Rosh Hashana and Foregiving

Recently I noticed that my girls are having a hard time "letting go." They will stay angry a little longer than usual and continue to be upset even after all the apologies and talking it through has happened.

With Rosh Hashana just around the corner, I figured this was a perfect time to start a unit on foregiveness and the importance of not holding a grudge.

I will start with some children books that address this topic.

The Association of Jewish Libraries has a value finder. It is a great resource which searches for Jewish books by values/middot.

Here are the search results that came up for forgiveness:

Author Title Anderson, Joel Jonah's Trash, God's Treasure Balsley, Tilda Oh No, Jonah! Brodsky, Beverly Jonah Cohen, Barbara King of the Seventh Grade Gerstein, Mordicai Legend of Jonah and the Two Great Fish, The Greengard, Alison Joseph the Dreamer Hanft, Josh Miracles of the Bible Ioannides, Mara Cohen Shout in the Sunshine, A Jaffe, Nina Way Meat Loves Salt, The Jules, Jacqueline Hardest Word: A Yom Kippur Story, The Kassirer, Sue Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors Koralek, Jenny Coat of Many Colors, The Lasky, Kathryn Broken Song Marzollo, Jean Jonah and the Whale (and the Worm) Penn, Malka Ghosts and Golems: Haunting Tales of the Supernatural Schram, Peninnah Hungry Clothes and Other Jewish Folktales, The Singer, Isaac Bashevis Wicked City, The Waldron, Kathleen Cook Joseph, Master of Dreams Warren, Andrea Surviving Hitler: A Boy In the Nazi Death Camps    On the site, you can click the title and see a short summary and age range