Sarah Bas Tovim (lived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries) was a

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ish woman, author of ''Shloshe Shearim'' ("Three Portals") the most widely circulated of the ''

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-language prayer booklets intended mainly for

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women. Liptzin, Sol, ''A History of Yiddish Literature'', Jonathan David Publishers, Middle Village, NY, 1972. . pp.16-17. Dovid Katz refers to Sarah as Sora bas Toyvim and refers to another of her works that have survived, ''Sheker ha-kheyn''. Born in the small town of Satanov in the

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region of Ukraine, she claimed descent from

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Mordechai of Brisk. ''Shloshe Shearim'', written toward the end of her life, is a cautionary tale based on her own life. She tells of herself as a vain young woman, who came to the synagogue wearing jewels and gossiping and jesting during services, and of how she spent a sad life as a wanderer. Bas Tovim herself became a figure of Jewish legend, such as the story ''"Der Zivug"'' by I.L. Peretz, in which Bas Tovim is given hospitality and leaves behind a pair of golden slippers that eventually lead a young man to his proper bride. Because Bas Tovim was so well known, many

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during the 19th century attached her name to tkhines they created.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bas Tovim, Sarah 17th-century births 18th-century deaths Jewish women writers Jewish Ukrainian writers Ukrainian women writers Yiddish-language writers

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