Ha-Toe‘eh be-darkhei ha-ḥayyim
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Ha-Toe‘eh be-darkhei ha-ḥayyim is a Hebrew novel by Peretz Smolenskin that explores themes of Jewish identity, modernity, and the challenges of religious and cultural change in 19th-century Eastern European Jewish life.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew novel
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novel ⓘ |
| addresses |
problems of modernization in Jewish life
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relationship between individual and community ⓘ role of religion in modern society ⓘ |
| author | Peretz Smolenskin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Ashkenazi Jewry
NERFINISHED
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Haskalah debates about reform and tradition ⓘ |
| explores |
assimilation
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crisis of faith ⓘ emancipation ⓘ generational conflict ⓘ tension between secular education and religious observance ⓘ |
| genre |
Jewish literature
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realist novel ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance |
early example of modern Hebrew novel
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important work of the Jewish Enlightenment ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Jewish communal life
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identity crisis ⓘ religious leadership ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Hebrew Haskalah literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Jewish identity
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conflict between tradition and modernity ⓘ cultural change ⓘ modernity ⓘ religious change ⓘ |
| movement | Haskalah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguageScript | Hebrew alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
19th-century Eastern Europe
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Eastern European Jewish communities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | Hebrew-reading Jewish intelligentsia ⓘ |
| workOf | Peretz Smolenskin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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