Out of Africa: a smashing children’s tale for Passover

JL;DR SUMMARY "Workitu's Passover" is a children's picture book based on the author's childhood in Ethiopia, where the tradition of smashing chametz vessels before Passover and reshaping them symbolizes continuity of Jewish traditions from generation to generation. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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