Around the World in One Shabbat: Jewish People Celebrate the Sabbath Together

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Around the World in One Shabbat: Jewish People Celebrate the Sabbath Together Pub. Date: 2/15/2011 Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing

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Take your child on a colorful adventure to share the many ways Jewish people celebrate Shabbat around the world. Shabbat Shalom!

Beginning in an old Jerusalem market Friday morning, shopping for foods to make Shabbat meals special
Setting a beautiful Sabbath table in Australia Friday afternoon
Lighting Shabbat candles with a family in Turkey
Singing zemirot with relatives in Russia
Making hamotzi as a congregation in the United States
Parading the Torah scrolls at Shabbat morning services in a synagogue in Germany
Relaxing in the peace of Shabbat day in Canada
Enjoying a special Sabbath afternoon meal in Morocco
From Israel to Thailand, from Ethiopia to Argentina, you and your children are invited to share the diverse Sabbath traditions that come alive in Jewish homes and synagogues around the world each week—and to celebrate life with Jewish people everywhere.

A 2012 Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Younger Readers

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Publishers Weekly

Bernhard uses a global, child-centric approach to explore traditions and rituals that accompany the Sabbath. Each spread tells the story of a different child; in Buenos Aires, Alicia awakens from a nap and helps her sister braid challah, while in Istanbul Leyla joins her brother and parents around the table ("The golden rays of sunset bring a feeling of peace as Shabbat begins"). As Bernhard moves from France and Canada to Ethiopia and Thailand, warm, genial paintings add to an overall sense of serenity and community. The lyricism of the vignettes belies just how much information Bernhard packs into the book—it's an excellent resource. Ages 3–6. (Apr.)

Children's Literature

Early on Friday morning, Avi, Rachel, and their grandmother begin preparations for the arrival of the Sabbath. They go to an open air market in Jerusalem where they buy food for the weekly meal. This is the first stop on a round-the-world trip to meet Jewish families in Argentina, Australia, Turkey, Russia, Germany, France, and the U.S. As an old camp song says, "Wherever you go, there's always someone Jewish," even in Thailand and Ethiopia. The lovely line through the book is that there is an easily traceable connection between the Sabbath preparations in each country as mothers light candles, fathers offer blessings, grandparents sing songs, and children anxiously await the Sabbath bride. Author Bernhard does an admirable job of capturing the feelings of peace and tranquility that should be associated with Sabbath. The text calls out for a hushed reading so as not to disturb the peace and solemnity of the occasion. Countries like Thailand seem unlikely sites for a Jewish Sabbath observance, so a little research will be called for to ascertain that, indeed, there is a Jewish community in every country mentioned, some more ancient than the reader might expect. The Russian entry talks about the family's hard-won freedom to practice their religion. The German community inaugurates a new synagogue to welcome the Sabbath. In America, the congregational rabbi is female. The book concludes in Israel with Havdalah, the beautiful and fragrant end of the Sabbath observance and the beginning of the work week. Families may want to make this book a regular part of their own weekly observance as it so perfectly captures the tranquil tone of Friday night dinner and a day of rest. Reviewer: Lois Rubin Gross

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Gr 1–3—On Friday morning, Avi and Rachel accompany their grandmother to the market in Jerusalem to purchase the ingredients for their Sabbath meal. In Buenos Aires, Alicia and her sister help to make challah. Leyla and David watch as their mother lights the Sabbath candles in Istanbul, and Isaac listens to his grandfather recite the blessing over the wine in St. Petersburg, Russia. Young girls in France and America, and a boy in Germany, celebrate Shabbat in the synagogue while children in Casablanca, Thailand, and India spend Saturday afternoon with their families. The book concludes with Avi and Rachel, saying good-bye to Shabbat through the havdalah ceremony. A full page of text in a small font narrates each family's experience and is accompanied by pleasant watercolors illustrating the rituals and the unique settings. The Shabbat blessings, in Hebrew and English, are integrated nicely into the text. While Tami Lehman-Wilzig's Passover Around the World (2007) and Hanukkah Around the World (2009, both Kar-Ben) are more comprehensive, Bernhard successfully provides an introduction to Shabbat rituals, prayers, and customs, and many vibrant Jewish communities.—Rachel Kamin, North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, Highland Park, IL

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781580234337
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Publication date: 2/15/2011
Pages: 32
Sales rank: 573,223
Age range: 4 - 7 Years
Product dimensions: 11.30 (w) x 8.60 (h) x 0.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Durga Yael Bernhard has authored and illustrated many books for children, including multicultural books such as A Ride on Mother's Back, an American Bookseller Pick of the List; Happy New Year; and While You Are Sleeping. Her lift-the-flap book In the Fiddle Is a Song was a Child Magazine Best Book of the Year, and won the Please Touch Children's Museum of Philadelphia Award.

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