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    Drop by Drop: A Story of Rabbi Akiva
    Drop by Drop: A Story of Rabbi Akiva
    Drop by Drop: A Story of Rabbi Akiva
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    Drop by Drop: A Story of Rabbi Akiva

    By Jacqueline Jules and Yevgenia Nayberg

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    Akiva is just a poor shepherd living an ordinary life, until he falls in love with Rachel. Rachel thinks her husband could become a great man of learning—but Akiva can't even read! Is he too old to be a scholar or can he follow the example of the water in the nearby brook? Water is soft, yet drop by drop, it can soften the hardest stone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2017
    ISBN9781512471243
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    Jacqueline Jules

    David O’Connell is a writer and illustrator living in London, UK. His favourite things to draw are monsters, naughty children (another type of monster), batty old ladies and evil cats!

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      An inspirational story based on the life of Rabbi Akiva. He's now considered one of the wisest of Jewish scholars, but didn't learn to read until age 40, encouraged by his wife. It's a beautiful story of determination, accompanied by the soft and lovely illustrations of Yevgenia Nayberg.

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