The Cantor's Son, Sholem Aleikhem's masterpiece, is here offered to the reader in a new, complete and revised edition of the original text, presented in Modern Standardized Yiddish Ortorgraphy. The text is accompanied by an "Afterword" by Prof. Chone Shmeruk treating the evolution of the narrative, and by a detailed textual apparatus. In the Yiddish-Yiddish glossary are listed words and expressions that are not to be found in current dictionaries.