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fling of the year, his good fortune
likewise sleeps."

• The day immediately following
Rosh Hashanah is Tzom Gedaliah.
This is one of four fasts in the
Jewish year that begins at sunrise
and ends at sundown (as opposed to
Yom Kippur and Tisha b'Av, which
are 24-hour fasts).
The fast commemorates the mur-
der of Gedaliah ben Achikam, gov-
ernor of Israel in the time of King
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
Nebuchadnezzar not only attacked
and destroyed much of Israel
(including the sacred Temple sanctu-
ary), he exiled virtually the entire
Jewish population there — except
for a few, including the man he
appointed as governor, Gedaliah ben
Achikarn.
A rival king ordered the assassina-
tion of Gedaliah. The hired hitman
was Yishmael ben Netaniah, a Jew.
In their decision to institute a fast
day in Gedaliah's memory, the rabbis
said, "The death of the righteous is
likened to the burning of the house
of God."
A theme of the day, then, is a
Jewish community divided; in this
case,-a Jew was murdered and his
killer was another Jew.
In honor of Tzom Gedaliah, con-
sider one way in which you could
extend kindness to another Jew out-
side your usual circle of friends and
acquaintances.

• Make some creative placemats for
your Rosh Hashanah dinner table.
Enlarge and photocopy a favorite
photo of your child. Then let your
daughter make decorations — per-
haps a hat cut from felt, or earrings
out of rhinestones — to affix to the
picture for a special holiday look.

• Write your children "birthday" let-
ters, for the celebration_ of the birth-
day of the world. Write a love letter
telling your child what it is that you
love, admire and respect so much
about him. Include favorite stories,
and perhaps a photo or other sou-
venir.

• Serve your family fortune cookies
with happy fortunes for the future:
Here's an easy recipe:

GOOD FORTUNE COOKIES
1/2 cup sugar
2 egg whites
1/4 cup melted margarine
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
pinch salt
1/4 t. vanilla
Prepare fortunes in advance, writ-
ten on paper that measures 2 1 /2 by
1 /, inches. You'll need 15 fortunes to
match the number of cookies this
recipe makes).
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Coat a baking sheet with a non-stick
spray like Pam.
In a mixing bowl, stir the sugar
with the egg whites. Add the salt.
When the sugar is dissolved, add the
margarine, flour and vanilla. Beat
until smooth.
Drop the batter, one teaspoon at a
time, onto a baking pan. Make sure
each cookie is about 2 inches apart.
Bake five minutes. For children
cooking, have an adult transfer the
cookies to a cutting board.
While the cookies are still warm,
place a prepared fortune slip in the
center of the circle. Fold each cookie
over to make a semicircle, then fold
over a bowl to shape and cool.
Remember, cookies can be folded
only when still warm, so you'll have
to work fast. Should the cookies
become inflexible, return them to
the oven for a minute to warm up
again.

• Make a bookmark to hold your
place in your holiday prayer book.
Ask your child to decorate it with
pictures of apples and honey.

• Learn all about apples, the favorite
food of this holiday, by reading the
book Apples by Ken Robbins
(Atheneum Press; 2002). (Do you
know, for example, how long it takes
for an apple to reach its full size?
Between 10 and 20 weeks.)

• Make Rosh Hashanah decorations,
or facsimiles of happy family mem-
bers, using Crayola Model Magic.
You can find this modeling material
at most craft shops. It is easier to
work with than many of the other
molding doughs, and you will be
able to create lots of cool decora-
tions for your table. ❑

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