Original Wraps. 8vo. 15 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. 'How the Sparrows Taught Chumash'. Yiddish childrens fable. With frontispiece woodcut portrait of Shtaynbarg by Arthur Kolnik. Published in Jassy (Iasi) , Romania; a center of rich cultural activity in Yiddish in the post holocaust period. Eliezer Shteynbarg (1880–1932) , Yiddish writer and educator. “As the most distinguished figure in the Tshernovitser Yidisher Shulfareyn (Czernowitz Association of Jewish Schools) and in the Jewish Cultural Association of Romania (founded in 1921) , Shteynbarg played a leading role in the cultural life of Romanian Jews. … At a very young age, Shteynbarg had written children’s stories and plays in Yiddish for the students in the school he directed, as well as fables for adults. ” - YIVO Encyclopedia. Subjects: Yiddish literature – Childrens. Yiddish Literature – Romania. OCLC lists 7 copies. Wraps aged, lightly foxed and soiled; otherwise fresh. Good condition. (HOLO2-118-3)