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This work spans over 1000 pages, exploring each topic in-depth and meticulously referencing their sources within Parde"s HaTorah, and the teachings of the Chassidic Masters and Kabbalah, as well as drawing upon historical and scientific knowledge. The Sefer features captivating photography, artwork, and newly discovered manuscripts, strategically incorporated to enhance the readers' understanding. Learn More

Do you dutifully study Shnayim Mikra v’Echad Targum every week?

Do you wish you understood the mysteries of Onkelos’s teachings?

Most of the time, Targum Onkelos is left unexplained and underappreciated. Lessons from Targum Onkelos addresses this by teaching the fundamental yesodos of Onkelos, based on well-known mefarshim and original chiddushim. Using examples from every parashah, the author raises questions on the Chumash and elucidates Onkelos's interpretation, showing how his one-word changes or additions can hint to an entire Chazal.

This sefer, the first of its kind, will enhance the reader's appreciation for Onkelos’s translation, shed light on its nuances, and give his insights the prominence they deserve.

Rabbi Yehoshua Dovid (Shia) Portowicz studied in Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, Mirrer Yeshiva of Eretz Yisrael, and Yeshivas Birchas Mordechai. He taught in Yeshiva Nesivos Ahron, studied in the Ohr LaGolah program of Yeshivas Ohr Samayach, and received semichah. He is currently the Rosh Kollel of Kollel Klal in Beitar Illit. Learn More

One good example of how this works and how it can be applied is the two-volume set entitled Festive Chapters. With a foundation in all the sacred times of the Jewish year – Sabbath and Festivals – the author explores a vast variety of Torah concepts, events, and personalities that reveal layers of meaning and understanding that reflects upon the Torah’s infinite wisdom.

In-depth analysis highlights every page of these profound essays that take you around the Jewish year as it offers readers a newfound appreciation of the connection between the Oral and Written Torah. Learn More

In the first volume of The World That Was Eretz Yisrael, we traveled through two millennia, from the Churban through the beginning of the twentieth century. This second volume picks up where its predecessor left off. Intrepid settlers have come to develop the land and establish new settlements. Though many had unfortunately loosened their ties to Torah, others arrived and laid the foundation for the burgeoning of Torah learning that we experience to this very day.

The story of the resurgence of Torah and of settlement in Eretz Yisrael is a remarkable — and sometimes even miraculous — one, peopled by unforgettable, idealistic Jews. We will see them establishing yeshivos and Bais Yaakovs, kollelim, Chassidic courts and Torah communities, amid the backdrop of constant challenge and sacrifice. We will marvel over their resilience, determination, and incomparable sense of achrayus for their people, and we will understand our own world better as we see them building Hashem’s beautiful, holy land. Learn More

495. The Labors Forbidden on Festivals

496. The Laws [Governing the Observance of] the Second Day of a Festival in the Diaspora

497. The Laws [Governing] Preparing [Items to be Used on] a Festival

498. The Laws Applying to Ritual Slaughter on Festivals

499. The Laws Applying to Skinning [the Hides of Animals], Scalding [the Bodies of Animals or Fowl After Their Slaughter], and Salting [Meat] on a Festival

500. How a Person Who Requires Meat on a Festival Should Conduct Himself; How to Salt [Meat on a Festival]

501. [When] it is Forbidden and When it is Permitted [to Move] Wood on Festivals

502. The Laws [Governing] Fire on a Festival

503. [The Restrictions Against] Preparing for the [Second] Day of a Festival on [the First]

504. The Laws [Governing] Spices on a Festival

505. The Laws [Governing] Milking an Animal on a Festival

506. The Laws [Governing] Kneading [Dough] on a Festival

507. The Laws [Governing] Baking on a Festival

508. Acts that Prepare for Roasting that are Forbidden on a Festival

509. Some Specific Laws Pertaining to the Statutes of the Festivals

510. Several Activities Forbidden to be Performed on a Festival and [the Possibility] of Performing Them When One Deviates [from his Ordinary Practice]

511. That Kindling a Fire and Heating Water are Permitted on a Festival

512. Not to Cook for the Sake of a Non-Jew on a Festival

513. The Laws [Pertaining to] an Egg Laid on a Festival

514. The Prohibition Against Extinguishing [a Fire] on a Festival

515. The Laws Pertaining to Articles Brought from Beyond a Town’s Limits on a Festival

516. The Laws [Governing] which Objects are Permitted to be Sent on a Festival

517. The Manner in which it is Permitted to Purchase Types of Food from a Storekeeper on a Festival

518. The Laws Governing the Transfer [of Objects] from One Domain to Another on a Festival

519. The Permissibility of Removing and Returning the Hinges of Doors for the Sake of a Festival

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521. The Laws Applying to Lowering Produce from one Place to Another on a Festival

522. Certain Entities that are Forbidden to Be Carried on a Festival

523. Laws that Apply regarding [Caring for] Livestock on a Festival

524. Certain Prohibitions that Apply on a Festival

525. The Laws Pertaining to Loans on a Festival

526. The Laws [Governing the Burial] of a Corpse on a Festival

527. The Laws [Pertaining to] an Eruv Tavshilin

528. The Laws [Pertaining to Establishing] Eruvin for Courtyards on a Festival

529.The Laws [Pertaining to] Rejoicing on a Festival Learn More

"These books have been praised highly by numerous Gedolei HaRabbonim and have been received warmly by the English-speaking Torah community. I offer my heartfelt blessing that they should have much success in publishing further works and disseminating the Torah." 

Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg zt"l Rosh Hayeshiva Torah Ore and Moreh Horaah of Kiryat Mattersdorf, Jerusalem 

"As with their other works in the 'Guidelines' series, this sefer is concise, accurate, and well structured. The authors have performed a great service, presenting these vital and complex laws in a clear and straightforward questions-and-answers format." 

Rabbi Pesach Eliyahu Falk zt"I Gateshead, England, author of "Modesty - An Adornment for Life" 

"As in the previous volumes, the laws and customs are presented in a concise, lucid, and organized fashion. This volume, as well as the entire complete series of 'Guidelines', will serve as a guide for those who cannot learn these laws from their original sources, and as a valuable aid even to those who can."

Rabbi Zev Leff Rosh Hayeshiva and Rav of Moshav Matisyahu Learn More

You are about to embark on an unforgettable journey through time and place -- and people.

From the holy Avos -- Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov -- to the Chazon Ish. From the tomb of the Maharal in Prague to the rocky earth of Har HaZeisim. From Radin in Belarus to Mount Judah Cemetery in Queens -- discover more than 150 tzaddikim, gedolim, Torah leaders, yeshivahs and synagogues and, of course, kevarim, the gravesites that have become a place of heartfelt prayer for so many Jews.

You are holding 3,000 years of Jewish greatness in your hands.

Rabbi Moshe Bamberger, a respected scholar and educator, has enthralled thousands of readers with his books on Great Jewish Letters, Speeches, Photographs, Classics, and Artifacts. Now, he uses his rare talent of capturing a person, an era, or a historical event through a brief story or evocative photograph, to bring to life the greatest people and epochs of Jewish history.

Great Jewish Journeys includes hundreds of photographs, artifacts, postcards and artwork. It provides fascinating facts and stories about each destination. Each kever, gravesite, includes a brief biography, as well as inspirational material pertaining to the gadolÂ’s life. Custom-designed maps of the major Jewish cemeteries throughout the world enable those actually planning visits to the kevarim to locate hard-to-find kivrei tzaddikim.

So much greatness! So much beauty! So many stories! So much Torah!

Great Jewish Journeys, with its elegant design, engaging text, and captivating photos, is a must-have for every Jewish home and library. Learn More