Books

Based on the Chafetz Chaim’s sefer Shem Olam, this groundbreaking work uses the process of a major film production to illustrate how the physical universe is a grand mashal, an analogy, to understand the Olam HaEmes, the True World. A script, special effects, actors, editing, and a soundtrack are all parts of this virtual reality that is our world — a film running for six thousand years.

In Behind the Scenes, readers’ eyes are opened to the plan of Creation and every individual’s unique role in it, as seen through the lens of Chazal.

Behind the magnificent illusion of our world, a glimpse of the perfection of the Director can be perceived. Enjoy the Show.

“I am certain that many people will gain a new understanding of life and the purpose of living. Your book will give the reader a fresh grasp of what life is about and their connection to Hashem Yisbarach.”

Harav Shmuel Kamenetsky, shlita

About the Author:
Yitzchak Benroubi, a native of Brazil, studied filmmaking in New York and pursued his Torah studies at Ohr Somayach and the Mir Yeshivah Yerushalayim. For over two decades, he was part of Kollel Binyan Olam–Brazil, where he developed creative kiruv programs showing the beauty of Judaism by linking Torah and cinema, music, and photography. He currently lives with his family in Eretz Yisrael, where he studies Torah and teaches the unaffiliated. 

Renowned Torah educator and bestselling writer Rabbi David Sutton joins with noted therapist Dr. David Katzenstein, DSW, LCSW-R, to give us a book designed to help change our lives for the better.

The Art of Being You gently guides us on a journey to:
• Embrace healthy emotional processing instead of avoiding it
• Unlock the secrets of emotional wellness and inner peace
• Find comfort in discomfort, fostering growth through challenges
• Cultivate patience and understanding towards others and ourselves
• Harness the power of faith and reliance on G-d during trying times

Drawing from true stories, Torah insights from Jewish sages, professional therapeutic guidance, engaging black and white illustrations, and daily exercises tailored to be practical, accessible, and relatable The Art of Being You is a guide that leads us towards a contented, satisfying, and more meaningful life. Learn More

In this small – but very, very big – book, Ralph shares those benefits with us. How yissurim are a confirmation of G-d’s love for us. How increased effort means increased reward, in this world and the next. How suffering helps build our place in Olam Haba, the World to Come.

Ralph has sought out many great Torah personalities, both in America and Israel, and he shares the wisdom they have taught him and the inspiration they’ve given him, as well as effective tools for coping with painful challenges.

This is not a story of sickness and sadness. It is a testament to the power of emunah and bitachon, and to the power of an individual Jew – of all of us – to rise above challenges. Learn More

How can one deal with pain that won’t go away?

How do people go forward with serenity and resilience when the road ahead appears dark and difficult?

The Power of Pain describes how sufferers have transformed their pain into something purposive and powerful, finding meaning in their misery and spreading light into the darkness.

“This is a wonderful book, based upon personal experience, and bolstered by the wisdom of the Jewish religion. It is clear, practical, useful, and inspiring. It is a book for which people in pain have long been searching.”

Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

Executive Vice President, Emeritus, Orthodox Union

"An inspiring and instructive personal story of faith in the face of adversity."

Rabbi Moshe Hauer

Executive Vice President, Orthodox Union

"Mrs. Moss valiantly clawed back the life that she wanted to live. She learned to accept her condition and live by her values... I publicly thank her for the wonderful gift of sharing her story so others can benefit."

Dr. David H. Rosmarin, PhD

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Rachel Moss is grateful to be part of a loving family. She is also a nurse, writer, friend, and “unofficial” wellness coach.

Benyamin Moss is a beloved husband, father, and son, as well as the Director of NCSY Baltimore and a therapist in private practice. Learn More

What unites a Russian refusenik, a US senator, a Parisian fashion designer, a world-famous behavioral psychologist, and a world championship boxer? What brings together prime ministers and presidents, musicians and actors, Nobel prize-winners and novelists? What lies at the heart of a global grassroots movement uniting Jews across every language, culture, and background?

Shabbat.

From the creator of the international Shabbat Project comes a book that tells the story of Shabbat in a way that has never been told before.

If Shabbat isn’t just a day of rest, what is it?

A Day to Create Yourself is a call to see Shabbat with fresh eyes - to discover how it can unleash personal and societal renewal, how it offers us a recipe for happiness in an increasingly complex world.

This book shows how Shabbat gives us the tools to create the best version of ourselves and our world, reminding us that our most important accomplishments in life cannot be touched or measured or priced.

Building character, shaping perspectives, and offering happiness, Shabbat gives us the Divine gift of self-creation.

Affectionately known as “Chief”, Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein has served as South Africa’s Chief Rabbi since 2005, is a qualified Dayan, and has a PhD in human rights and constitutional law.

Rabbi Goldstein has been described as a “social entrepreneur” by the Jerusalem Post and featured on its list of the “50 Most Influential Jews” on the basis of an array of groundbreaking initiatives that he has launched and led, the most well-known of which is The Shabbat Project, a global grassroots movement that has spread to more than 1,500 cities and 100 countries around the world.

Shabbat. A Day to Create Yourself is the Chief Rabbi’s fifth book.

Illuminating... an important addition to the collective Jewish library.

- President Isaac Herzog

Guides us to make changes to improve our daily lives... dynamic and captivating.

- Professor Dan Ariely

An essential for any home... the start of creating peace, wholeness, and holiness.

- Mayim Bialik

Will enrich the Shabbat experience of anyone who reads it.

- Senator Joseph Lieberman Learn More

“The Path to Happiness: A Jewish Chassidic Perspective is for everyone — because in deeply cynical times such as these, everyone needs inspiration, everyone needs values to live by. Faith by itself is a great thing, but it must become a force in our everyday lives. But how? That is what makes this book so useful: it gives you specific advice, specific techniques, and perspectives to help you become the person you must become if you are to find true peace and real joy. Using wonderful stories to illustrate his points, Rabbi Scheiner introduces us to a wide range of characters... Today’s world offers endless distractions — material comforts and pleasures — that somehow lead to despair. Rabbi Scheiner explains why this is so and offers us a way out of ‘the trap,’ regardless of our circumstances. I give this book five stars! It’s not on my ‘must read’ list but on my ‘must read again and again’ list — and it will be on yours, too.”

Daniel Meyerson, Ellis Fellow at Columbia University

“A masterpiece work on the importance of simchah.”

Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author, historian, and mashpia

Rabbi Pesach Scheiner was born in Brooklyn, New York, and received his rabbinical ordination from the Chabad-Lubavitch Yeshiva in Brooklyn. He is currently the rabbi of the Chabad Center in Boulder, Colorado. In his rabbinic capacity, Rabbi Scheiner teaches classes on Jewish practice, including the Jewish view on living successfully, from which this book was born. He lives with his wife and children in Boulder, Colorado. Learn More

A groundbreaking book that explores one aspect of each Torah portion to help readers find personal meaning and practical application in the realm of recovery from addiction. Recovery in the Torah offers guidance to those who have struggled with addictive behavior, their acquaintances, and anyone who seeks spiritual clarity in a chaotic and uncertain world.

In this searingly powerful collection of thoughts on the weekly Torah portion, Rabbi Dr. Chaim Tureff shares with us a new perspective… Recovery in the Torah [reveals] how Torah messages can assist with recovery. Even one who has never been tempted by prohibited substances can reap deep benefits [from this] enlightening and memorable commentary.

We all sorely miss the illumination and instruction of Rabbi Doctor Abraham J. Twerski; I venture that he would applaud the appearance of this volume.

–Rabbi Hanoch Teller, internationally acclaimed motivational speaker

Rabbi Dr. Chaim Tureff is from Tennessee. Rabbi Tureff's goal is to bring a connection between humanity and for everyone to relate to one another. He is the founder and director of STARS, which guides people struggling with addiction, focusing on the spiritual component, and includes seminars, groups, and one-on-one coaching. He is also the Rav Beit Sefer at Pressman Academy in Los Angeles, a spiritual advisor at Soberman's Estate in Arizona, and a member of the Teachers on Fire kollel for mechanchim. He graduated from the UNC-Chapel Hill with honors and distinction in history, writing his honors thesis on the relationship between African Americans and Jewish Americans. He received his MA in elementary education from Columbia University and his Ed.D in Jewish Education from Gratz College with high honors, focusing on the role Judaism and spirituality play in helping recovering addicts. He received his semichah from Rav Dan Channen, shlita, and is an alumnus of the Darche Noam Yeshiva of Jerusalem and Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, New Jersey.

Rabbi Tureff is married and blessed to have a family. Please feel free to contact him at [email protected] Learn More

The act of teshuvah enables us to return to our desired state. Teshuvah enables us to rid ourselves of the taint of sin and allows us to fully reconnect with our soul and Maker.

We expend much effort to study and understand the process of teshuvah. Rabbi Rapps’s work is profound and deeply meaningful, especially during the period leading up to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Every English-speaking God-fearing person will find their life tangibly enhanced as they read and study this sefer, written by a preeminent scholar and expert in the realm of Jewish thought as expounded by the Maharal, the Ramchal, Rav Tzadok Hakohen, and the Sefas Emes. Our mutual rebbi, Rabbi Moshe Shapiro, spoke highly of Rabbi Rapps and accepted responsibility for him and his writings as he encouraged me to publish his columns in the Yated.

May this work inspire and motivate its readers to perform proper teshuvah and help prepare the world for the ultimate redemption.

Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz

Rabbi Ahron Rapps, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Zichron Shraga, is a talmid of Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin and of Rav Moshe Shapiro, zt”l. He writes articles on divrei machshavah in Yated Ne’eman and has been giving shiurim on those inyanim in many venues. He has also been a madrich to his many talmidim over the years. He previously authored Emerging from Darkness: Chanukah, dealing with the Yom Tov of Chanukah as well as inyanim of galus and geulah. He is the rav of Kahal Sharei Tefilla of Blue Ridge in Waterbury, Ct. He can be reached at [email protected]. Learn More