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by: Tami Lehman-Wilzig
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9789652293695
ISBN: 9652293695
Label: Gefen Publishing House
Manufacturer: Gefen Publishing House
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: March 01, 2007
Publisher: Gefen Publishing House
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: April 20, 2007
Sales Rank: 849028
Studio: Gefen Publishing House
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Mayer Aaron Levi lives in a small village. Like his fellow Jews, Mayer Aaron studies Torah and goes to the synagogue three times a day. Unlike everybody else, he also owns a lemon tree. When the lemons are ripe his wife Raizel brews her special lemonade, chills it and puts it in jars so that Mayer Aaron can make extra money for the family by selling it in the town square. Even though Raizel is very possessive about the lemons, Mayer Aaron realizes that they have more than enough. While he finds a way to secretly share the extra lemons with the village's poor people, Raizel thinks a thief is stealing them. The plot thickens as Raizel sits outside guarding the family property, only to find that her husband has a lesson he wants to hand down from generation to generation.
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Rating: - Mayer Aaron Levi and His Lemon Tree
This beautifully spun tale provides a wealth of teaching possibilities by retelling a family's devotion to a single lemon tree and the effect it has had on the five generations that followed. Through the great-great-grandson's version of his grandfather's recollections, we experience the world of Eastern Europe's Jews and their hardships. More importantly, Lehman-Wilzig confirms the importance of Judaism and its principles within the daily village culture. A single lemon tree not only provides an ... Read More
Rating: - How Sour Fruit Turned into Something Sweet
This lovely and heart-warming story by Tami Lehman-Wilzig provides a great example of the benefits of sharing to children ages 7 - 11. When a person does a good deed for someone, especially those less fortunate, it represents how G-d cares for all of creation. This type of caring reverberates throughout the community and often has far reaching consequences as demonstrated so nicely by this story. The book is a joy to read because it teaches a great lesson. It is also a joy to view the the realistic ... Read More
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