Customer Reviews

Let's Celebrate Shabbat

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This book tells the story of a family preparing their Sabbath meal, but it does not give any mention of the religious context in which you are celebrating the Sabbath. That is what I was looking for, to teach my kids WHY we do the Sabbath, but this book does not have that.

This book is excellent for a two year old. I read this book to my class and they love it.

This book accurately describes - in rhyme - getting ready for Shabbos, lighting candles, making kiddush and hamotzi, and all with brightly colored characters. The characters are the same ones from the Pesach book, "Let's Have a Seder." Our 17-month old daughter loves this book.

This is a terrific, beautifully illustrated book for those introducing their small children to the Jewish observance of Shabbat. The illustrations are very special, and adorable animals accompany the family in their shabbat preparations and observances.

This is a delightful little book that would make a great gift to any "shomer Shabbat" Jewish family with a young child. When you're trying to raise a child in an observant household there aren't that many materials that reinforce what you are doing and allow the child to open a book and see essentially what goes on in his or her own home. In just a few thick pages (not a boardbook, but just about), it shows a Jewish family with two children, a boy and a girl, preparing for the holiday, then lighting the candles, sipping the wine, and sitting down to a nice Shabbat meal. But there's more: cute little animals (with yarmulkes no less) who populate the scene. Are these the imaginary animal friends of the children? The text gives no hint, but they're very cuddly and cute, and help add warmth to the already homey scenes.