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Why the Moon Only Glows [Hardcover]

Dina Rosenfeld (Author), Yehudit Holtzman (Author)
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From Scientific American

Even the rhymes don't interrupt Rosenfeld's flowing version of a popular midrash that explains how the moon, sun and stars became different in size - and teaches humility along the way.

From The New Yorker

Why the Moon Only Glows is a beautifully illustrated children's storybook explaining why the sun shines and the moon glows. Written by Dina Rosenfeld.
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Hachai Pubns (November 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0922613001
  • ISBN-13: 978-0922613007
  • Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,769,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Shining, March 29, 2002
This review is from: Why the Moon Only Glows (Hardcover)
As the author of this 29-page book notes in the forward, this lovely story is based on the Midrash of Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, known as Rashi. The great 11th century French teacher answers the question of why, if God made two great lights--one to rule the day and the other the night--He made them large and small.

God created the moon and sun the same size, Rashi explains. But then the moon objected to being equal in size to the sun. For this lack of humility, God reduced the moon's size and its shine from a blinding light to a soft glow.

In this story, two children ask their father why the moon appears smaller and less bright than the sun. Their father, Abba, answers in a lovely rhymed poem that teaches even small children to be happy with what they have, and not to begrudge others their good fortune. Alyssa A. Lappen

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