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  1. A Shadchan's Story

    Shadchanus. One of the hardest professions, but also one of the most rewarding.

    What used to be a time-honored, sacred task has slowly transformed into a game of truth or dare, and Perla Greenwald, an old-school shadchan, is trapped between the winds of change. Rather than stand up to them, she bends like a reed and sacrifices her self-respect.

    Until she is called to step up to the plate. Discovering a piece of information in her own daughter's shidduch that had not been brought to light ignites a storm of indignation that threatens to engulf her entire family.

    Join Perla, her devoted husband Yoelish, and Rafi the Driver as they struggle to untangle a devastating web of anguish and intrigue.

    Against the Wind is the latest novel from the author of Bringing Mordy Home, Victory Garden, Field of Dreams, and many other popular titles. Learn More

  2. With in-depth treatment of numerous passages from the Scripture, these and other topics from the Jewish Scripture troublesome to many 21st-century readers are analyzed in Is the Good Book Bad?

    Stern also makes the case that a morality based on belief in God is more compelling than one based on scientific materialism. While the content and argumentation are unique and nuanced, he takes on modern-day criticism without making modern-day compromises on the authenticity of Scripture and how it was interpreted by the sages of the Talmud and the scholars who followed in their footsteps.

    The author presents the various challenges that are made that question the morality of the Torah vis-à-vis the politically correct morality of the secular world, and he answers them in an extremely effective manner. The sources he quotes both in presentation of the challenges and in his presentation of the Torah sources in rebuttal are extremely impressive, and his vast scholarship in both areas is evident.

    Rabbi Zev Leff

    This work fills a great vacuum, and iy”h will prove to be an invaluable aid in making the word of Hashem accessible to all.

    Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky

    Rabbi Michoel Stern spent over a decade learning in yeshiva and kollel, and has been involved in various teaching, outreach, and community leadership roles ever since. His articles on the intersection of Jewish thought and contemporary questions have appeared in numerous Jewish publications around the United States and have achieved wide acclaim. Rabbi Stern specializes in the works of scholars of philosophy and religion, a longtime passion, and corresponds regularly with the scholars themselves. He currently lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife and children. Visit him at www.michoelstern.com. Learn More

  3. “Let’s begin from the beginning. We’re going to be talking about the letters and their meanings, their shapes, their numerical values… it’s going to get deep. And you will in fact see that the very alphabet of this Divine language can teach us some very profound truths about Judaism, about life, and about the universe. Ready?”

    Thus begins a journey between two travelers on their way to a grand destination. Won’t you come along?

    I found the work extremely interesting… The breadth and depth of the presentation is truly impressive.

    Rabbi Zev Leff, Rav of Moshav Mattisyahu

    We are indebted to the author for making this material so accessible. It is as entertaining as it is amazing.

    Rabbi Leib Kelemen, author, Permission to Believe and Permission to Receive

    It is the rare sefer that is truly unique, that provides Torah you won't find…in some other sefer. This extraordinary book is one of those rare sefarim. You won't find the breathtaking Torah in this beautiful work in any other book in your library.

    Rabbi Avraham Peretz Friedman, author, Setting a Table for Two and Marital Intimacy

    A fascinating work that, I am sure, will open its readers' minds to the depth and beauty of the Torah and of the Hebrew language.

    Rabbi Mordechai Becher, author, Gateway to Judaism

    Rabbi Raffi Bilek studied in Israel under Rav Beryl Gershenfeld, and has smicha from Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg Z"TL and Rav Noach Weinberg Z"TL.

    He currently works in Baltimore as the director of the Baltimore Therapy Center, the Montgomery County Abuse Intervention Program, and K'nafayim, a non-profit family services organization for the frum community. He has previously published several children's books addressing middos and social issues, writes online about marriage and relationships, and loves playing Scrabble. Learn More

  4. Our Sages teach us that Torah and mitzvos are the keys for the soul to enter Olam Haba and bask in Divine pleasure. There, a rarified class of people will merit to thank God and to sing His praises upon a ten-stringed harp…

    This book rigorously studies, examines, and builds a comprehensive framework for understanding the connection between man and Torah and Mitzvos, and the consequences of their interrelationship.

    Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe is a prolific and innovative Torah teacher and podcaster. Since pioneering Jewish and Torah podcasts in 2013, Rabbi Wolbe has released more than 1,000 episodes across six shows (The Jewish History Podcast, The Parsha Podcast, This Jewish Life, The Ethics Podcast, The Mitzvah Podcast, and TORAH 101), which have cumulatively earned more than a million and a half downloads. Rabbi Wolbe and his family live in Houston, where he serves as Director of Outreach for TORCH. Author of multiple Hebrew-language works on advanced Talmudic inquiry, Upon a Ten-Stringed Harp is Rabbi Wolbe’s first in English. Learn More

  5. He was a gadol who lived and breathed Torah learning. A member of Eretz Yisrael’s Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah. A master educator who influenced literally thousands of talmidim, from pre-schoolers to respected mechanchim. He was a close confidante of Rav Elyashiv, and part of a family that included some of the greatest names in pre-war Europe.

    And it all started in a public school in Pittsburgh.

    R’ Yitzchak Scheiner’s journey from a Pittsburgh high school to his simple Yerushalmi home and the hallowed halls of Kamenitz Yeshivah is a story of breathtaking hashgachah pratis. It is a story, also, of the dedicated people who enabled the budding math and Latin scholar to become a gadol b’Torah. His parents, who defied the odds and lived a Torah observant life in a time and place where that was exceptionally rare. The meshulach who visited the Scheiner home and told his astonished parents that yes, there were yeshivahs even in America. His rabbanim: R’ Shraga Feivel Mendelovitch, R’ Shloime Heiman, and R’ Reuven Grozovsky. And the rebbe he never met but learned so much from: Rav Baruch Ber Leibowitz, “der zeide” whose granddaughter he married, and whose illustrious legacy he carried on for almost eighty years.

    Based on dozens of interviews with talmidim, mechanchim, and family members, Rabbi Nachman Seltzer paints a vivid and absorbing portrait of Rav Scheiner as an incomparable mechanech, a loving father to his own children and his talmidim, a man of incredible sensitivity and integrity.

    By his teachings and personal example, Rav Yitzchok Scheiner influenced many thousands. Now, with the publication of this biography, he continues to teach -- and inspire -- all of us with his shining example of gadlus. Learn More

  6. Megillas Esther tells a tale of concealment, a story of deep darkness. The Jewish community’s sin. Haman’s genocidal plot. Esther HaMalka’s fate. Even Hashem’s Name, hidden, never mentioned. Yet, deep darkness ... transformed into the great light of Purim.

    Today, we experience a very different kind of concealment. Beneath the joy and merriment of our Purim celebrations lie many virtually unknown - and soul stirring- Torah truths that most of us have never encountered. Truths known to our Sages and Torah commentators, and now revealed to us through the scholarship and brilliance of Rabbi Daniel Glatstein.

    Rav and founder of Machon Maggid Harakiah in Cedarhurst, NY, Rabbi Glatstein is one of the contemporary Jewish world’s most popular speakers and respected maggidei shiur. His more than 7000 recorded shiurim have garnered millions of views on Torahanytime.com and other venues. His Hebrew sefarim as well have garnered acclaim throughout the Torah world. Rabbi Glatstein has a masterful grasp of an exceptional array of sefarim and commentaries, and a rare ability to explain profound teachings with remarkable clarity.

    In The Concealed and The Revealed, we will discover how seminal events throughout history are predicted in the Megillah and the astounding significance of the unusual letter formations. How all of Haman’s plans boomeranged right back at him and how Achashveirosh actually helped finance the rebuilding of the second Beis Hamikdash. We will learn about Eliyahu HaNavi’s mysterious appearances in the Megillah and why only an orphan like Queen Esther was chosen for her role to bring salvation to the Jewish People. So much wisdom, so many breathtaking chiddushim: The Concealed and The Revealed is like a generous and beautiful mishloach manos basket to Klal Yisrael, filled with delicacies that will nourish our souls and immeasurably enrich our joy on Purim and throughout our lives. Learn More

  7. Russian Jewry was experiencing a dark period of all-out war against religion and Yiddishkeit… Jews abandoning the path of Torah were joining the Communist Party. However, one courageous Jew fought back and stood fearlessly against the radicals…

    The story of the determined underground and the (Frierdiker) Rebbe who stood forcefully against the "evil empire." Learn More

  8. The Sheish Mitzvos Temidios (Six Constant Mitzvos) and the Sheish Zechiros (Six Remembrances) are essential parts of Yiddishkeit. Now there is a great way for kids to learn what they are and remember them always. In The Big Sixbook and CD, Rabbi Dubin teaches the Six Constant Mitzvos and the Six Remembrances in his beloved, trademark style—via song!

    Rabbi Mordechai Dubin, a veteran rebbi, songwriter, and musician, knows how to reach children. Through music, song, and genuine heart, Rabbi Dubin instills in kids many fundamental concepts in a way that is enjoyable, fun, and everlasting. Learn More

  9. Do you have a favorite part of Shabbos?

    For Tzvi's mother, it's the quiet sound of calm that fills the air after she lights the candles. For Tzvi's brother Moshe, it's the sight of the beautifully set Shabbos table, with the family sitting happily around it. For Tzvi's sister Tamar, it's the yummy taste of the special cake or rugelach that they get to eat on Shabbos morning.

    But Tzvi's favorite part of Shabbos is something else, something that has its very own sight, sound, feel, smell, and taste. Can you guess what it is?

    Kids will love the sensory elements and anticipation that are conjured while reading this adorable book about Shabbos! Learn More

  10. The Judaism of the Poskim, Responsa & Nature Of Orthodox Judaism
    Meshivim, authors of halachic responsa, have lived everywhere and everywhen, producing a literature that might seem too diverse to teach overall lessons. The Judaism of the Poskim presents responsa from 1600 to the present-day, finding unifying factors — themes that repeatedly engaged these many Torah scholars — and the common sources on which they based their ideas.

    In these pages, readers will find a good introduction to the responsa literature, insight into how meshivim come to their halachic conclusions, reminders of central issues we may neglect in our Torah lives, and ideas about what animated our greatest halachic authors.

    “The Judaism of the Poskim…highlights halakhic responsa as a potential foundation for defining Orthodox identity and commitment...[P]articularly demonstrates that the library and…basic methodology of all meshivim was remarkably uniform…[E]stablishes…ubiquitous, definitive meta-halakhic and halakhic value motifs…in the thinking of these seminal hakhmei mesorah.”
    –R. Michael Rosensweig

    “A terrific book…really unique…[T]eaches that the important and enduring issues in Orthodoxy may not always be measured by…the current issue of the day, and, conversely, many issues might be a lot more important in living as a Torah Jew than people might assume…[A]n excellent introduction to…the voluminous responsa literature and the halachic process generally. Even seasoned talmidei chachomim…can benefit.”

    –R. Yitzchak Breitowitz

    Gidon Rothstein studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion (Gush) and Yeshiva University and was ordained at RIETS. After a career wandering through the rabbinate and education at various levels, he now teaches and writes online, having published books of Jewishly themed fiction and non-fiction. He lives in Riverdale, NY, with his wife and children. Learn More

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