C o Deborah Bodin Cohen h was ordained e n / at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute K o b e of Religion. Her previous books include The r Seventh Day, Papa Jethro, and Nachshon Who Was Afraid to Swim, a Sugarman Award winner. Engineer Ari is rushing This is her fourth Engineer Ari story, following Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride, a to complete his final train trip to Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner, Engineer Ari Praise for Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride Jerusalem before Passover begins. and the Sukkah Express, and Engineer Ari and A Sydney Taylor Honor Award Winner the Hanukkah Mishap. She lives in Rockville, MD. E Will he have enough time to get n “Cheerful illustrations depict the sights and scenes of Israel with nostalgia and g the special items he needs for his Shahar Kober is a graduate of Shenkar charm as mustachioed Ari and his red train pass through the land.” in e College of Design in Israel. He has contributed —School Library Journal e seder plate? r illustrations to most leading Israeli newspapers A as well as magazines. He particularly enjoys Praise for Engineer Ari and the Sukkah Express r i illustrating for children, and has illustrated a n more than 30 books. His work has been “All aboard for delicious historical fiction perfectly grounded in the emotions of d published in the United States, Israel, France, its targeted readers. . . . The story captures place, history, and ethics in an t h the United Kingdom and other countries. appealingly winsome way. . . . Charming and highly recommended.” e P Shahar lives with his wife, two sons, dog and —Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter a cat in Kiryat Tivon, Israel. s s o v e r R u s h Jacket art by Shahar Kober K A R - B E N P U B L I S H I N G K Deborah Bodin Cohen A division of Lerner Publishing Group a r 241 First Avenue North • Minneapolis, MN 55401 -B e Shahar Kober www.karben.com • 1-800- 4KARBEN n Illustrated by Printed and bound in the USA Ages 5-9 Reinforced Binding C o Deborah Bodin Cohen h was ordained e n / at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute K o b e of Religion. Her previous books include The r Seventh Day, Papa Jethro, and Nachshon Who Was Afraid to Swim, a Sugarman Award winner. Engineer Ari is rushing This is her fourth Engineer Ari story, following Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride, a to complete his final train trip to Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner, Engineer Ari Praise for Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride Jerusalem before Passover begins. and the Sukkah Express, and Engineer Ari and A Sydney Taylor Honor Award Winner the Hanukkah Mishap. She lives in Rockville, MD. E Will he have enough time to get n “Cheerful illustrations depict the sights and scenes of Israel with nostalgia and g the special items he needs for his Shahar Kober is a graduate of Shenkar charm as mustachioed Ari and his red train pass through the land.” in e College of Design in Israel. He has contributed —School Library Journal e seder plate? r illustrations to most leading Israeli newspapers A as well as magazines. He particularly enjoys Praise for Engineer Ari and the Sukkah Express r i illustrating for children, and has illustrated a n more than 30 books. His work has been “All aboard for delicious historical fiction perfectly grounded in the emotions of d published in the United States, Israel, France, its targeted readers. . . . The story captures place, history, and ethics in an t h the United Kingdom and other countries. appealingly winsome way. . . . Charming and highly recommended.” e P Shahar lives with his wife, two sons, dog and —Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter a cat in Kiryat Tivon, Israel. s s o v e r R u s h Jacket art by Shahar Kober K A R - B E N P U B L I S H I N G K Deborah Bodin Cohen A division of Lerner Publishing Group a r 241 First Avenue North • Minneapolis, MN 55401 -B e Shahar Kober www.karben.com • 1-800- 4KARBEN n Illustrated by Printed and bound in the USA Ages 5-9 Reinforced Binding Engineer Ari and the Passover Rush By Deborah Bodin Cohen illustrations by Shahar Kober For Ezra Matan, whose smile and laughter brightens our seder table—D.B.C GLOSSARY Text copyright © 2015 by Deborah Bodin Cohen Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Shahar Kober Charoset – a dish of chopped apples and walnuts that is All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this eaten on Passover to remind us of the mortar used by the book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, Israelites to make bricks for Pharaoh recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief Todah rabah – Hebrew for “thank you very much” quotations in an acknowledged review. Rega – literally Hebrew for a “second,” but is used to mean KAR-BEN PUBLISHING “wait a second” or “wait” A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Chag sameach – Hebrew for the greeting “Happy Holiday!” Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA 1-800-4-Karben Website address: www.karben.com Main body text set in BernhardGothic Medium. Typeface provided by The Font Company. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cohen, Deborah Bodin, 1968– Engineer Ari and the Passover rush / by Deborah Bodin Cohen ; illustrated by Shahar Kober. pages cm. Summary: “In 1893, Engineer Ari is in a rush to get his train to Jerusalem and back before Passover, and he still needs many things for his seder plate. Luckily he has many friends to help” — Provided by publisher. ISBN 978–1–4677–3470–7 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) [1. Passover—Fiction. 2. Seder—Fiction. 3. Railroad trains— Fiction.] I. Kober, Shahar, illustrator. II. Title. PZ7.C6623Emp 2015 [E]—dc23 2014003601 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 – VI – 12/31/14 “Cock-a-doodle-doo,” crowed the rooster. Engineer Ari opened his eyes and yawned. He looked at his pocket watch and jumped out of bed. There was only one more day until the Passover seder with his engineer friends, Jessie and Nathaniel. And before then, Engineer Ari had to drive one last train to Jerusalem and back. He dressed quickly and left the house, taking long, quick strides towards Jaffa’s train station. Engineer Ari had tucked a seder shopping list into his pocket: roasted egg, charoset, parsley, horseradish, shankbone, matzah. But the spring air was sweet, and he didn't want to rush. As he bent down to pick a flower, his watch fell on the ground and reminded him of the passing time. I better not dawdle, he sighed. Engineer Ari passed the house of his neighbor Miriam. She was chasing a hen around her courtyard. “Boker Tov, good morning!” he called. “Your rooster woke me up this morning!” “Ari, take a fresh egg for your seder plate,” said Miriam. “I am in a rush,” said Engineer Ari. “I don’t have time to take it home.“ “Then I’ll roast the egg and leave it on your doorstep,” said Miriam. Engineer Ari hurried down a footpath through a small orchard of date palms. Ahead, he saw a ladder and two legs disappearing into a tree. “Is that you, Moshe?” he called. A man in dungarees and a lopsided turban jumped down. “Shalom, Ari,” said Moshe, holding up a bunch of dates. “I’m picking fruit for my grandmother’s charoset. Care to join me? I’m off to pick almonds next.”