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The Shabbat Flood: A Texas-Sized Tall Tale

by Jan Schwaid

A Shabbat story told Texas-size

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A Shabbat story told Texas-size

On a rainy Friday, a grandmother’s tale carries her grandchildren into a flood-struck Texas town just before Shabbat. The remembered adventure centers on young Bubbe and her papa setting out from the family bakery in a barrel, with challah deliveries, dough used to patch leaks, and an astonishing 126 cats along the way. The closing wink—“at least, that’s the way Bubbe tells it”—frames the account as a family tall tale while keeping its Shabbat setting and acts of neighborly care in view. The description identifies the story as based on a true event, while leaving room for Bubbe’s own larger-than-life telling.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in Jewish stories and Shabbat.
  • Families who enjoy humorous, larger-than-life tales told across generations.
  • Young readers drawn to stories of community help, baking, and cats.

Themes

Shabbat and Jewish family lifeIntergenerational storytellingCommunity careTall tales and exaggeration

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Book overview

On a rainy Friday, Bubbe tells her grandkids about the time her Texas town flooded right before Shabbat.

From their family's bakery, young Bubbe and her papa bravely set off in a barrel, rowing through flooded streets to deliver challah to neighbors, patch leaks with dough, and save 126 cats--at least, that's the way Bubbe tells it! Based on a true story--really!

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