The Patchwork Torah

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The Patchwork Torah Allison Ofanansky illustrated by Elsa Oriol Kar-Ben Publishing
The Patchwork Torah

The Patchwork Torah

Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! As a child, David watches his grandfather, a Torah scribe or sofer, finish a Torah scroll for the synagogue. "A Torah is not something to be thrown away," his Grandfather explains. David's grandfather carefully stores the old Torah his new one has replaced in his cabinet, hoping to one day repair the letters so the Torah can be used again. David grows up and becomes a sofer just like his grandfather. Through the years, people bring him damaged Torahs they have saved from danger and disaster - one damaged by Nazi soldiers during World War II, one damaged in a fire in a synagogue, and one in flooding during Hurricane Katrina. David stores each of these precious Torahs in his cabinet, until his granddaughter Leah gives him the idea to make a recycled Torah from the salvaged Torah scrolls.

About This Book

By: Allison Maile Ofanansky
Illustrated by: Elsa Oriol
Published by: Kar-Ben an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group
4-8Age Range
- AR
30Pages
ReligionSubject
-Lexile
5-20 minsReading Time
-Guided Reading
-Fountas & Pinnell
-DRA