The Always Prayer Shawl

by Sheldon Oberman

Book Overview

"Some things change. And some things don't." That simple truth, whispered in a synagogue, echoes throughout this deeply felt picture book. Adam, a young Jewish boy in czarist Russia, must flee his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878093223
• ISBN13: 9781878093226
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Grade 2 to Kindergarten

Customer Reviews

Tremendous

This was a moving Jewish Story. It is an amazing picture book about the changes and staying the same that is life in the Jewish world view. It is the story of a family prayer shawl that gets passed down from generation to generation, from grandfather to grandson. It is a powerful book about tradition, and family and the power of blessing and the traditional sense of inheritance. (First written as Journal Reading Notes in 1999.)

Family, tradition, Jewish life, and love shine through

in this well crafted story about a young boy. The Always Prayer Shawl was selected to be included in the Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles public radio production "One People Many Stories: Jewish Stories from Around the World." Henry Winkler reads this love filled story on the CD, One People, Many Stories: Jewish Stories from Around the World.

The strength of prayer

The bond of grandson and grandfather in this handsome and heart-warming tale about a Tallit is indeed good for people of all ages and all faiths--girls and women, boys and men. It tells of the undying human urge for freedom and fulfillment and reinforces the importance of prayer, and the strength of tradition and family. Alyssa A. Lappen

A Bar Mitzvah Gift

I got this as a pre Bar Mitzvah gift and at first I thought it wasn't what I wanted because I figured it was for younger kids but when I read it I felt it was for everybody, even people who aren't Jewish. It was a story about a person's whole life and how they change which was pretty neat to think about especially when you are having a bar mitzvah. My grandmother gave it to me because she said it was like her dad's life. It is sort of getting me ready for my bar mitzvah to think about the importance of tradition in your life

A moving celebration of famiy and religious tradition

This is a beautiful, moving story that was a gift for our son on his bris. (It moved me to tears when I first read it.) Exquisitely illustrated and well-told, the story celebrates values, tradition, and intergenerational relationships. It will be a great conversation starter with our son, when he is older, about our own family history. It would make a great gift for a bar mitzvah or any occasion.