Meshka is a mother with problems: her son reads too much, her daughter never comes to visit her, her health is not perfect, and her husband built her home TOO small. "Oy vey!" While she complains about her problems, she finds herself (and her son) in quite a pickle. When the rabbi discovers her pinned under the wall of Jericho, he gives her the secret to lifting her burdens: praising the good!
This marvelous story teaches the great power in being positive. It is especially fun if you read it with your best Yiddish accent, which, of course, I am not very good at, but still enjoy attempting! Or if you have a daughter who sometimes smells a bit like pickle juice....
(New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980)
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