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It is Friday evening, and the sun is about to set. If you are Jewish, you are probably getting ready to light candles, say blessings, and eat delicious food. What is the special occasion? It is the Sabbath, or the Day of Rest.
The bible tells how God created the world in six days, and on the seventh day God rested. This day was called the Sabbath.
Molly Cone's clear, informative text and Emily Lisker's warm paintings present the cultural and historical origins of the Sabbath and the many meaningful traditions that are still practiced today. Instructions for making your own challah bread and challah cover round out this celebration of a very special day of thanks, rest, and renewal.
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About the Author:
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Molly Cone is the author of more than forty books for children. Her Mishmash was selected in 1962 as one of the New York Times 100 Outstanding Books for Young Readers. Ms. Cone lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband.
Emily Lisker was born in New York City and studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. She has illustrated several books for children, including A Hanukkah Treasury (Holt, 1998) by Eric Kimmel, When The Beginning Began (Harcourt, 1999) by Julius Lester, and The Story of Shabbat by Molly Cone. Ms. Lisker lives in a hundred-year-old house in Rhode Island with her husband and their canine and feline children.
Cone (Who Knows Ten?: Children's Tales of the Ten Commandments) updates her 1966 The Jewish Sabbath in a lively edition newly illustrated by Lisker (When the Beginning Began). Viewing Shabbat through a variety of lenses, the text ranges gracefully through history, ritual and folklore. Cone can be compelling and evocative: "A person thinks a little bigger on the Sabbath. A person stands a little taller on the Sabbath. A person is a person on the Sabbath." She admirably streamlines complex ideas. For example, she describes a poem about a prince turned into a dog by a witch's spell, except that he is restored to his human form every Sabbath. Then she adds: "The poem was not just a fairy tale, for Jews often felt persecuted in those days. Only on the Sabbath did those Jews feel like themselves again." Lisker's acrylics, rendered in dense, saturated colors and bold shapes, have an edginess that serves the book well when brought to bear on historical subjects, such as the Jews' Egyptian servitude, but the contemporary family scenes are problematic. Readers may appreciate her efforts to show diversity, as in a picture of what appears to be a Falasha family eating challah. Lisker's fans, however, may miss the folkish warmth and exuberance of her previous works: many of the modern celebrants here seem less reverent or uplifted than simply glum. Instructions for making challah and a challah cover conclude the volume. Ages 7-10. (Apr.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherDiane Pub Co
- ISBN 10 0756756189
- ISBN 13 9780756756185
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages30
- IllustratorLisker Emily
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