Because of Yosef's devotion to honoring the Sabbath, he is given special protection by a great lion

Sabbath Lion: A Jewish Folktale from Algeria

Children's Books

Rush, Barbara

Schwartz, Howard

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins Childrens Books

The Sabbath Lion: A Jewish Folktale from Algeria

Yosuf starts off for Egypt, to claim his family's inheritance, but--when the caravan leader insists on traveling on the Sabbath--Yosuf fears he will die in the desert. By the editors of The Diamond Tree.

Harpercollins

An illustrated collection of traditional Jewish tales from various countries

The Wonder Child: & Other Jewish Fairy Tales

Bold, full-color artwork complements an international anthology of Jewish fairy tales, filled with shape-changers, giants, heroic adventures, and mysterious undersea realms.

1991 (edition) HarperCollins hardcover &amp; DJ (in mylar jacket), 5th printing. Beautiful color illustrations by Uri Shulevitz. Stories: The Giant Og and the Ark; Magic Pitcher; Chusham and the Wind; Katanya; Magic Sandals of Abu Kassim; Water Witch; Enormous Frog; Tale of Two Chickens: Palace of Bird Beaks; Diamond Tree; Moving a Mountain; Bear and the Children; The Goblin; Prince Who Thought He Was a Rooster; Angel's Wings; and Sources &amp; commentary.

The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World

SHULEVITZ, URI

A collection of Jewish traditional nursery tales from many different countries

Trophy Pr

Whenever anyone tells a tale, that tale sends a message to the listener. When a Jewish storyteller tells a tale in a Jewish setting, that tale sends a Jewish message. And when a Jewish woman tells a tale to other Jewish women, she sends a Jewish woman's message: how to act as a Jewish woman - toward her community, toward other people, and toward God. This book is a collection of such women's tales and an analysis of their messages. The Book of Jewish Women's Tales consists of seventy-five stories, told and transmitted within the last two generations by Jewish women from around the world - from places as diverse as Ethiopia, India, Azerbaijan, Yemen, Greece, Eastern Europe, Israel, and the United States. The majority of the stories were culled from the Israel Folktale Archives, a repository of almost 19,000 tales; others Barbara Rush collected personally. Each story begins with an introduction in which Rush identifies its origin, its theme and meaning, and any other pertinent information about the tale, such as the biblical or talmudic passages to which it relates. The volume also includes sources to encourage further study of Jewish women's tales. The book is divided into sections, including life-cycle events such as birth, marriage, motherhood, aging, and death; holidays in the yearly cycle and Shabbat; and sections dealing with women in Israel and the strength of women. Some of the tales read like traditional fairy tales filled with supernatural beings, fairy godmothers, and royalty; others are romantic tales; still others deal with rites of passage and conflicts between men and women or among women. The stories have two things in common: in all of them the women emerge as strong, victorious, and clever, and all of the stories, while they have universal appeal to women, contain distinctly Jewish messages. The heroine does not merely win her beloved; their children carry on the teachings of the Torah.

The Book of Jewish Women's Tales

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Jason Aronson, Inc.

A collection of Jewish folktales from around the world, including "The Lamp on the Mountain," "The Witch Barusha," "The Sabbath Walking Stick," and "The Fisherman and the Silver Fish."

Coat for the Moon and Other Jewish Tales

Schwartz, Dr. Howard

Geography & Cultures

The Jewish Publication Society

Presents stories, songs, crafts, recipes, games, and more related to various aspects of the celebration of the Jewish holiday of Passover.

The Kids' Catalog of Passover: A Worldwide Celebration of Stories, Songs, Customs, Crafts, Food, and Fun

Schwartz, Cherie Karo

Holidays & Celebrations

Jewish Pubn Society

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Sabbath Lion: A Jewish Folktale from Algeria

The Sabbath Lion: A Jewish Folktale from Algeria

The Wonder Child: & Other Jewish Fairy Tales

The Wonder Child: & Other Jewish Fairy Tales

The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World

The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World

The Sabbath Lion: A Jewish Folktale from Algeria

The Book of Jewish Women's Tales

Coat for the Moon and Other Jewish Tales

The Kids' Catalog of Passover: A Worldwide Celebration of Stories, Songs, Customs, Crafts, Food, and Fun