{"product_id":"the-shul-boy","title":"The Shul Boy","description":"As a young boy in Jersey City in the 1950s, Lipa Wallerstein's whole world consists of his father's small synagogue on the bottom floor of their ramshackle house. With no Jewish friends nearby and a family that doesn't take much interest in him, Lipa finds himself alone more often than not- but always in the company of his fertile imagination- and his one burning ambition: to study from an old set of Mishnayos left by his grandfather, a great tzaddik. But when he opens a volume and peers at the page, he cannot understand a word it says.  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eHis zeide always taught him: \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWhen you learn Torah, you must see the tzaddikim whose words you study standing right before you!\u003c\/span\u003e And so, Lipa pleads, \"Rabbi Ovadiah Bartenura, please come and teach me the Mishnah\". \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eIt isn't long before a whole new world opens up for Lipa. It is a world of Torah, and a world of great peril. A world where ravenous hunger rages in Jerusalem and danger looms over the blue-green waves of the Mediterranean and an awful calamity takes place in Vienna...\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eAnd then, one lonely summer's day, Lipa discovers an injured pigeon and returns it to its rooftop nest. Thus ushers in a new chapter in Lipa's life, with results that shake Heaven and earth. For Lipa has come upon the immense mystery of Little Fleigel, and the repercussions of it couldn't be more astounding... \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Shul Boy\u003c\/span\u003e, told over in classic Gottesman style, is a novel that will touch you, excite you, and enthrall you. As with all of his books, the author weaves truth with fiction, deep-set reality with stunning fantasy, to create a heart-stopping and exquisite novel. Enter the world of Lipa Wallerstein, and allow the adventure to begin...\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eBy: Meir Uri Gottesman\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:1em\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:4px 12px 4px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:4px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\"\u003eIsrael Bookshop Publications\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Israel Bookshop Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51025374445736,"sku":"L697","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/judaicasquare.com\/products\/the-shul-boy","provider":"Judaica Square","version":"1.0","type":"link"}