On One Foot
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Rating | : | 4.40 (881 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1467778478 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-07-24 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Award-winning author Linda Glaser is the author of many books for children including Hoppy Hanukkah! and Mrs. lindaglaserauthor . She lives in Duluth, Minnesota. Greenberg's Messy Hanukkah
The calm palette and spacious layout somewhat counteract the eerie effect. The characters' noses are covered in Hebrew text, and their hands are photographs of real hands attached to skinny, stretched-out arms. The collage illustrations are intriguing, if a bit creepy. VERDICT This excellent introduction to the Golden Rule can be used successfully with Jewish and non-Jewish audiences. Bolded text makes the dialogue stand out. The pacing and simple language are well suited to a young audience, and the message is clear without feeling didactic. Hil
A young man comes to Jerusalem looking for someone to teach him the Torah - while standing on one foot! The city is full of rabbis, but none of them can help him until he meets the famous Rabbi Hillel.
ellietchicago said Stand On One Foot & Learn Torah?. This is a really good picture book which reaches out to young children with the famous "Do unto others" quotation of Rabbi Hillel. I read it to pre-school through second grade students who liked the story and then stood on one foot--or tried!-- while reciting the famous quotation Hillel used to answer a young man who wanted to learn the entire Torah while standing on one foot. Our library definitely needs additional copies because several students wanted to check it out!. Jill H. said A great Torah teacher is often hard to find!. A young man travels to the ancient city of Jerusalem in search of a great Torah teacher. He asks each teacher he comes across if they can teach him the Torah standing on one foot. He comes across teachers that tell him why they can't do that, laugh and scowl at him, and tell him that even the great Rabbi Hillel couldn't even do that. Each time he is laughed at he stomps away mad. In his search for a great Torah teacher no one offers to help him and he feels very discouraged. Someone. "Kristi's Book Nook" according to Kristi Bernard. Can you stand on one foot and read a favorite story out loud? Are you able to stand on one foot in your classroom and take on the lesson for the day? Even the most talented person may have difficulty completing any task on just one foot, right?A young foolish man wanted to learn the Torah. The issue he had is that he wanted to find the best Rabbi there was. His bright idea, to prove that he does could find the best, is to have the Rabbi teach him the entire Torah by standing only on