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| | Amazon.com: Happy New Year, Beni: Books: Jane Breskin Zalben (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, should be an occasion for a pleasant family gathering, but for young Beni, it means a visit with cousin Max, whose relentless misbehavior dampens the holiday mood. |
 | | Above all, the New Year's lesson of forgiveness is brought home when Beni's grandfather explains the ritual of Tashlikh, the casting of bread into moving water to symbolize the cleansing of sins. |
 | | As the story opens, Beni and Sara came home from school to find a letter from their grandparents announcing that they look forward to seeing the children for the holidays, when their cousins Max, Rosie, Goldie Molly and Sam would also visit. |
| www.amazon.com /Happy-Year-Jane-Breskin-Zalben/dp/0805019618 (1216 words) |
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