Hanukkah has once again arrived in “the old country,” and it finds Sophie’s family hoping for their own small Hanukkah miracle.

I had many unanswered questions in my education surrounding the celebration and traditions of Channukah. This book came from my own research into the history of the holiday, and from the stories that I was told as a child.

What Others Are Saying:
“The Miracle Jar is a sweet story that teaches us that miracles are not only big and happening long ago and far away, but can be small and in our own lives.”—Rabbi Jeffrey Marker