Preschool­er Silas loves face­tim­ing with his great-grand­moth­er Faye. They always sign off with a sil­ly rhyme like ​“See You Soon, Mac­a­roon” or ​“See You Soon, Green Bal­loon.” One day, when she shows him the spe­cial spice box that his great-grand­fa­ther made for her, they decide to cel­e­brate Hav­dalah togeth­er online. Great-grand­moth­er Faye explains that she likes that Shab­bat comes ​“every sev­en days no mat­ter what” and that she always says good-bye to Shab­bat ​“in exact­ly the same way.” 

While Silas is able to find a kid­dush cup and braid­ed can­dle in his house, he doesn’t have a spice box, so he decides to make one him­self, just like his great-grand­fa­ther did. He cel­e­brates Hav­dalah with his great-grand­moth­er online and then, at the end of the sto­ry, they get to cel­e­brate in per­son when she comes for a visit. 

Pamela Ehrenberg’s por­tray­al of a mod­ern rela­tion­ship between a child and his great-grand­par­ent is refresh­ing, and Gab­by Grant’s expres­sive, col­ored pen-and-ink illus­tra­tions charm­ing­ly depict a con­tem­po­rary sin­gle-par­ent Jew­ish fam­i­ly with a father and two boys. An author’s note with more infor­ma­tion about Hav­dalah is append­ed as well as instruc­tions for mak­ing a spice box like Silas’s. While there is no real con­flict, sus­pense, or dra­ma in the sto­ry, the dearth of pic­ture books about Hav­dalah means that this one will be par­tic­u­lar­ly appreciated.