Around the World in One Shabbat: Jewish People Celebrate the Sabbath Together
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.
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Book details
- Author
- Yael Berghard
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Juvenile Nonfiction › Religion › Judaism
- Topics
- Judaism · Jewish traditions · world cultures · synagogue · children's religious education · Israel · Sabbath celebration
- ISBN-13
- 9781580234337
About the author
DURGA YAEL BERGHARD is a fine art painter, illustrator, and children’s book author who has authored and illustrated over thirty picture books spanning fiction, nonfiction, multicultural folktales, and natural science titles. Her books include In the Fiddle Is a Song and A Ride on Mother’s Back.
Berghard’s work has earned several honors, including a Child Magazine Best Book of the Year designation and the Please Touch Children’s Museum of Philadelphia Award for In the Fiddle Is a Song, and an American Bookseller Pick of the List for A Ride on Mother’s Back.
When she’s not writing, Berghard teaches and studies West African dance and drum. She is also an educator based in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.
Durga lives in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.