Songs
Der Talis Kutn (Video) — דער טלית־קטן (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Monologue/Characters/Humor
- Subject:
- Talis-Kutn/Sting/Trick/Charity/
- Additional song notes:
- Talis Kutn is a four-cornered tasseled undergarment worn by Orthodox Jews. Story depicts three characters: Yoel Tashker, pious stingy millionare, (never gives to charity) Kompanitsch, Tasker's tenant, a free thinking gambler, lawyer- eats pork, somes on shabos, etc.. And Froike Sheygets - Froike the scamp (known as Got's Ganev- a pious fraud). Froyke and Kompanvitsch conspire to trick Tashker into a bet for 100 rubles (a fortune) that Kompanovitsch is wearing a talis kutn in order to give to a charity. Tashker could not believe that Kompanovitsch would wear a talis kutn and took the bet.