Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) was a Nobel laureate and one of the greatest Jewish-American writers of the twentieth century. During his life, he wrote dozens of novels and many short stories for adults and children. The characters of the Passion collection of short stories are scattered by fate all over the world, survived the Disaster and managed to maintain faith in goodness and nobility, as well as the ability to laugh at themselves. They love and hate, study the Torah and sin, philosophize and do stupid things - in general, they live. The literary merits of these stories have been highly appreciated by readers in many countries around the world.