This book is a unique anthology of folklore of the Jews of Eastern Europe. The basis for it was the collection of Efim Rize, who devoted more than half a century to the study of written sources, and most importantly, to the recording of oral traditions and legends that still existed among those for whom Yiddish was their native language. A huge layer of folklore in this language, which is going back into history, has reached us only in the records of Rize and, accordingly, is available only from this collection, which has already been translated into several European languages. Rize’s collection was systematized and prepared for publication by a specialist in Eastern European Jewish folklore, Valery Dymshits. The book is equipped with extensive scientific apparatus.