30 review for The Sabbath Lion: A Jewish Folktale from Algeria

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   5 out of 5

   Diana Tran – May 04, 2020

   The main themes in this book were obedience and faith. It also talked about tradition and the commitment to the Sabbath. The illustrations were great to look at and the colors worked with each other. Joseph had so much faith in God to receive the gift that they had just been informed about. The story also has a great story about the relationship between the lion and Joseph.

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   4 out of 5

   Beverlee Jobrack – Feb 10, 2020

   Great story about faith and belief in traditions.

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   4 out of 5

   Cassian Lynne – Mar 11, 2020

   It feels odd to give this book a rating? So I won’t. But this was such a sweet children’s book!

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   5 out of 5

   Beth Polebaum – Jan 06, 2020

   Best Shabbat book ever!

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   5 out of 5

   Haim – Mar 18, 2012

   A North African folktale of a young boy en-route to Egypt with a caravan. Instead of violating the Sabbath, the young boy stays put in the middle of desert, while the rest of the caravan moved on, despite the promise of the caravan leader to the boy's mother. A lion comes along, out of no-where and stays with the boy, not only till after the Sabbath, but helps the boy on his journey to Egypt. A very moving tale of staying true to one's faith and the rewards one benefits. The story is complemente A North African folktale of a young boy en-route to Egypt with a caravan. Instead of violating the Sabbath, the young boy stays put in the middle of desert, while the rest of the caravan moved on, despite the promise of the caravan leader to the boy's mother. A lion comes along, out of no-where and stays with the boy, not only till after the Sabbath, but helps the boy on his journey to Egypt. A very moving tale of staying true to one's faith and the rewards one benefits. The story is complemented with very beautiful Stephen Fieser. What is appreciated, is that Howard Schwartz provides the sources for the folktale.

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   4 out of 5

   T. Denise – Feb 17, 2009

   This is the story of the sabbath lion, a lion sent by the "sabbath queen" to protect a young Jewish boy in exchange for his commitment to the sabbath tradition. There were several themes in the book that stood out, but the values of obedience and faith are highlighted beautifully in this story. Although this is a Jewish folktale, the story is told by Jews in North Africa and is rich in cultural language. Students would learn basic Jewish terminology associated with foods too! This is the story of the sabbath lion, a lion sent by the "sabbath queen" to protect a young Jewish boy in exchange for his commitment to the sabbath tradition. There were several themes in the book that stood out, but the values of obedience and faith are highlighted beautifully in this story. Although this is a Jewish folktale, the story is told by Jews in North Africa and is rich in cultural language. Students would learn basic Jewish terminology associated with foods too!

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   4 out of 5

   Susan – Dec 09, 2015

   This is the most beautiful Sabbath book for children that I have seen. The pictures are wonderful, soft, delicious, classic, spectacular. And so is the text.

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   5 out of 5

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    5 out of 5

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    4 out of 5

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    5 out of 5

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    4 out of 5

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    5 out of 5

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    5 out of 5

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    5 out of 5

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    5 out of 5

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    4 out of 5

    Becca Bankston – Apr 11, 2017

    I enjoyed reading this book. One of the things I liked was that, in the book the illistrations usually gave clues to help with understanding what the words were, a lot of the context centers around a Jewish holiday some of the pracrices or words are not common. I think this would be a great book to use in a culture lesson. I think the main traits of this book are Ideas and Organization. I leveled this book using GLE (5.2) and Lexile (900L).

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    5 out of 5

    Michele Davis –

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    5 out of 5

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    4 out of 5

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    5 out of 5

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    4 out of 5

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    4 out of 5

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    4 out of 5

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    4 out of 5

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    4 out of 5

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