Sharing Blessings: Children's Stories for Exploring the Spirit of the Jewish Holidays
What is the spiritual message of each of the Jewish holidays?
How do we teach it to our children?
Many books tell children about the historical significance and customs of the holidays. Now, through engaging, creative stories about one family's spiritual preparation, Sharing Blessings explores ways to get into the spirit of the holidays all year long.
Musleah, mother and journalist, and Klayman, father and rabbi, gently give our children the spiritual message and help adult and child explore it together. For 13 different holidays and festivals, there is a story about David, Ilana, and their mom and dad�a story focusing on the spiritual value embodied in each holiday.
Being afraid of the dark, taking a walk in the woods with Grandpa, arguments between David and Ilana, sharing family photos; all become opportunities for learning about how each holiday's meaning is related to our daily life. Each story begins with a brief explanation of the holiday and concludes with a special prayer that child and adult can share to bring the spiritual meaning of the holiday into their own lives.
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Book details
- Author
- Rahel Musleah, Michael Klayman
- Illustrator
- Mary O'Keefe Young
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 64
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Ages
- 6-10
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism
- Topics
- Jewish spirituality · religious education · family faith traditions · Shabbat · Rosh Hashanah · Yom Kippur
- ISBN-13
- 9781879045712 (Hardcover)9781683362937 (Paperback)
About the authors
RAHEL MUSLEAH is a journalist whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, Hadassah, and Publishers Weekly. Her books include Apples and Pomegranates: A Family Seder for Rosh Hashanah and Why on This Night? A Passover Haggadah for Family Celebration.
Musleah is an award-winning journalist and has also recorded a CD of Jewish melodies.
Rahel lives in New York.
RABBI MICHAEL KLAYMAN is a pulpit rabbi who has served congregations in Florida, New Jersey, and New York, and is co-author, with Rahel Musleah, of Sharing Blessings: Children’s Stories for Exploring the Spirit of the Jewish Holidays.
Klayman became rabbi of the Lake Success Jewish Center in 2008 and served as President of the Great Neck Clergy Association.
When not writing, Klayman led a creative Hebrew School and initiated diversity and dialogue programs bringing together people of various faiths, sharing Sabbath and holiday messages through North Shore TV.