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Illustration
Writing
Eden Spivak
Workitu
A recounting of the Beta Israel
preparations for Passover in Ethiopia.
by
Zehava Goshen & Maayan Ben Hagai
Asia Publishers and PJ Library, 2022
The morning sounds of the village entered the room together with a delicious smell.
Workitu held on tightly to her favorite ceramic cup, sipping her milk very slowly.
The dish shattered with a loud thud. A shiver passed through Workitu.
Workitu couldn't stop looking at her aunt's moving hands kneading the clay.
Balainesh carefully lifted Workitu's jar out from among the new dishes.
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