About the Authors
Ellen Frankel is the Editor-in-Chief of The Jewish Publication Society as well as a free-lance writer and professional storyteller. She received a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Princeton University in 1978 and has taught writing and literature at several colleges and universities. Her previous works include The Classic Tales: 4,000 Years of Jewish Lore and Choosing to Be Chosen , a collection of stories for preteens. Dr. Frankel lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.
Nationally known American Jewish artist and calligrapher, Betsy Platkin Teutsch first received recognition for her custom-designed ketubot (marriage contracts). She is a designer of Jewish ritual objects, a Jewish educator, and the illustrator of numerous publications, including Michael Strassfelds The Jewish Holidays, Had GadyaOne Little Goata . presentation of the traditional Passover song that she translated and hand-lettered as well as illustratedand Kol Haneshamah , the new Reconstructionist prayer book. In addition, her work has been frequently featured by UNICEF greeting cards. Born in Fargo, North Dakota, Ms. Teutsch now lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.
APPENDIX A
SYMBOLS LISTED BY GENERIC CATEGORIES
Animals
Ass
Bear
Behemoth
Bird
Deer
Dove
Eagle
Fish
Goat
Had Gadya
Hare
Horn
Leopard
Leviathan
Lion
Locust
Messiah
Ram
Serpent
Sheep
Shofar
Astronomy
Calendar
Chariot
Circle
Earth
Light
Mezuzah
Moon
Seven
Stars
Sun
Twelve Tribes
Zodiac
Body Parts
Almond tree
Beard
Body
Corners
Eye
Face
Four Species
Hair
Hamsa
Hand
Head
Heart
Botany
Adam
Almond tree
Barley
Burning Bush
Carob
Cedar
Cypress
Etrog
Fig
Flowers
Four Species
Grapes
Honey
Lentil
Lulav
Mandrakes
Messiah
Myrtle
Nut
Olive
Palm tree
Pine
Pomegranate
Rose
Sabra
Seven species
Tree
Tu BShevat
Wheat
Willow
Clothing
Amulet
Breastplate
Circle
Clothing
Corners
Crown
Kippah
Kittel
Knots
Priestly Cult
Shroud
Tallit
Wedding
White
Yellow
Colors
Adam
Blue
Colors
Flag
Priestly Cult
Rainbow
Red
Twelve Tribes
White
Yellow
Dwellings
Ark
Cedar
Mezuzah
Mishkan
Palace
Portal
Sukkah
Synagogue
Temple
Tower
Food
Afikoman
Almond tree
Apple
Barley
Bird
Blood
Bread
Chickpea
Circle
Cup
Egg
Etrog
Fig
Fish
Goat
Grapes
Hallah
Hamentashen
Hametz
Haroset
Honey
Kashrut
Manna
Maror
Matzah
Messiah
Nut
Oil
Olive
Palm tree
Passover
Purim
Salt
Seder
Shavuot
Table
Wheat
Wind
Holidays
Calendar
Candles
Cup
Wine
Hanukkah
Candles
Dreidl
Hallah
Hanukkah
Judah Maccabee
Judith
Light
Menorah
Messiah
Milk
Nut
Oil
Rock
Lag BOmer
Carob
Lag BOmer
Manna
Passover
Afikoman
Angel of Death
Apple
Barley
Chickpea
Circle
Dew
Egg
Elijah
Exodus
Four
Goat
Had Gadya
Haggadah
Hametz
Haroset
Maror
Matzah
Moses
Messiah
Nut
Omer
Passover
Pharaoh
Ram
Seder
Seven
Sheep
Shifra and Puah
Three
Wine
Zodiac
Purim
Amalek
Chickpea
Esther
Fish
Gragger
Hallah
Haman
Hamentashen
King
Mask
Megillah
Purim
Queen
Rose
Zodiac
Rosh Hashanah
Akedah
Apple
Bird
Book
Bread
Chickpea
Circle
Hallah
Head
Honey
Horn
Isaac
Ishmael
King
Mezuzah
Nut
Rachel
Ram
Rosh Hashanah
Sarah
Satan
Scales
Seven
Shofar
Ten
Three
Throne
Water
White
Zodiac
Rosh Hodesh
Moon
Rosh Hodesh
Shavuot
Alephbet
Barley
Basket
Flowers
Kabbalah
Ketubah
Ladder
Leviathan
Light
Milk
Omer
Rose
Ruth
Seven
Seven Species
Shavuot
Sinai
Six Hundred and Thirteen
Ten Commandments
Torah
Sukkot
Circle
Etrog
Flag
Flowers
Four Species
Grapes
Hallah
Kittel
Lulav
Messiah
Myrtle
Palm tree
Rain
Seven
Sukkah
Sukkot
Torah
Ushpizin
Water
Willow
Zodiac
Tisha BAv
Egg
Jerusalem
Messiah
Temple
Tisha BAv
Willow
Tu BShevat
Almond tree
Carob
Four
Grapes
Kabbalah
Nut
Olive
Palm Tree
Pomegranate
Seder
Tree
Tu BShevat
White
Wine
Yom Kippur
Ark
Bird
Book
Brit
Clothing
Gates
Hallah
Jonah
Kittel
Ladder
Light
Messiah
Priestly Cult
Satan
Shofar
Ten
White
Wilderness
Yom Kippur
Yom Ha-Shoah (See Holocaust)
Yom Ha-Atzmaut (See Israel)
Holocaust
Akedah
Auschwitz
Burning
Bush
Candles
Fire
Six Million
Warsaw Ghetto
Yellow
Israel, Land of
Carob
East
Fig
Four Species
Grapes
Honey
Israel
Jerusalem
Milk
Oil
Olive
Palm Tree
Pomegranate
Sabra
Safed
Seven Species
Tree
Wheat
Israel, State of
Blue
Deer
Flag
Grapes
Israel
Jerusalem
Menorah
Sabra
Star of David
Kabbalistic Symbols
Aaron
Adam
Akedah
Amulet
Angels
Apple
Beard
Chair
Chariot
Cherubim
Clothing
Cloud
David
Dreams
Elijah
Face
Fire
Four
Golem
Had Gadya
Hand
Head
Heart
Jerusalem
Kabbalah
King
Lamp
Light
Menorah
Messiah
Mirror
Names
One
Palace
Pardes
Queen
Rainbow
Red
Rose
Safed
Sefirot
Seven
Shabbat
Shekhinah
Stars
Tallit
Ten
Throne
Torah
Tree
Urim and Tummim
Wind
Wings
Life Cycle
Adoption
Basket
Water
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Tallit
Tefillin
Thirteen
Torah
Birth
Amulet
Blood
Brit
Cedar
Chain
Chickpea
Iron
Knots
Lilith
Names of God
Salt
Tree
Brit
Abraham
Akedah
Blood
Brit
Chain
Elijah
Tallit
Water
Wine
Conversion
Abraham
Brit
Ruth
Sarah
Water
Death
Angel of Death
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