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  1. Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler writes that there are different flows of holiness that come into the world at different times of the year. Therefore, it follows that each day on the Jewish calendar has a special spiritual character.

    Today in Jewish History gives readers both the opportunity to enjoy a concise daily Jewish history lesson as well as a feel for what makes each day special.

    “Rabbi Landis has collected enormously interesting and significant vignettes of Jewish history to correspond to every day of the year.”

    Rabbi Berel Wein

    “Our history is our destiny, and I’m sure that this book will whet the palette of the masses to want more in the study of Jewish history specifically and Torah study in general.”

    Rabbi Steven Burg, CEO Aish International

    About the Author:

    Rabbi Landis is a motivational speaker, author, educator, barstool historian, and entrepreneur who is committed to helping people from all walks of life to live the life they want to live instead of accepting the one that happens. Originally from Atlanta, after attending a performing arts high school (think fame) he traveled around the world as International B’nai B’rith Youth Organization President. During that time, he became interested in traditional Judaism and started his own spiritual odyssey.

    After spending nine years at Ner Israel Rabbinical College, Ohr Somayach Tanenbaum College, Yeshiva University, and Johns Hopkins University, he accepted his first position as a startup congregational rabbi in Cincinnati. Today, he is the director of soon-to-be-launched Jewish Anytime, a robust digital learning platform for curious Jews, and director of Partners Cleveland, an Ohio-based non-profit focused on inspiring the Jewish community through study. He also owns My Guys Marketing, a boutique digital marketing agency. He is a featured speaker on TorahAnytime.com, an author on Aish.com, and has several podcasts on JewCast.com. He and his wife, Naomi, have five beautiful children and one grandson. Learn More

  2. Incredible stories of emunah, hashgachah, miracles and courage as more than 1,700 United Hatzalah volunteers rescue and treat the wounded on Simchas Torah, October 7th, 2023.

    As soon as they learned of the horrific Hamas attacks in the south, more than 1,700 United Hatzalah volunteers dropped everything, donned their orange vests and raced to save as many lives as they could, braving missiles, sniper fire, and terrorists hidden throughout the area.

    Bestselling author Rabbi Nachman Seltzer has written their amazing stories of courage and survival with great sensitivity for reader’s feelings. We will be inspired and uplifted as we read about their mesiras nefesh, Hashem’s hashgachah pratis, the miracles that almost every volunteer saw and experienced, and their selfless caring for their fellow Jews during one of the most dangerous times in Israel’s history. Learn More

  3. He started literally with nothing, and built an empire of business – and chesed.
    He was a brilliant businessman whom Rabbi Moshe Sherer called “the malach of shalom.”
    He was a man who blended startling financial acumen with mussar hashkafah – and made it work!
    He was the unique, inimitable Reb Benny Fishoff. And this is his story, his wisdom, in his own words.

    B’Ahavah, Benny – the story of Reb Benny Fishoff -- is not a typical “rags to riches” story. Rather, it’s a “riches to riches” story. The story of a young man, sole survivor of his family after the Holocaust, who took the riches of chassidic devotion, the riches of years of intense yeshivah learning, the riches of memories of his warm and loving family, and who used those riches to build, to listen, to counsel and to enrich others. It is a story of amazing business savvy combined with profound “mentschlichkeit,” a story filled with siyyata dishmaya and ultimate triumph.

    Reb Benny’s story takes us from Lodz to Shanghai to the executive suites of New York City skyscrapers – and to the hearts of countless Jews whom he helped with money, advice, and overflowing love. His wise counsel – and, indeed, his life – will show us how to appreciate the riches of our own lives. Learn More

  4. “Is there any other nation that has so much self-sacrifice, generosity, and inner strength? Pride and joy filled my heart...”

    Written by a Hesder yeshiva student turned combat soldier in the historic Yom Kippur War, this book is a powerful and moving firsthand account of the experiences of a harrowing war. Filled with emunah, bitachon, love of Klal Yisrael, and genuine closeness to Hashem, The Yom Kippur That Never Ended provides a rare glimpse into the hearts and souls of those young men who went directly from the benches of their beloved beis midrash to the frontlines of battle.

    Also included is the remarkable story of the author’s fellow yeshiva student, Avichail Feld, recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal, who arrived at the Mezach Outpost and promptly found himself fighting three battles: on the frontlines, in Egyptian captivity, and during his rehabilitation after severe injury.

    “With its very title, this book conveys an important message; it is a shiur klali for life.”

    Rav Michael Yammer, Rosh Yeshiva, Shaalvim Hesder Yeshiva

    Shalom Wasserteil, graduate of the Shaalvim and Merkaz Harav yeshivot and a lawyer by profession, divides his time between building the Land of Israel physically and spiritually, as a member of the executive boards of the Eretz Hemda Institute, the Talmudic Encyclopedia, the Torah U’Mada Yeshiva of the Lev Academic Center, and the Shaalvim Hesder Yeshiva. Learn More

  5. 100 Rabbinical Tales of Courage & Inspiration

    Stories of our Torah leaders who survived and inspired while under the adverse conditions of Arab/Muslim aggression

    Heroes of Courage follows Heroes of Spirit and Heroes of Faith in the popular Heroes series, written by Rabbi Dovid HoffmanThe stories in these books illustrate the indestructible spirit and determination of the Jewish people, who refuse to abandon their beliefs even in the most desperate situations. For we believe that every crisis and calamity that we face is designed to help us grow and to teach us precious and pertinent life-lessons.

    While the other books focus on Jewish heroism during the Holocaust, Heroes of Courage zeroes in on the incredible courage of the Jewish people in the face of the Israeli/Arab conflict, a struggle that has caused us unimaginable pain and suffering for thousands of years.

    Throughout the generations, Yishmael has been a thorn in our side, constantly trying to one-up us, to destroy us, to defeat and extinguish our fire.

    It happened in the days of the Rambam, when the Sultan's evil ministers plotted against him. It happened during Israel’s War of Independence, during the Yom Kippur War, the Six Day War, the Gulf War… And it happens again and again in our days, each time there is another terror attack in Eretz Yisrael, Rachmana litzlan.

    Yet the Yid refuses to be cowed. Our way is not to fight back simply with weapons but with our tefillos and our emunah and bitachon - our unwavering Jewish courage.

    Heroes of Courage is replete with stories on this theme.

    Read about the prophetic wisdom of the Baba Sali, who made the Israeli Prime Minister delay "Operation Opera" so that the IDF could have the power of Torah on their side.

    Be inspired by Rav Shteinman's insistence on shemiras Shabbos in order to give his brachahfor a certain battle.

    Be moved by Rav Chaim Kanievsky's comforting words to the bereaved parents of a slain soldier.

    Be proud to be a member of such a special nation as Klal Yisrael!

    Learn More
  6. "Concise, deeply-researched, readable, and clearly-argued."
    — Edward Shapiro, PhD, professor emeritus of history, Seton Hall University

    "Elliot Resnick’s consideration of Sol Bloom in America First has forced me to reexamine my opinion of the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee…. I had previously all-too-easily accepted the cliché’s portrayal that he was too timid and meek, either afraid or unwilling to advance Jewish interests at the most important time in our people’s history. Resnick has proven these opinions wrong and Bloom emerges as a far more complex character, more deeply as a caring proud Jew."
    — Michael Berenbaum, PhD, renowned historian, project director
    overseeing the creation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    He helped thousands. He even saved the Gerrer Rebbe's life. But he never berated President Roosevelt for failing to rescue more European Jews from the Nazi inferno.

    Sol Bloom – a colorful character who introduced the Ferris Wheel to the world in 1893 – chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives during World War II and valiantly steered both Cash-and-Carry and Lend-Lease through Congress. Yet, he disappointed Jewish rescue activists. For while Bloom was a proud Jew, as a high-ranking congressman he felt obligated to put the interests of his country – as he understood them – above all else. And that meant supporting Roosevelt as he led America against the greatest threat mankind has perhaps ever known.

    Bloom's life is a unique prism through which to examine the question that continues to haunt so many: Why didn't America do more to save Jews during the Holocaust? Learn More

  7. A Comprehensive Running Commentary on Parashas Bereishis & Parashas Noach

    Would you like to finally understand the account of Creation through the lens of the classic commentators? Would you like to know the story of mankind from its birth until Avraham Avinu’s time?

    In this unique work, covering the first 2000 years of mankind, you will get an amazingly clear explanation of the Torah. Step-by-step, through outlines, overviews, and an engaging running commentary (largely narrative), you’ll discover its wondrous breadth and depth.

    • See the big picture and get in depth analyses — you choose how much detail to go into
    • Understand fundamental topics
    • Enjoy reading a really clear, elucidated translation
    •  Explore the main approaches of the commentators
    •  Find clarity and order in the Torah

    Includes 550 stimulating questions lining the margins – perfect for the Shabbos table!

    • Why did Hashem create the world?
    • How did Adam and Chavah’s yetzer hara change after they sinned?
    • How did Hashem teach Kayin to repent and elevate himself?
    • Why did humans become weaker after the Flood?
    •  How did Avraham confront his idolatrous world?

    Not just another parashah book. Enjoy and understand the Torah like never before!

    Praise for Journey of Faith on Sefer Bamidbar by the same author:                                                                                                                                                               

    “A masterpiece… It is very inspiring.” —RABBI YISROEL BELSKY ZT”L

    “The scope of this work is phenomenal!” —RABBI ZEV LEFF

    “Authoritative, insightful, and extremely well presented.” —RABBI BEREL WEIN

    “Serious enough to satisfy the mature and sophisticated student, yet laid out with a clarity that makes it accessible even for the younger student” —RABBI AHRON LOPIANSKY

    “Moving from the general to the specific… the reader emerges with a real sense of what the text of the Torah actually says and what it is trying to teach.” — RABBI YITZCHAK BREITOWITZ

    “Comprehensive, educational, inspiring, yet at the same time and extremely enjoyable read.” —RABBI DOVID KAPLAN Learn More

  8. הרז"א, תולדות הרה"ק הרב שניאור זלמן אהרן שניאורסון, בן כ"ק אדמו"ר מהר"ש Learn More
  9. “Without knowing the past, we are woefully ignorant about the present, and certainly have no clue as to what the future will be.”

    From Rabbi Berel Wein’s Introduction to Struggle, Challenges and Tradition

    What Happened?

    In a little over a century, masses of Jews throughout the world discarded the beliefs they had cherished for millennia. Orthodoxy seemed doomed to extinction.

    And then ... After a century of losing battles with the forces of assimilation, as well as the horrors of the Holocaust, Torah Judaism underwent an almost-miraculous resurgence, prospering in a way that no one could ever have imagined.

    Nobody brings Jewish history to vivid life like Rabbi Berel Wein. In Struggle, Challenges and Tradition Rabbi Wein takes us on a grand tour of world Jewry from the years 1820 - 1940. He explores the remorseless battles and the forces ranged for and against Torah observance. He discovers which strategies helped defend and rebuild Torah life -- and which failed.

    Struggle, Challenges and Tradition is a fascinating work of history -- and a vital book for anyone who cares about Torah Jewry’s future. Learn More

  10. From Ur to Pompedisa, A Parallel History
    Years in the making, this new textbook will revolutionize the way Historia is taught. Subtitled “A Parallel History,” From Ur… provides a detailed narrative of Jewish history, from the days of Avrohom Avinu until the end of the Geonim period… but also traces major highlights from world history during that same period using the format of two-paged spreads. This work can serve as a year’s program for high schoolers—or as a teacher’s source book in younger grades. Includes maps, charts and much more. Learn More
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