512-1609 CE / 5272-5369 AM) has another interpretation. Each beast represents the last periods of exile to befall the Jewish people. He interprets the frog to be symbolic of the Greeks and the city indicative of Alexander the Macedon's exploits. The serpent is interpreted to be Rome, which absorbed Greek culture and politics. The raven is interpreted to be Yishmael, whose mother (Hagar) is likened to the raven. Just as the raven abandons its young, Hagar abandoned Yishmael to die in the desert.
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