For her twelth birthday, Emma receives a special Mitzvah Machine which helps her discover her Jewish identity and the true meaning of becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
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Grade 4-6-- A rather unique approach to the theme of a girl discovering and becoming fascinated with her religious heritage. Emma's 12th birthday gift from an uncle living in Jerusalem is a computerlike machine that is shaped like the tablet of the ten commandments and bears the name "Mitzvah Machine." To Emma's completely nonobservant Jewish family, it's a nonsense gift. As the girl goes about her usual routines of school, friends, and family life, however, the messages on the machine's screen challenge, guide, and teach her. Emma and her friends are very real youngsters, and the characters and story line will hold readers' interest. Emma befriends a homeless man for whom she collects food from her neighbors and is jealous when her best friend, Danny, seems to be too interested in another classmate. The climax of the story comes when Emma, because of the Mitzvah Machine's influence, becomes bat mitzvah, with Uncle Izzy traveling to America for the occasion. Entertaining and a little different. --Ruth Shire, Mount Vernon Public Library, NY
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Two strangers arrived on Emma Ansky-Levine's block I during the week of her twelfth birthday, September 10. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mitzvah Machine, Uncle Izzy, Rabbi Jacobsen, Deborah Schott, Ten Commandments, King Ahasuerus, Beth Shalom, Emma Ansky-Levine, Queen Esther, Danny Rosen, Memorial Day, Richie Finestone, Bruce Levine, Haftarah Ki Tavo, Reba Klein, Robbie Krieger, Eighth Commandment, Keppy the Enormous Dog, Mount Sinai, Rachel Korn, Rosh Hashanah, The Presence of the Lord, Danny's Hebrew New!
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Two strangers arrived on Emma Ansky-Levine's block I during the week of her twelfth birthday, September 10. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mitzvah Machine, Uncle Izzy, Rabbi Jacobsen, Deborah Schott, Ten Commandments, King Ahasuerus, Beth Shalom, Emma Ansky-Levine, Queen Esther, Danny Rosen, Memorial Day, Richie Finestone, Bruce Levine, Haftarah Ki Tavo, Reba Klein, Robbie Krieger, Eighth Commandment, Keppy the Enormous Dog, Mount Sinai, Rachel Korn, Rosh Hashanah, The Presence of the Lord, Danny's Hebrew New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- On the Third Day by Piers Paul Read on page 36
- Teaching Jewish Life Cycle by Barbara Binder Kadden on page 35, page 40, and Back Matter
- Teaching Mitzvot: Concepts, Values and Activities by Barbara Kadden on page 130
- Children's Books About Religion: by Patricia P Dole on page 129
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