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The Silversmith and His Wife

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Jewish myth and legend

  • Jerusalem: Western Wall, Temple Mount
    In Judaism: Major medieval Hebrew collections

    Typical is the tale of The Silversmith and His Wife, which relates how a craftsman, persuaded by his greedy wife to make a statue of a princess, gets his hands cut off by the king for violating the Islamic law against making images, while his wife reaps rich rewards from…

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