Spirit Tales One
The Wheelwork
by Rabbi Sipporah Joseph
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Pub Date 13 Nov 2013 | Archive Date 11 Apr 2021
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Description
THE RUACH blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but cannot tell from where it comes or where it goes. Just like the wind blows He is whispering to us, can you hear it?
AFTER a bad day Danit comes home, alone, rejected, abandoned. She reaches out to the only thing that has kept her going. Her family traditions and faith in God. Suddenly a whirlwind sweeps her away into another realm where she eventually lands on a beach called Crystal Clear. A place where nothing stays hidden, where everything is seen and heard.
Advance Praise
"Bil Howard for Readers' Favorite.
""Rabbi Sipporah Joseph does a superb job of illustrating a moral lesson about discovering who we really are via Grandma Sasson and her tale of Danit.""
James Pattersenn Jr
5.0 out of 5 stars A religious fictional book with much truth in it!
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2020
Although I'm of the Baptist faith and this book covers Judaism, this fictional book contained so much truth that is reflected in both the faith of Judaism and the Baptist faith. I really enjoyed reading this book and think that the author is a person of great spiritual wisdom.
10 people found this helpful
BW
4.0 out of 5 stars A sound and practical morality tale
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2015
Rabbi Joseph asked me to review his book "Spirit Tales One: The Wheelwork". It's a girl with life problems having a divine experience which empowers her to overcome the problems. I will examine Plot, Characters and Polish and then assign a grade.
PLOT
There's a frame narrative of a grandmother telling "Spirit Tales" to her grandchildren. She makes a distinction between this and a "fairy tale" and it is of great importance to the author. The way I see it, a "spirit tale" is about God Almighty and a "fairy tale" is about lesser supernatural creatures. Both of them are about moral instruction. What follows is basically a Jewish vision quest.
There's a neat itemization of teenage earthly problems: hanging out doing nothing, peer pressure, bullying, boy chasing, lack of interest in school, feeling empty and out of place, both parental neglect and also pressure into a given career path.
The supernatural experience that takes place in the meat of this story is well handled. It has the majesty and otherwordliness one would expect of such a realm. The advice is practical; not at all Space Whale Aesopish. It sounds like something someone could do in real life.
Ending is good. There's a conclusion of conflict with some food for thought.
CHARACTERS
This spirit tale, like it's fairy tale cousins, is a morality tale. Thus, you shouldn't expect the most diverse of characters. The protagonist is an Audience Surrogate and the bullies are cardboard cutouts but all three of them serve their purpose. The same can be said of The Protagonist's Angel Guide "Understanding". He serves as The Protagonist's guide to new understanding about herself and life.
POLISH
No spelling or grammar errors.
The hymns and verse and such are in three scripts, which is kinda cool.
Trickster Eric Novels gives "Spirit Tales the Wheelwork" a B
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781494748494 |
| PRICE | US$0.99 (USD) |
