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Engineer Ari's train is coming to Jerusalem collecting goodies along the way to celebrate the Jewish New Year. During his journey across Israel, he learns an important lesson about friendship and forgiveness. A sweet and creative Rosh Hashanah story based on the first historical train ride from Jaffa to Jerusalem in 1892.

"Cheerful illustrations depict the sights and scenes of Israel with nostalgia and charm...this delightful title [will] also appeal to train-loving children." ûSchool Library Journal

"The author, [a] rabbi and educator, knows her audience well, and the book is appropriately geared for young children. The colorful, expressive pictures by Israeli artist Shahar Kober augment the story ù and do justice to the ancient land of Israel and its people." û j. The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California

Watch author Deborah Bodin Cohen read the book!