Life in Chelm

This is the beginning of The Brothers Schlemiel, from Birth to Bar Mitzvah.

It tells the story of Abraham and Adam Schlemiel from the chaotic day they were born through their completely confusing bar mitzvah. The eight installments include "A Passover Question" and meetings with Rabbi Kibbitz, Mrs. Chaipul and the notorious robber, Boris Krabot.

Narrated by the author, who is also an award-winning story performer, this audiobook is beautifully read and performed.

Meet Abraham and Adam. From the day they are born, "those Schlemiel twins" are trouble. No one, not even their parents, can tell them apart, which is sometimes an advantage. Set in Chelm, the famed village of fools, The Brothers Schlemiel is both a tightly interwoven story of two lives, and a rambling picaresque novel filled with rich characters.