Two loving grandmothers bake a cake and set off to their granddaughter\u2019s birthday celebration.\u00a0 On the way they pick up all sorts of needy people: a girl and her dog, a man holding strawberries, a young soldier.\u00a0 When the car comes to a sudden halt, a change in plans is required.\u00a0 Mutual assistance turns the obstacles encountered on the way to an adventure, and in the end all the drivers and passengers stuck in the traffic jam send birthday greetings to six-year-old Avigail.<\/p>\n
The parent suggestions highlight the sense of unity and mutual caring that Israeli society extols and introduce children to the saying (Ta\u2019anit 21): \u201cThis too is for the best\u201d (Gam zu le\u2019tova)<\/em>, as a way to encourage positive and creative coping with difficulties.<\/p>\n How good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together <\/em><\/strong>(“Hineh ma tov u-ma na’im shevet achim gam yachad”)<\/em><\/p>\n Tsila and Gila travel to the big city and on their way assist people who need to get to their destination. The two grandmothers discover how pleasant it is to travel together, and how each one of the passengers can help the others.\u00a0 Five people and a little puppy sit together in the car.\u00a0 Thanks to the sense of unity that develops among them they succeed in selling the strawberries and giving away the puppy, and Tsila and Gila arrive with a special gift for Avigail.<\/p>\n “How good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together” (Psalms 133:1): When a group of people become close partners, a pleasant atmosphere is created which enables them to work together and enjoy each other’s company.<\/p>\n This too is for the best <\/em><\/strong>(“Gam Zu Le-Tova”)<\/em><\/p>\n Many years ago a wise man lived in the land of Israel.\u00a0 The man’s name was Nachum This-Too (“Nachum Gam-Zu” in Hebrew). He was called this because he would say “this too is for the best” about everything that happened around him, even occurrences that at first appeared to be problems. Nachum This-Too saw the positive in everything.\u00a0 (Talmud Bavli Trachtate 21,1)\u00a0 We all have experiences where things happen that were not planned or expected.\u00a0 These changes in circumstances can turn into an opportunity for a new experience, one that is not necessarily worse than our original plan.<\/p>\n Tsila and Gila rush off to their granddaughter’s birthday celebration, and suddenly \u2013 the road is blocked! The car lurches – and the cake is ruined!\u00a0 At first everyone is upset, but the problem quickly turns into something positive.\u00a0 The grandmothers treat everyone to the cake, and the delay turns into a “very sweet traffic jam”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":63408,"menu_order":8,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"agegroup":[770],"book-subject":[1378,1287,1393,1295],"distribution_year":[1047],"class_list":{"0":"post-71206","1":"book","2":"type-book","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"agegroup-preschool-4-6","8":"book-subject--en","10":"book-subject---en","12":"distribution_year-2011-2012"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n