Adi Mahalel, lecturer of Yiddish Studies at the University of Maryland, recalls fondly his discovery of Sholem Aleichem through the Hebrew translation available in his elementary school library, and cites the resultant desire for reading such tales in the original language as the impetus for his future of Yiddish studies.

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