he Koren Israel Humash presents the traditional Humash text in classic Koren font, alongside a newly-digitalized Rashi font that is clear and legible for Hebrew readers of all backgrounds. This new edition includes a variety of visual aids and educational tools that help students understand and appreciate the Humash including: timelines before every parasha (in Hebrew), diagrams illustrating the central themes and geographic context of every parasha, summaries of every Haftarah, halakha guide, photos, maps and more.NSN BY THE BOOK on the Koren Israel Humash.
From the moment he set eyes on his newborn son, Lemech knew that this child was extraordinary. The boy was bathed in an otherworldly aura, as if the Shechinah hovered over him.
Noach is born into a wild world, where kidnapping and theft are commonplace, where fallen angels tread, and where even the animals are penetrated with evil. Can he, a righteous voice in the midst of chaos, save his world from destruction?
In Let My World Survive, the ninth volume in the Let My Nation series, Rabbi Yosef Deutsch tells the story of the great Flood and its aftermath like no other author can: with humor, drama, and a wealth of detail, illuminating complexities and unraveling paradoxes. He expertly weaves explanations from the Talmud, Midrash and Chazal to give a coherent, cohesive, and chronological picture of the first two millennia after Creation - the backdrop to the arrival of Avraham Avinu.(From Feldheim)
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Welcome an unforgettable Shabbos guest to your table!
Frand Rabbi Yissocher Frand is a rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva Ner Israel, a popular, globe-trotting speaker, and a beloved and bestselling author. In The Power of a Vort he brings us his trademark Torah thoughts, interlaced with his wonderfully thought-provoking stories. In these vertlach, short pieces on every parashah, he shows us the wisdom of Torah and how it interfaces with our complex, stimulating 21st century lives. Every vort has its message to us; every one is a gem.
From Moshe's behavior to Pharaoh we learn a lesson in contemporary psychology; the Aron Kodesh teaches us the parameters of humility. We read these pieces and we are inspired. Enlightened. Sometimes, yes, even transformed. A surefire conversation starter for the Shabbos table, The Power of a Vort is Rabbi Frand at his brilliant best.
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Great supplement.The books of the twelve prophets known as the Trei Asar span hundreds of years, from the waning days of the Kingdom of Israel to the dawn of the Second Temple era. These prophets were of different walks of life from noblemen to humble shepherds and lived in various localities, but were united in their mission of conveying the word of God to the nation. In Who Knows Twelve, renowned scholar, historian, and lecturer Rabbi Berel Wein unravels the mystery of these twelve prophets. Drawing from profound historical knowledge and his own life experience as a community leader, Rabbi Wein explains the themes and topics of Trei Asar, applying them to issues at the forefront of contemporary life: faith and doubt, family and community, national unity and the Land of Israel, Jewish survival, sin and repentance, personal and national redemption, assimilation, intermarriage, international disputes, betrayals and scandals, disappointments, and heroic behavior. Though the words of the prophets emerged from the ancient world, Rabbi Wein s insights revitalize them, offering cogent messages for today.(From Koren)Order here or find it at your local bookstore. So join Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein and Rabbi Jack Abramowitz for Trei Asar part 1 Hosea today.
OU Torah and the OU Department of Synagogue and Community Services are joining together with Daf Hashovua, AKA Daf-A-Week, to present Daf HaShavua.
Now, don’t get us wrong, we love Daf Yomi. The OU hosts a number of shiurim promoting and facilitating the study of the daily daf. But Daf HaShavua is a different model. Get ready to complete a masechta this year with a new level of comprehension!
Daf HaShavua is already being followed by thousands of participants in more than 20 cities worldwide, who study one daf of gemara a week with a focus on continuous review and retention. By offering Daf HaShavua, OU Torah and Synagogue and Community Services hope to introduce new audiences to this effective Torah-study methodology.
The OU joins Daf HaShavua with tractate Beitza, which officially begins on Sunday, October 16, 2016 (you can hear the first shiur here); the tractate will conclude in nine months, on July 15, 2017! Rabbi Larry Rothwachs, senior rabbi at Congregation Beth Aaron in Teaneck, NJ, and director of professional rabbinics at Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, will serve as maggid shiur.
“All chet … bechillul Hashem -And for the sin … through desecrating God’s Name.” It is logical to assume that the opposite of this sin is the mitzvah of kiddush Hashem, sanctifying God’s Name. If we understand the word chillul as creating a vacuum and emptiness and not just an act of desecration proper, we can perhaps gain a better understanding of the scope of this sin. In this context, Rabbi Meislish points out, transgression is on a sliding scale. The more righteous a person is, the more strictly he will be judged for not giving proper intent and weight of mitzvah performance or prayer and recitation of brachot, for example. How does this idea translate into living our lives?
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Q: What should one do if he forgot to say “HaMelech HaMishpat” on Asseret Yeme Teshuva?
A: According to Maran[1], if he remembers within three seconds (“Toch Kede Dibbur”), he may say it then. If he remembers after that time, or after starting the next Beracha, he must go back to “Hashiva”. If one only remembers after finishing the Amida, he should repeat the Amida, because the Nussah of “HaMelech HaMishpat” imply that Hashem alone judges his world and not that Hashem loves when the world runs justly – which is the meaning of “Melech ‘Ohev Tzeddaka U’Mishpat”[2]. However, the Ben Ish Hai[3] is concerned about the opinion of the Rama[4] and writes that one should not repeat the Amida. Still, most Poskim[5] follow Maran who requires one to repeat the Amida, as is the opinion of Hacham Ovadia Yosef זצ”ל[6]. In order to take the opinion of the Ben Ish Hai into consideration, Hacham Ovadia and the Ohr L’Tziyon[7] suggest that one who realized he forgot to say “HaMelech HaMishpat” after finishing the Amida, can make a condition when he repeats the Amida, that if he is not required to then the Amida is a Tefillat Nedava.
Battle of the Brands
Buying and Selling Manufacturing Rights
By Dayan Shlomo Cohen, Author of “Pure Money” and Dayan at Ahavat Shalom, Yerushalaim
We usually think of buying and selling in regard to tangible items, such as cookies, pens, socks, and cars. Nowadays, though, there is an entire marketplace for intangible items, as well; people buy and sell royalties for a certain product or song, the rights to a specific brand name, the rights to sell an item in a particular region, and even airspace.
For decades, Rav Yaakov Galinsky fulfilled the directive of the Steipler, Rav Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, zt”l, whom he knew in the Novardok yeshivah in Bialystok. "Reb Yaakov, the Steipler advised, "zolst zogen un zogen un zogen. You need to speak and speak and speak.”
Rav Galinsky delivered thousands of drashosin the halls of yeshivos and batei midrash, and before huge audiences, both religious and nonreligious. He is responsible for bringing many, many people closer to Hashem. Now these drashos are accessible in print to the English-speaking audience.
In this volume, Rav Galinsky goes through each viduy confession, one by one, and through his stories and lessons from the Torah and Chazal, he explains how each one applies to us. Besides his insightful explanations of the vidui, here you will find stories and lessons on the mitzvos of Yom Kippur itself, on the order of the service in the tefillah, on sefer Yonah and Ne’ilah, as well as derashos on Sukkos, the arba’ah minim, the simchas beis hasho’eivah, the ushpizin, Hoshana Rabbah, and Simchas Torah.
With his unique, penetrating style — with stories and parables, life lessons and maxims, pesukim and ma’amarei Chazal — he topples the defensive walls we’ve built around ourselves. He shows us who we are, and who we could be, if we only allow it. Click here for 10% discount.
A clear and concise guide to all the halachos of Sukkah & Daled Minim, based on the Mishnah Berurah, by Rabbi Zev Hofstedter.
Makes a great supplement to the Mishna Berura Yomi(Eichenstein) edition.
Rav Wolbe, zt'l -- The Mashgiach -- continues to guide us.
Thousands of Jews throughout the world have made Rav Wolbe on Chumash an integral part of their Shabbos table discussion and their Torah learning. In Rav Wolbe on Chumash 2, Rabbi Yitzchok Caplan, R' Wolbe's grandson, continues to share the Mashgiach's wisdom and understanding with us.
Based on the weekly discourses on the parashah that Rav Wolbe zt'l gave for decades, as well as his many writings, Rav Wolbe on Chumash 2 examines the Chumash through the eyes of one of the great mussar masters of our time, the author of the acclaimed and beloved mussar classic, Alei Shur. Through the events and words of the Chumash, we learn to understand the spiritual realities and challenges of our own lives. The Torah explanations in the book are succinct, thought-provoking - and, yes, action-provoking as well, with each of them concluding with practical lessons and ideas.
A yeshiva's mashgiach combines profound knowledge of Hashem's Torah with a deep understanding of human nature. He understands the spiritual dimension of our lives, and is fully aware of our human frailties as well. He knows our potential, and the pitfalls that sometimes keep us from reaching it. Rav Shlomo Wolbe was "the Mashgiach." And all of Jewry were - and still are - his students, as we share his ideas in this transformative and compelling Torah work.Click here for 10% discount.
For five generations of the Talmudic era, the great Sages of the Land of Israel flourished in the Galil. There, like the Sages of Babylonia, they debated, expounded, and applied the laws and principles of the Mishnah that were received at Sinai .The sacred learning of those years was gathered in the Talmud Yerushalmi The Jerusalem Tamud.
They lived with Roman pogroms and persecution but the flame of Torah burned bright despite it all. Until about 350 C. E., when brutal Roman anti-Semitism decimated the Holy LandÆs yeshivos and silenced its voice of Torah. But the Sages teachings live on in the Talmud Yerushalmi, just as the teachings of Babylonia live one in the Talmud Bavli - The Babylonian Talmud.
But while the Sages of Babylonia had another 150 years to redact, clarify and organize the text of the Babylonian Talmud, Roman persecution in the Holy Land made that impossible. Thus, the Jerusalem Talmud is exceedingly difficult, and despite its great significance it has been a closed book to all but select, elite scholars.
Now, thanks to the outstanding scholars who produced the classic Schottenstein Edition of Talmud Bavli, the lock is being removed on yet another treasure-house of Torah Sheball Peh, the Oral Law.
This project has been enthusiastically welcomed and endorsed by Torah leaders in Israel and America.At Kesher Stam all Yerushalmis are 20% off.
