Full-colour comic art
Bright, warm comic pages that tell a true chassidic story faithfully.
Chassidic Stories · Comics · Book 1
A Chanukah Story of Rabbi Baruch of Mezhibuz, Grandson of the Baal Shem Tov · Ages 6–10
It is the first night of Chanukah in Mezhibuz, and a snowstorm is blowing. Rabbi Baruch, the grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, lights the menorah. The chassidim sing Chanukah songs — and then the little flame jumps up and is gone. “Do not light it again,” says the Rebbe. “It will come back.” Far away in the dark forest, a chassid is lost and in trouble. He wanted so much to be with his Rebbe for the Chanukah lights. Then he sees a small light on the road in front of him. A true chassidic Chanukah story, told through the eyes of young Yossele, in bright, warm comic art, with a Words to Know glossary and a page for parents. In English and in Portuguese. Read it together by the menorah, or give it as a Chanukah gift.
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Inside the book
Bright, warm comic pages that tell a true chassidic 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.
The same book in an English edition and a Portuguese (Brazil) edition.
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Paperback · Full colour · 26 pages · 8 × 10 in
It is the first night of Chanukah in Mezhibuz, and a snowstorm is blowing. Rabbi Baruch, the grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, lights the menorah, the chassidim sing — and then the little flame jumps up and is gone. “Do not light it again,” says the Rebbe. “It will come back.” Far away in the dark forest, a chassid is lost and in trouble. A true chassidic Chanukah story, retold for ages six to ten in full-colour comic art, with a Words to Know glossary and a page for parents.

Paperback · Full colour · 26 pages · 8 × 10 in
The Portuguese (Brazil) edition of The Vanishing Flame.
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