{"product_id":"the-promised-child-promcp","title":"The Promised Child","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;\"\u003eThirty-five years ago, Avner Gold's\u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003e The Promised Child \u003c\/span\u003eburst onto the Jewish literary scene and became an instant classic, a beloved favorite of young readers and adults alike. It was translated into Hebrew, Spanish, French and Russian, and it established itself as a standard on the preferred reading lists of parents and educators. The book has been out of print for many years, and now, Avner Gold has rewritten it for this new edition. It is twice as long as the original, and more than twice as good. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;\"\u003eThe new story begins in 1592 when Rav Shloime Strasbourg is taking his son Mendel for his \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003ebar-mitzvah \u003c\/span\u003eto the Maharal of Prague. While traveling through a snowy forest, they find a wounded cavalry captain half-frozen to death. The dramatic rescue sets into motion a chain of events that leads to vengeance, arson, betrayal, abduction and heartbreak. Mendel grows up to be a prominent rabbi in the Polish city of Pulichev, but he and his wife live in the gloomy shadow of the tragedy that has befallen them. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;\"\u003eThe book reaches its breathtaking climax when the rabbi of Krakow is challenged to debate the Bishop of Lubianewicz in a highly-publicized spectacle. Should he lose, the Jewish community will be expelled. Rav Mendel Strasbourg is invited to defend the Jewish position. The prospects of success seem bleak. But a combination of many threads from the painful past results in a stunning turnaround and the ultimate deliverance of the Jewish community from its enemies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Promised Child\u003c\/span\u003e is rich in Torah values and historical background, offering glimpses of the Maharal, the Maharsha, the Tosefos Yom Tov and the conditions of Jewish life in Poland in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is a book that enriches even as it entertains. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:left;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold; color: #ab7b38\"\u003eAll Books in the Strasbourg Saga, by Avner Gold:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Books\/9781422619834.html\"\u003eThe Promised Child\u003c\/a\u003e - 1592-1642\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Books\/9781422620632.html\"\u003eThe Dream\u003c\/a\u003e - 1643-1646\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Books\/9781422622537.html\"\u003eThe Year of the Sword\u003c\/a\u003e - 1647-1649\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Books\/9781422623046.html\"\u003eTwilight\u003c\/a\u003e - 1649-1658\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Books\/9781422623633.html\"\u003eThe Impostor\u003c\/a\u003e - 1651-1669\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Books\/9781422625934.html\"\u003eThe Purple Ring\u003c\/a\u003e - 1666-1667\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Books\/9781422627761.html\"\u003eEnvoy from Vienna\u003c\/a\u003e - 1668-1670\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Books\/9781422628386.html\"\u003eThe Marrano Prince\u003c\/a\u003e - 1672-1680\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Books\/9781422608333.html\"\u003eThe Long Road to Freedom \u003c\/a\u003e- 1680-1683\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Books\/9781422608685.html\"\u003eScandal in Amsterdam\u003c\/a\u003e - 1683-1684\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Books\/9781422608814.html\"\u003eThe Fur Traders\u003c\/a\u003e - 1684-1685\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Books\/9781422609231.html\"\u003eMidnight Intruders\u003c\/a\u003e - 1686-1714\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003ca id=\"video\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold; color: #ab7b38\"\u003eWatch our Inside Artscroll with the author, Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (Avner Gold)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ciframe title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/561893087\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Avner Gold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e ArtScroll\/Mesorah Publications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.00 X 9.00\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781422633182\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCategory:\u003c\/strong\u003e Novels \u0026amp; Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy shop at Judaica Square?\u003c\/strong\u003e Authorized ArtScroll dealer with the full catalog. 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