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Why does the band follow Rechele to the bathhouse before her wedding?
In the beginning of the second part of Satan in Goray, Rechele is followed to the mikveh (bathhouse) by a band when she visits for the first time before her wedding:
Chinkele the Pious daily for ...
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Why does the fool recite this depressing verse at the wedding in "Satan in Goray"?
In the beginning of the second half of Satan in Goray, at the wedding of Reb Itche Mates and Rechele, the following scene appears:
Before covering the bride's head he recited an interminable prayer. ...
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