As a boy, Asher befriends Yudel Krinsky during Aryeh’s frequent travels to Eastern Europe to help persecuted Jews. Asher’s mother Rivkeh is often caught between him and his disapproving father. Though he doesn’t dislike his yeshiva studies, Asher struggles to have enough energy for both school and his art. The Ladover community, and Asher’s father in particular, believe that art is from the sitra achra and is therefore demonic in nature. Throughout his life, these two commitments create conflict in Asher’s mind, as well as between Asher and his parents and yeshiva teachers. From the time he is a little boy in Brooklyn, New York, Asher has ingenious instincts and a talent for drawing. He is the son of Aryeh Lev and Rivkeh Lev. Asher Lev is a Hasidic Jew and a gifted artist, a member of the somewhat insular and highly observant Ladover sect.
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