Twenty pages of full-colour art
Bright, warm comic pages that tell a classic Baal Shem Tov story faithfully.
The Baal Shem Tov Stories · Comics · Book 2
A Baal Shem Tov Story for Children · Ages 6–10
It is Yom Kippur in the town of the holy Baal Shem Tov. A great danger hangs over a far-away village, and the Rebbe davens with all his might; his talmidim daven from the depths of their hearts, and the whole shul cries out to Heaven. At the back stands a shepherd boy who cannot read a single word. He has no siddur and no words — but he has a voice, and when the gates are closing at Ne’ilah he does the only thing he knows how to do. The Baal Shem Tov’s beloved Yom Kippur story, with his parable of the king’s lost son who forgot his father’s language, retold faithfully for children in twenty pages of bright, warm comic art, with a Words to Know glossary and a page for parents. Read it together before Yom Kippur, or give it as a Yom Tov gift.
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Inside the book
Bright, warm comic pages that tell a classic Baal Shem Tov story faithfully.
A short glossary of the Hebrew and Yiddish words in the story.
Where the story comes from, and what to talk about together.
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Paperback · Full colour · 24 pages · 8 × 10 in
It is Yom Kippur in the town of the holy Baal Shem Tov. A great danger hangs over a far-away village, and the whole shul cries out to Heaven — while at the back stands a shepherd boy who cannot read a single word. When the gates are closing at Ne’ilah, he does the only thing he knows how to do. The Baal Shem Tov’s beloved Yom Kippur story, with the parable of the king’s lost son who forgot his father’s language, retold faithfully for ages six to ten in twenty pages of full-colour comic art, with a Words to Know glossary and a page for parents.
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