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[2006]., Jewish Lights Pub. Call No: GN SHE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jewish and American folklore are combined in this witty and original collection of comic Jewish folk tales creatively retold and set on the western frontier of the 1870s. Part wild west sheriff, part old world rabbi. After finishing school in New York, Rabbi Harvey traveled west in search of adventure and, hopefully, work as a rabbi. Like any good collection of Jewish folktales, these stories contain layers of humor and timeless wisdom that will entertain both adults and young readers.
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c2002., Clarion Books Call No: 296.1 CHAIKIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of eighteen stories based on the Bible which tell how angels respond to God's commands to ease the way for Moses and the Israelites as they cross the wilderness after being freed from slavery in Egypt.
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2000, c1996., Juvenile, August House Littlefolk Call No: Folklore 398.2 FOREST Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a man goes to the wise old woman who lives nearby for advice.
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1999, c1995., Primary, Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers Call No: 398.2 SAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Zundel the tailor wears out his beautiful coat, he continues to make smaller and smaller garments from the material that is left.
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[2022]., Pre-adolescent, Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: FANTASY F PAS Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Pesah has lived with leprosy for years, and the twins have spent most of that time working on a cure. Then Pesah has a vision: The Angel of Death will come for him on Rosh Hashanah, just one month away. So Ziva takes her brother and runs away to find doctors who can cure him. But when they meet and accidentally free a half-demon boy, he suggests paying his debt by leading them to the fabled city of Luz, where no one ever dies--the one place Pesah will be safe. They just need to run faster than The Angel of Death can fly..."--From the publisher's web site.
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2023., Pre-adolescent, Versify Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Ever since he was diagnosed with leprosy, Pesah and his fraternal twin Ziva have devoted their lives to finding a cure for his disease. Though Pesah lives separately on the family's property in the Turkic Jewish empire of Khazaria, his uncle doctor recommends that he move to a commune with other leprosy victims. Soon after, Pesah has a dream that the Angel of Death will be coming for him on Rosh Hashanah. Unwilling to accept Pesah's fate, Ziva flees with him to find a cure before the new year. With help from a half-demon boy named Almas who they help along the way, Ziva and Pesah learn of the city of Luz, a place where the Angel of Death cannot go and no one ever dies. The trio embarks on a journey to circumvent their fate by reaching Luz before the Angel reaches them.
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[1997]., Preschool, Puffin books Call No: E Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Puffin easy-to-read.Summary Note: Bothered by his noisy house, a man goes to a wise man for advice.
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c2009., Primary, Holiday House Call No: E Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A skeptical visitor to the village of Nemirov finds out where its rabbi really goes just before the Jewish New Year, when the villagers claim he goes to heaven to speak to God.
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c2007., Juvenile, Tundra Books of Northern New York Tundra Books of Northern New York Call No: Folklore 398.2 UNGAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Reuven, being the smallest and fastest of his friends, learns an important lesson when he is challenged to follow the rabbi to find out where the man disappears to each year on the day before Rosh Hashanah.
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2005., Primary, August House Littlefolk Call No: Folklore 398.2 FOREST Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A wise rabbi uses a pillow full of feathers to teach a gossipy villager a lesson.
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c1996., Clarion Books Call No: E Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
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c1996., Clarion Books Call No: E WIS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps his watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
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c1996, Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: 398.21 WI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
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c1996., Clarion Books Call No: E Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
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c1996., Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: Folklore 398.2 WISNIEWSKI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
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c1996., Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: 398 WIS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
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Call No: 398.2089924 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The story of Maimonides, whose morality was tested by a sultan, and other traditional Jewish tales.
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1976., Juvenile, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: 398 ZEM Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a poor man goes to the Rabbi for advice.
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2005, Primary, Viking Call No: E Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Thirteen brief, illustrated, traditional Jewish tales, each accompanied by an appropriate saying.
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c2007., Primary, Dutton Children's Books Call No: E Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A retelling of the midrash about the creation of light.