Val Morehouse Reads “The Hardest Word” (A Yom Kippur Story)
Enjoy this delightful Yom Kippur story written by Jacqueline Jules; illustrated by Katherine Janus Kahn; and read by Librarian Val Morehouse. Chosen by the Association of Jewish Libraries as a Notabale Book for Young Readers, 2001.
“A long, long time ago the world had many large and fabulous creatures. One of those creatures was a gigantic yellow bird with dark red wings and a purple forehead. He was called the Ziz.”
The Ziz, a clumsy but good-hearted bird of folklore, is always making mistakes. When he accidentally destroys a vegetable garden, he flies to Mount Sinai to ask God for advice.
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