Muriel assumes her family is too poor to hold a Passover Seder this year-- but an act of kindness and a mysterious magician change everything.
An Association of Jewish Libraries Spring Holiday Highlight.
An author note with information about the holiday is included. in the 1930s.
Peretz story, best known through Uri Shulevitz\'s 1973 adaptation The Magician , has been sumptuously illustrated by noted graphic novelist Sean Rubin, who based his art on photographs of D.
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This fresh retelling of the classic I.
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But who was this mysterious benefactor? When Muriel sees Elijah\'s ceremonial cup is empty, she has a good idea.
After she makes a kind gesture, he encourages her to run home for her Seder, and when she does, she encounters a holiday miracle, a bountiful feast of brisket, soup, and matzah.
With no feast to rush home to, Muriel wanders by the Lincoln Memorial, where she encounters a mysterious magician in whose hands juggled eggs become lit candles.
They don\'t even have any wine to leave out for the prophet Elijah\'s ceremonial cup.
Her father has lost his job, and her family barely has enough food most days, let alone for a Passover Seder.
It\'s the Spring of 1933 in Washington D.
C., and the Great Depression is hitting young Muriel\'s family hard.
Muriel assumes her family is too poor to hold a Passover Seder this year-- but an act of kindness and a mysterious magician change everything
