Midnight Convoy & Other Stories leaders Drawing on the Bible and

Drawing on the Bible and rabbinic literature

Let the Torah speak for itself

and ritual purity and impurity

Dan Lavi is a young diplomat sent by Ben-Gurion to serve as the country’s first ambassador to Berlin

it devotes considerable space to the general halakhot of synagogues and Torah readings

Midnight Convoy & Other Stories leaders Drawing on the Bible andS. Yizhar (1916 2006) was an innovator of modern Hebrew literature. Born in Rehovot to a family of writers, his work is characterized by a unique use of language that combines literary Hebrew with street jargon. While he worked as a professor of education and served as a Member of Knesset he published many works, including novels, novellas, short stories and childrens books. Midnight Convoy & Other Stories is a comprehensive collection of his short