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What do you do when the size of your family is challenged by the world around you?

What happens when your dream of raising a large family begins to overwhelm you with the realities of day-to-day life?

In a candid conversation with a sprinkle of humor, Chaya Raskin brings you into her lively home, where she ponders these questions between breakfast and dinner, through school projects and the birth of another child.

Whether you follow her straight from cover to cover or pick out a chapter to read with your morning coffee, you’ll emerge inspired, strengthened, and empowered. You will have gained a new perspective and food for thought to accompany you on your journey to embracing motherhood and the wonderful gift of children.

About the Author:

Chaya Raskin is a young mother of a growing family, currently residing and running a Chabad House along with her husband in upstate New York. She grew up in the Chabad community of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where she was strongly influenced by the teachings of Chassidus and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who is the inspiration and source of many of the ideas in this book. Learn More

A daily companion, Day to Day offers readers Torah messages that include:

• A provoking thought
• Words of chizuk and encouragement to brighten your day
• A takeaway idea to apply to your daily life
• A story or parable to illustrate the idea

Also includes an index of parshiyos, so that divrei Torah for every Shabbos can be easily located.

R. Yehuda’s Torah thoughts are clearly expressed, practical, and inspirational. They are short enough to be easily digestible but long enough to develop a theme in relative depth. His messages are meaningful both to talmidei chachamim and to beginners.

Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz, Rav, Kehillas Ohr Somayach

Each thought and every story are a gem of authentic Yahadus that will surely resonate with Jews from all backgrounds.

Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, Rav, Congregation Aish Kodesh

The content is engaging and inspiring. A must-read for every person and home.

Rabbi Yehuda Weinberg, COO of Aish HaTorah

About the Author:

Yehuda (Yiddy) Klein is a businessman living in Brooklyn, New York, and is a sought after lecturer and speaker. He gives a daily Gemara shiur and a weekly parashah shiur. His five-minute daily chizuk podcast is followed by thousands worldwide. Learn More

Talmud Bavli is a combination of two distinct types of texts—halachah, which teaches us how to act, and Aggadah, which teaches us how to think. While the halachic portion is regarded as intricate and complicated, demanding careful study and attention to all its minute details, the Aggadic portion of the Talmud has historically received much less attention.

In this beautifully illustrated work, Gershon Schwartz has highlighted the key lessons expressed by famous Aggadahs, returning them to their rightful role as critical sources of Jewish discourse and values.

“I therefore highly commend you for this beautiful work.…in which you highlighted both hashkafic ideas and points to ponder, making this an engaging and thought-provoking sefer, which can bring both young and old to connect with the yiras Shamayim and middos tovos embedded in these Gemaras.”

Rabbi Reuven Feinstein

Rabbi Gershon Schwartz has been involved in chinuch for over ten years, with his latest job being a mashpia ruchani at the Mesivta High School of Greater Philadelphia. With a passion for helping young adults, Rabbi Schwartz takes pride in the informal chinuch of helping his talmidim navigate through life with guidance and direction. He currently practices as an executive and performance coach, helping others live the best lives they can be living by maximizing their potential. He resides in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, with his wife and son. Learn More

Despite enduring unspeakable personal tragedies, he ascended to remarkable spiritual heights while inspiring his suffering brethren. His indomitable spirit continued to inspire fellow survivors, offering hope and illuminating faith in a world shrouded in darkness.

In this meticulously researched and powerfully written biography, we encounter this extraordinary figure, whose unwavering faith served as a beacon, singlehandedly drawing thousands to Torah observance and rebuilding the Torah world. He instituted programs like Mifal Hashas that were revolutionary and transformative. His private avodas Hashem seemed superhuman, as he spent hours on end immersed in Torah learning and tefillah, inspiring other towards greater spiritual aspirations.

Read this biography and learn of the unfathomable heights to which a human being can reach. Learn More

It’s clear that readers of all ages, were enthralled by these vibrant stories of Tzaddikim and miracles, which had never been shared this way before. The unique blend of riveting, kid-friendly stories, rich graphics, and beautiful layout turned readers from New York to London and Montreal to Melbourne into devoted Amazing Miracle Stories fans.

"Amazing Miracle Stories 3" is the latest installment in a groundbreaking series meticulously crafted by a devoted team with a mission to showcase for kids the profound impact that tzaddikim and miracles have had, and continue to have, in our world.

In addition to more than 20 mini-stories of miracles that took place in Eretz Yisroel after the October 7th terror attacks, Amazing Miracle Stories Vol. 3 also includes more than 50 stories about legendary tzaddikim, including Rav Shimon Bar Yochai,the Arizal, the Baal Shem Tov, the Rebbeim of Chabad, Reb Zusha and Reb Elimelech, Rabbi Yisrael Dov of Vilednik, the Be'er Mayim Chayim, the Ruzhiner Rebbe, Reb Yaakov Shimshon of Shepetovka,Reb Shayale of Kerestir, Reb Shlomke of Zvhill, The Baba Sali, The Lelover Rebbe, and many more.

Thanks to the enthusiastic feedback we’ve received about this highly acclaimed series, time and time again, we’ve heard countless fans delight over the stories’ approachability and how much they resonate with readers, young and old. Parents tell us how many times their children read and reread the books from cover-to-cover.

Rabbanim and educators have even shared stories in their classrooms, much to the joy of their students. And nothing warms the heart like hearing kids tell us, in their own words, just how much they love these stories. We’re ecstatic to present all of you, our dear readers, with a new batch of stories - with more on the way. Learn More

“Shhhhhh,” soothed Yocheved. “Tell me what’s going on. Why are you crying? You don’t feel like the perfect balebuste? Your brownies flopped or something? I really hope you’re not bawling your eyes out over, like, the quiche falling in, or whatever…”

Miri shook her head miserably. “Aryeh is never home.”

Newlyweds Aryeh and Miri Kleinerman should really be the perfect couple; they both come from prominent families and seem destined for a blissful life together. True, they’re polar opposites — Aryeh’s the life of the party and Miri’s quiet and timid, but both have high hopes for their future. Yet Aryeh’s mysterious behavior puts Miri on edge. Why is he constantly distracted and hardly home? Doesn’t he care about their marriage?

This gripping novel explores the depth and breadth of our most significant relationships, opening a rare window on the vivid, true-to-life realities of heartbreak, conflicting loyalties, and intergenerational patterns that beg to be addressed.

In Take Two, bestselling author Riva Pomerantz tells a compelling story about complex people and the amorphous lines that crisscross their shared lives, creating chaos, confusion, and chasms. Can Aryeh and Miri unite to rewrite the parameters of their marriage, and can they gather the courage to “take two” and give each other a second chance? Learn More

Eyal Gilboa has been in "the business” for a long, long time. Over the years, he has been forced to make decisions and take actions that some may have found morally questionable. But Eyal has always drawn his own lines and behaved in the most ethical way possible for each situation.

Until his best friend, Eli, is captured by a Syrian arch-terrorist with whom Eyal has a traumatic past. Eyal’s monsters awaken, devouring the shield he’s erected around his heart, and sending him plummeting into an emotional maelstrom that threatens to drown him.

Eyal’s friends and family worry that he has started to cross his own moral boundaries. In his attempt to rescue his friend, he gets caught in a labyrinth of intrigue that includes the Mafia, organ trafficking, and cutting deals with murderers.

Eyal insists he knows what he’s doing, that his first loyalty, besides to G-d, is to his men and their safe return.

It’s a fine line. Has Eyal lost his way?

The gripping conclusion to In Cold Blood. Learn More

They claim their mothership was attacked by the lost ten tribes, who are hiding out in desolate Alaska. Noah, the aliens, and a team of experts travel to Valdez, a small village in the snow- capped Alaskan mountains. Hiking through massive glaciers and ice caves, they search for the elusive tribes. Can they help Noah stop the enemy spaceship before it’s too late?

Written by an eighth-grade teacher with help from his students, this is a unique, action-packed adventure, full of nonstop twists and turns. Join Noah and his crew as they struggle to stay one step ahead of the alien invasion.

Level Z / Grade 7-8 Learn More