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Ruchama, a wigmaker from an ultra-orthodox Brooklyn enclave, journeys into Manhattan for inspiration, frequenting a newsstand where she flips through forbidden fashion magazines. An elderly Jew with a long, white beard reluctantly works as a department store Santa Claus every year - until he can take it no longer. And a Hasidic man, frustrated by his wife''s lack of interest, gets a dispensation from a rabbi to see a prostitute for the relief of unbearable urges.

For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

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    Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
    Publication Date: 25/06/2020
    ISBN13: 9781474611091, 978-1474611091
    ISBN10: 1474611095
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    Book Synopsis
    Ruchama, a wigmaker from an ultra-orthodox Brooklyn enclave, journeys into Manhattan for inspiration, frequenting a newsstand where she flips through forbidden fashion magazines. An elderly Jew with a long, white beard reluctantly works as a department store Santa Claus every year - until he can take it no longer. And a Hasidic man, frustrated by his wife''s lack of interest, gets a dispensation from a rabbi to see a prostitute for the relief of unbearable urges.

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