The Heart of the Wood Author:Victor Sharoff Isaac lives in a medieval walled city. In the forest beyond its gates, he develops his gift for wood carving. He carves a cat and offers it to his rabbi as a gift. The Jewish faith prohibits the worshiping of idols, and while interpretations of what is to be considered an idol sometimes vary, in Isaac's case, his rabbi forbids him to carve any m... more »ore forms of living creatures. Isaac finds a solution to his problem--in the heart of the wood.« less