Re: [ha-Safran]: Aleph-bet book

2009-03-31 Thread Andrea Rapp
Could be The Aleph Bet Story Book by Deborah Pessin. Andrea Rapp --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ===

Re: [ha-Safran]: aleph-bet book

2009-03-31 Thread Eva Radding
Could this book be The alphabet of Creation, by Ben Shahn? I don't have the book, but I remember it. It is out of print, but some Amazon.com resellers have new and used copies. The alphabet of creation, an ancient legend from the Zohar; with drawings by Ben Shahn. Publication Info. New York,

RE: [ha-Safran]: Aleph-bet book

2009-03-31 Thread Marga Hirsch
Talya, Could you be thinking of the Aleph-Bet Story Book by Deborah Pessin, published by JPS. The stories are not about how each letter got its name, but there's a story for each letter that relates to its name. The first one is about creation. As the book progresses through the aleph-bet,

Re: [ha-Safran]: Aleph-bet book

2009-03-31 Thread Aileen Grossberg and Others
- From: Margo Gutstein mgutst...@wiesenthal.net Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Aleph-bet book Was it The Aleph-Bet Story Book, by Deborah Pessin? I think it was published by JPS. I think the cover of the one we had was reddish-brown (or brownish-red?). Margo Gutstein