When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw

When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw (Yiddish: ווען שלימואל איז געגאנגען קיין ווארשע) is a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer from his cycle about the Wise Men of Chełm.

The 1968 book When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories was a 1969 Newbery Honor book. The book contains eight stories: "Shrewd Todie and Lyzer the Miser"; "Tsirtsur and Peziza" (original 1967 title: A mayse vegn shretelekh un grilen); "Rabbi Leib and the Witch Cunegunde" (Yiddish title: R. Leyb Sore's un di makhsheyfe Kunegunde, 1967); "The Elders of Chelm and Genendel's Key"; "Shlemiel, the Businessman"; "Utzel and His Daughter Poverty"; "Menaseh's Dream" (Yiddih title: Der plats, 1967), and "When Shlemiel went to Warsaw".

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