Retells the story of Joseph, who is rewarded for honoring the Sabbath by being generous to others even after he, himself, becomes poor.

"The Yaga siblings--Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist--have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive a mysterious inheritance, the siblings are reunited--only to discover that their bequest isn't land or money, but something far stranger: a sentient house on chicken legs. Thistlefoot, as the house...

A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments until nothing remains.

When his sins threaten the lives of his beloved twin children, a Jewish man finally repents of his wicked ways.

Children learn about the the human skeleton. Other stories add to the collection.