Twilight

Ruach Ami #4

by Avner Gold (pseudonym), Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Twilight by Avner Gold is the fourth volume in the Ruach Series published by C.I.S./ Publications Division. It adds yet another chapter to the fascinating saga of the Pulichever family, which began with The Promised Child and continued with The Dream and The Year of the Sword. Twilight is set in Poland less than ten years after the Cossack uprisings of 5408 (1648) and 5409 (1649), the infamous years of Tach and Tat, as described in The Year of the Sword. The painful memories of the Cossack sword are still fresh in the minds of the survivors, but there is also hope. The darkness enveloping the Kingdom of Poland is beginning to fade at the edges. It is twilight, that fragile moment that is not quite night and not quite day. It is a time to bind up wounds and begin to build for the future once again. During this twilight time a new element is introduced. Many people hear the footsteps of Mashiach in the fading darkness. It gives them strength and courage, but it also opens a dangerous door. The next volume in the series, The Impostor, describes what happens when the false mashiach Shabbesei Tzvi steps through this door in one of the most disastrous episodes of our history.

Genres: Jewish, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

126 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1985

About the author

Yaakov Yosef Reinman is an American Orthodox rabbi and writer, historian, and scholar. His monographs and articles have appeared in many Jewish periodicals and his study of Talmudic contractual law is a text used in yeshivas throughout the world. His Ruach Ami series is written under the pen name Avner Gold.

Reinman is the author of sefer Shufra Dishtara, an analytical study of the philosophy of Talmudic contractual law, which is utilized as a text in yeshiva studies. He also co-authored the book One People, Two Worlds: A Reform Rabbi and an Orthodox Rabbi Explore the Issues That Divide Them with Reform Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch. A fluent speaker of several languages, Reinman has also become known as a translator for ancient Jewish texts into English.

He is a descendant of the Narol, and his first wife, Shami (Shlomtzie) née Rubin was a descendant of the Nadvorna Chasidic dynasties.

Reinman lives in Lakewood Township, New Jersey.