The fifth candle is Mazel, by Rebecca Goldstein. It depicts shtetl life in Galicia in the pre-war years without sentimentality, telling the story of Sasha, a woman who left that life and narrowly escaped the Holocaust. It's told in flashbacks from the present day, as rebellious Sasha copes with her beloved granddaughter's turn to suburban Orthodoxy.

Mazel means "luck" in Yiddish.

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The fifth candle is Mazel, by Rebecca Goldstein. It depicts shtetl life in Galicia in the pre-war years without sentimentality, telling the story of Sasha, a woman who left that life and narrowly escaped the Holocaust. It's told in flashbacks from the present day, as rebellious Sasha copes with her beloved granddaughter's turn to suburban Orthodoxy.

Mazel means "luck" in Yiddish.

#BookishHanukkah #Chanukkah #Hanukkah #bookstodon #fifthcandle @bookstodonmy #BookishAdvent