Annette B. Fromm is an associate editor and review editor of the online journal Sephardic Horizons. Marc Eliany is the chairman and founder of the Jewish Moroccan Museum and Archive.

With this volume, Marc Eliany becomes a transformational agent who introduces to readers the tales of Seha that he heard in his family oral tradition. The sage-clown, who could also be a trickster and a fool, represents two aspects of wisdom in the folklore of many peoples. Seha joins a gallery of Jewish wise-clowns in Ashkenazic and Sephardic narratives.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Seha, A Man for All SeasonsPart One: Tales of Seha the SageChapter One: Seha at Rabbi A’mar’s RockChapter Two: Seha the Beggar, Elijah, and CharityChapter Three: Charity and Education in the Moroccan InteriorChapter Four: Tales of Compassion and GossipChapter Five: Population Surveys and Birth RegistersChapter Six: Modesty and HappinessChapter Seven: Love and CompassionChapter Eight: Prestige and Social StratificationChapter Nine: Mutual Help and ReciprocityChapter Ten: Mutual Aid OrganizationsChapter Eleven: Amulets and Good FortuneChapter Twelve: French Education, Urbanization, and ModernizationChapter Thirteen: Dar al Makhzen, House of Government and Dar a Siba, House of RebellionChapter Fourteen: Craftsmen and Priests in AghamatChapter Fifteen: Yearning for Redemption in Jewish MoroccoChapter Sixteen: Pilgrimages, Sainthood, and Miracle Making Chapter Seventeen: Artistic Creation and the Moroccan Jewish DiasporaChapt

Annette B. Fromm is an associate editor and review editor of the online journal Sephardic Horizons. Marc Eliany is the chairman and founder of the Jewish Moroccan Museum and Archive.

With this volume, Marc Eliany becomes a transformational agent who introduces to readers the tales of Seha that he heard in his family oral tradition. The sage-clown, who could also be a trickster and a fool, represents two aspects of wisdom in the folklore of many peoples. Seha joins a gallery of Jewish wise-clowns in Ashkenazic and Sephardic narratives.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Seha, A Man for All SeasonsPart One: Tales of Seha the SageChapter One: Seha at Rabbi A’mar’s RockChapter Two: Seha the Beggar, Elijah, and CharityChapter Three: Charity and Education in the Moroccan InteriorChapter Four: Tales of Compassion and GossipChapter Five: Population Surveys and Birth RegistersChapter Six: Modesty and HappinessChapter Seven: Love and CompassionChapter Eight: Prestige and Social StratificationChapter Nine: Mutual Help and ReciprocityChapter Ten: Mutual Aid OrganizationsChapter Eleven: Amulets and Good FortuneChapter Twelve: French Education, Urbanization, and ModernizationChapter Thirteen: Dar al Makhzen, House of Government and Dar a Siba, House of RebellionChapter Fourteen: Craftsmen and Priests in AghamatChapter Fifteen: Yearning for Redemption in Jewish MoroccoChapter Sixteen: Pilgrimages, Sainthood, and Miracle Making Chapter Seventeen: Artistic Creation and the Moroccan Jewish DiasporaChapt

Annette B. Fromm is an associate editor and review editor of the online journal Sephardic Horizons. Marc Eliany is the chairman and founder of the Jewish Moroccan Museum and Archive.

With this volume, Marc Eliany becomes a transformational agent who introduces to readers the tales of Seha that he heard in his family oral tradition. The sage-clown, who could also be a trickster and a fool, represents two aspects of wisdom in the folklore of many peoples. Seha joins a gallery of Jewish wise-clowns in Ashkenazic and Sephardic narratives.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Seha, A Man for All SeasonsPart One: Tales of Seha the SageChapter One: Seha at Rabbi A’mar’s RockChapter Two: Seha the Beggar, Elijah, and CharityChapter Three: Charity and Education in the Moroccan InteriorChapter Four: Tales of Compassion and GossipChapter Five: Population Surveys and Birth RegistersChapter Six: Modesty and HappinessChapter Seven: Love and CompassionChapter Eight: Prestige and Social StratificationChapter Nine: Mutual Help and ReciprocityChapter Ten: Mutual Aid OrganizationsChapter Eleven: Amulets and Good FortuneChapter Twelve: French Education, Urbanization, and ModernizationChapter Thirteen: Dar al Makhzen, House of Government and Dar a Siba, House of RebellionChapter Fourteen: Craftsmen and Priests in AghamatChapter Fifteen: Yearning for Redemption in Jewish MoroccoChapter Sixteen: Pilgrimages, Sainthood, and Miracle Making Chapter Seventeen: Artistic Creation and the Moroccan Jewish DiasporaChapt