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This is a great story that tells a story of what it was like to grow up as a girl in a Jewish culture where she was expected to marry and have kids and nurture them, rather than study and discuss religion with the men. She would rather follow a spiritual journey, so she cuts off her hair, dons her father's clothes and leaves her town to find a yeshiva where she can (as a boy) follow her dream, but only by breaking religious laws. This book also has marvelous woodcut illustrations that help to "a
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