Three stories illustrate repentence, prayer, and charity, the three concepts which are at the heart of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jewish high holidays.
Sophie and her cousin Sasha are usually the best of friends but their relationship runs into trouble when Sophie accuses Sasha of taking her father's shofar, a special horn that is used to usher in the Jewish New Year.
After many years of watching the solemn lighting of seven candles at Rosh Hashanah, Eli finally learns how those candles represent his family's connection to the Holocaust in Lithuania.
