A creepy rich man who lived in our town
As a boy, Zolf was employed as a yard-hand by a wealthy Jew, an overweight recluse who in addition to being a great miser, was also a great hypochondriac. He had a collection of medical textbooks, and kept all kinds of medical preparations in jars and bottles scattered everywhere throughout his house. In Chapter Eight, the author describes how Reb Shaul Nakhum appeared to him as a young boy:
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