Pegasus Books: Jewish Holidays and Festivals
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The Seventh Day the Story of the Jewish Sabbath
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 .
-- Boeknummer: 5250
USD 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 9]
Catalogus: Jewish Holidays and Festivals
Trefwoorden: 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
How Yussel Caught the Gefilte Fish a Shabbos Story
New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1999. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 0525454497. Illustrated by Katya Krenina. Hardcover is illustrated, glazed boards. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Pages are not numbered. Lavishly illustrated with exuberant, colorful paintings. Includes a glossary and recipe for gefilte fish. "But in a satisfying ending that captures Yussel's flash of revelation from his enlarged participation in this family occasion, it is really the Sabbath that works its miracles....story springs from the sort of universal traditions that draw people close and create in children both memory and understanding....." Lovely juvenile tale. ; Color Illustrations; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4; Unpaginated pages; Cover has light bumping; tidy, pen gift inscription near spine on front end paper. DJ has light rubbing/scuffing, minor shelf wear.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Boeknummer: 5251
USD 10.25 [Appr.: EURO 9.75]
Catalogus: Jewish Holidays and Festivals
Trefwoorden: 0525454497 Judaism; Jewish History; Jewish Holidays; Holidays; Holiday Observances; Sabbath; Jewish Sabbath; Juvenile Religion; Juvenile Literature; Historical Fiction Juvenile Women/Womens' History Fiction Cultural History Education European History Art
Happy Passover Rosie
New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1990. Third Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 0805012214. Illustrated by Jane Breskin Zalben. Hardcover is brown with gold lettering on spine. SIGNED AND DATED, 1999, BY THE AUTHOR, WHO IS ALSO THE ILLUSTRATOR on front end paper. Overall, pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Pages not numbered, 21 pages in total. Ilustrated with 15 colorful drawings. The back of the book has a picture of the Seder plate, along with an page opposite explaining the items. Also includes 'The Four Questions', in English on the verso [left] page, and in Hebrew on the recto [right] page. Rosie is the youngest of the family, this Passover [Pesach] Seder, so she has the important job of asking the 'Four Questions; ' whose answers are the story of Passover and the Exodus. An utterly delightful book for any child, explaining the story of Passover, and the preparations that must be done to make the home Kosher for Passover. ; Color Illustrations; 0.5 x 7.75 x 7.25 Inches; Unpaginated pages; Cover has minor shelf wear and bumping; title page has two small pinkish stains on edge, near lower corner. DJ has light shelf wear; in a mylar cover. ; Signed by Author & Illustrator. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Boeknummer: 9321
USD 16.75 [Appr.: EURO 15.75]
Catalogus: Jewish Holidays and Festivals
Trefwoorden: 0805012214 Judaism; Jewish History; Religion; Religious History; Jewish Holidays; Holidays; Observances; Juvenile Fiction: Juvenile Religion; Juvenile Cultural History Education Art Judaism/Jewish History/Jews Religion Anthropology/Language/Linguistics So
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