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The Last of the Just Summary & Study Guide Description
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Ernie Levy is the last of the family of Levy to be a Lamed-Vovnik, a Just Man. His story takes place during the years leading up to and during World War II, but the book's story begins in the year 1185, with a slaughter of Jewish men, women and children in York, England. The legend of the Just Men is that God granted that there would be thirty-six men during each generation who would be labeled the Lamed-Vovnik, or the Just Men. Their job, whether they know it or not, is to take on the pain and suffering of all the world, for without even one of the thirty-six, the suffering of the world would be so great that all mankind would cease to exist.
The story begins with the source of the legend and follows quickly through a dozen generations of Levy men before coming to Ernie...
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