Shlomo and Rivka, farmers in the town of Chelm, own hens that lay eggs but wish they could get milk, and when their daughter says that cows produce milk because they eat grass, they decide to feed the hens grass so they will give milk too.

Jewish hypnotist and acrobat mingles with all classes in 19th-century Poland, but is accepted by none. An account of an exceptional individual's struggle with evil.

Explains how a botched mission by two angels created the town of fools known as Chelm.

Presents ten holiday stories set in the tiny Jewish village of Chelm, where it is said that the angels distributing silliness throughout the world tipped their bowls and spilled it all.