Author: CHAIKIN, MIRIAM
Title: The Seventh Day the Story of the Jewish Sabbath
Description: Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385149190. Illustrated by David Frampton. Hardcover is red with gold lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight; appears almost as if unused. Original B/W woodcuts by David Frampton. "Rather than being a time of deprivation, of doing without, the Sabbath is for observant Jews the most joyous holiday of all and a time for celebration. The cares of daily life are set aside and a new, spiritual life is entered into as they keep this covenant with the Lord and praise creation. For them, the Sabbath is the queen of days and they, rich and poor alike, are king" . ; Woodcuts; 6 3/4 x 9 1/2; 47 pages; Cover has light bumping, shelf wear, slightly more bumping at head and tail of spine. DJ has light rubbing/scuffing, 1 3/4" tear at bottom of front to flap; 1 1/4" closed tear at bottom of back.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0385149190 Sabbath; Shabbas; Religion; Judaism; Jewish History; Religious History; Jewish Holidays; Art; Artists; Juvenile Women/Womens' History Cultural History Education Art Judaism/Jewish History/Jews Religion Reference Anthropology/Language/Linguistic


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