Holiday Books

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  1. • The Jews finally have permission to return from exile. But how can Achikam leave his promising future in Bavel and head out to the unknown?
    • Yonasan Hakohen dreams of performing the mitzvah of terumas hadeshen in the newly rebuilt Beis HaMikdash. Will he make it to the top of the Mizbei’ach before the other Kohanim?
    • In his vital mission in besieged Jerusalem, Todros encounters many men, Jews and Romans. But are they friend or foe?

    They were four centuries that have marked our people’s destiny until today – the years of the Jews’ return to Eretz Yisrael, the glory days of the Second Beis HaMikdash, the terrible times that brought its destruction. This tumultuous era comes to vivid life in The Return to Yerushalayim – a unique blend of engrossing fiction stories set against the backdrop of true historical events.

    The stories, arranged in chronological order, rely heavily on Torah sources – Mishnah, Gemara, Midrashim – as well as more recent books on Jewish history written from a Torah perspective. Every story concludes with historical notes, giving fascinating information about the period.

    Seeing life in the times of the Beis HaMikdash through the eyes of this book’s varied and fascinating characters will surely awaken our yearning for its rebuilding. Learn More

  2. Bringing the Study of Zera Shimshon to a Whole New Level!

    Thousands have discovered the beautiful and original Torah thoughts - and the remarkable segulah - of the Zera Shimshon. Now, ArtScroll proudly presents The Zera Shimshon on Megillas Eichah.

    The Zera Shimshon on Megillas Eichah includes:

    • The full text of the Zera Shimshon's commentary on Megillas Eichah, with an elucidated translation designed to help the reader follow the Zera Shimshon's often-complex ideas.
    • An Introduction to each derush, with explanations to enhance our understanding of the Zera Shimshon's commentary.
    • Explanatory notes that offer more important background material.

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    The Segulah of the Zera Shimshon

    Rav Shimshon Chaim Nachmani, a renowned 18th century Italian rav and talmid chacham, is the author of the Zera Shimshon commentary. In his famous Introduction, he speaks about the loss of his only son, and promises great blessings to those who will learn his commentary. People all over the globe have attested to the power of the "segulah" of the Zera Shimshon.

    "..the person who learns the commentary, will sit at his table surrounded by his children and family; beautiful blessings, all given wholeheartedly to the person who studies this work. A house filled with everything good.... The blessings will begin in this world and carry on in the world to come..... - from the author’s Introduction to Zera Shimshon

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  3. Shabbos and the Jewish holidays are so much fun ... when we learn all about them with Bina, Benny, and Chaggai HaYonah, the amazing holiday dove!


    Thousands upon thousands of children learned all about the Jewish holidays from Yaffa Ganz’s classic and much-beloved ArtScroll Children’s Holiday Series. Now, a new generation can discover the delights of Shabbos and the yamim tovim, as they enjoy the kid-friendly text and engaging illustrations. Take your children (grandchildren too!) on a wonderful journey through the Jewish calendar. They’ll never forget it!

    The Big Book of Jewish Holidays with Bina, Benny and Chaggai HaYonah features stories, traditions, laws and fascinating facts about:

    • Rosh HaShanah
    • Yom Kippur
    • Succos
    • Chanukah
    • Purim
    • Pesach
    • Shavuos
    • Tisha B’Av – the Four Fasts
    • Lag Ba’Omer and Tu BiShvat
    • And, of course, Shabbos!

    Here is everything children need to make the entire year a happy and exciting one! Learn More
  4. This translation and commentary, following the interpretative method of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch by his grandson Rav Dr. Raphael Breuer, is written in a modern, clear idiom and will attract scholar and student alike. Includes full text of the Megillah in Hebrew with facing English translation. Learn More
  5. An Ideal Companion for a Meaningful Three Weeks… This truly unique approach to Megillas Eichah consists of two parts: Each chapter of Eichah explained through integrated insights from classic Mefarshim; followed by “A Deeper Look” which brings to light beautiful peshatim and insights that apply to daily living. This slender, precious volume offers comfort, hope, and understanding as it makes eternal, relevant messages available to all. Learn More
  6. Based on a series of thoughts which are shared Tisha B'av morning, The Call of the Kinnos lays out messages and lessons from the words of each Kinnah, bringing appreciation and meaning for any reader. This work is not a tedious listing of history details, nor is it a collection if inspirational stories. It is a series of thought provoking ideas and lessons, drawn from the Kinnos themselves. Learn More
  7. Do you know the power of tears?

    The tears of a child, a widow, a tzaddik? And, yes, the tears shed by "regular"” people, like you and me?

    Chazal tell us clearly what tears can achieve: "Those who mourn Yerushalayim will merit to see it rebuilt." If we mourn the Churban, if we cry for our loss - we will see our redemption, we will rejoice in our geulah.

    Our mourning, our tears, are the key to redemption -- and the Kinnos are the key to our tears. Two thousand years is a long, long time to remember and to mourn, and it is the Kinnos, the Lamentations, that have enabled us to remember, and to long for what was taken from us.

    In this second of a series, Rabbi Yechiel Spero, whose stories have touched so many hearts and awakened so many slumbering souls, once again brings his masterly storytelling gifts to selected Kinnos, bringing them to vivid life. In stories set in death camps, hospital wards, shtetls and our own modern homes, Rabbi Spero finds tragedy and courage, destruction and rebuilding, suffering and comfort. And, always, he finds a message that make the Kinnos meaningful to us, so that we can say them with sincerity and true emotion and enable them to bring us closer to Hashem.

    Read this book. Say the Kinnos. Shed a tear - and maybe, just maybe, that will be the "one more tear" that we need to bring the final redemption. Learn More

  8. Sacrifice, A Father's search for his son during the destruction of the Second Temple

    In the twilight of the Second Beis Hamikdash era, the Third Division of the Twelfth Legion of the Roman army is summoned from Syria to bolster Titus's army. On the way to Yerushalayim, the forces pass through a small, neglected village perched at the foot of a volcanic mountain in the Golan. The cavalrymen attack the hapless residents, set fire to the decrepit huts, and capture one of the village children, Yehudah.

    Yehudah's father, in search of his son, sets out on a long, harrowing journey across a bloody, ruined land - a journey that ends in besieged Yerushalayim.


    Yosef Cohen gives us a breathtaking fictional account based on the Midrash and works of our Sages. Sacrifice: A Father's Search for His Son During the Destruction of the Second Temple, is a sweeping drama that pulls on the soul's innermost chords, evoking a melody - the melody of a broken heart.


    It will be hard to remain unmoved after reading Sacrifice. It is a story of faith, of a turbulent dream and dreadful disillusionment.

    Sacrifice is a song and a lamentation:

    a lamentation over the desolate city, a song about the Beis Hamikdash and the Mizbe'ach.

    Sacrifice is actually a memory, a memory of a world that was, and a glimmer of what will soon be rebuilt...

    An evocative translation of the best selling Hebrew edition Learn More

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