Word: menuchim
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...Singer, Russian Jew, teacher of the Scriptures in the village of Zuchnow, was a harmless kind of fellow, poor like the rest of his neighbors, but with a good wife, two sons and a daughter. Everything went as well as could be expected for Mendel until his last child, Menuchim, was born?a cripple, practically an idiot. When his mother carried the child to the wonder-working Rabbi he said: "Pain will make him wise, ugliness good, bitterness mild, and sickness strong!" But Menuchim went on being a cripple, practically an idiot...
...with Cossacks. Mendel and his wife, married too long, were sick of the sight of each other. One fine day a letter came from Shemariah: he was doing well in the U. S.. would soon send them money to join him. When the time came they left idiot Menuchim behind with friends. They found Shemariah was indeed doing well in the U. S., but Mendel and his wife never got acclimatized; their bowels yearned for Menuchim. They were about to send for him when the War broke out. When the U. S. went in, Shemariah enlisted; the news...
...when the War was over a famous Russian musician brought his orchestra to the city. Mendel heard his friends talking about it, thought nothing of it until the door opened and in walked the musician, inquiring for one Mendel Singer. It was Menuchim, whom pain had made wise, ugliness good, bitterness mild, and sickness strong. Moreover he was prosperous. His troubles over, Mendel Singer prayed again...