Book description
When Frieda Pinsky uses some magic powder to help make the matzah balls for her Passover seder light and fluffy, it works too well
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Matzah Ball Fairy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
When lighter-than-air matzah balls send Passover guests floating on the ceiling, a remedy is needed to bring them down. The author’s solution is brilliant and hilarious for anyone who has experienced cooking mishaps. There are so many Passover books that dwell on the story of the Jewish people’s escape from tyranny in Egypt and this is undoubtedly an important story to tell. But there’s also a need for holiday books that are just plain fun. This is definitely one of those.
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