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One of this language's "three classics" authors wrote a story in which a heavenly court reviews the (0[1])sufferings of a man dubbed "the Silent." An author whose pen name came from this language's phrase for "peace be upon you" (0[1])created a protagonist who "blows a small fortune" (0[1])after two women pay (0[1])him to take them (20[1])through a forest on his wagon. (20[2])In a story in this language, (20[1])a man learns from his dying wife that their children all resulted from affairs (20[6]0[1])shortly before (20[2]0[1])the Spirit (20[1])of Evil tells him (20[1])to (20[1])(*) urinate into his (10[2]0[1])dough. (10[7])The (10[1])Tevye (10[2])("TEV-yuh") the Dairyman stories and "Gimpel (10[1])the Fool" (10[1])were written (10[1])in this language by Sholem Aleichem (0[1])("SHOH-lum ah-LAY-khum") and Isaac Bashevis Singer. (10[1])For 10 points, what largely Germanic language is used by Ashkenazi Jews? (10[2])■END■ (10[7]0[3])

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