Workitu’s Passover

by Ben Hagai

Other authorsZahava Goshen (Author), Eden Spivak (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2024

Status

Available

Call number

H PS E HAG

Publication

Green Bean Books (2024), 32 pages

Description

It is another day at Workitu's village. As usual, she is awoken by the morning sounds of the village. However, for Workitu, something doesn't feel right. She knows that today, ahead of the Passover celebrations, she will have to break all of the crockery she had become so used to, including her favorite cup, the one she made all by herself. She can't help but feel that she will be losing something valuable and meaningful to her.Then, an incident makes her drop the cup she was holding on to the ground, breaking it into pieces. Workitu begins to cry, but then her auntie shares a secret she learned a long time ago, and Workitu is finally able to see this tradition in a new light: "It's good to break things sometimes. To let go of old things . . . I break, and then I make. All with the same hands."With beautiful illustrations throughout, this is a meaningful tale about the importance of letting go of the old to make space for the new, and how family traditions are passed on through generations.… (more)

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7145

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LibraryThing member jetangen4571
What do you know about the cultural practices of Jews who come from Ethiopia? One practice is to break all of the clay pots and other vessels, crush them into dust, mix them with some new clay and form them into new, then decorate and fire them in the kiln just before Passover. All things old are
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new again!
Translated into English by Jessica Bonn.
The illustrations by Eden Spivak are delightful, imaginative, clear, and colorful.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to anyone, and even to a school or teacher or your public library!
I requested and received a free temporary e-book on Adobe Digital Editions from Pen & Sword/Green Bean Books via NetGalley. Thank You!
out 02-28-2024
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ISBN

1784388998 / 9781784388997
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