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The Royal Prophet
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Essays on key issues from the Book of Samuel: Why did our first kings need prophecy? Can we see the real David through the... More > muddle of individual perspectives with which we’re presented? Who took responsibility for the disastrous destruction of Nov? What did Eli’s sons really do wrong? And along the way, we’ll describe some general rules to guide us through the complexity of Torah study. When can one idea found in some distant part of Torah literature be applied to enhance our understanding of another? When does one of two seemingly unconnected Torah-events in fact change our understanding of the other? How, in other words, can we be more certain that we really understand what we're reading? < Less
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The Prophet's Path
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Learn Isaiah...Learn how to learn Isaiah.
Our tradition assigns very great authority to Isaiah's prophecies. Primary Torah... More > sources (like the Talmud) regularly draw on his wisdom to illuminate the most sensitive and critical matters. The lyrical beauty of its language is arguably without parallel anywhere in world literature.
But gaining even a basic understanding of the book is notoriously difficult. "Patterns" seeks to catch a glimpse of this greatness.
"Patterns" is both a teaching tool (it includes a thematic index and a thorough chapter-by-chapter summary) and an exploration of some of the key topics of Isaiah's life's work. < Less
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Light Stories for Teenage Boys
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Originally published in the 1970's, these marvelous stories appeared in "Light" - the legendary magazine of American... More > Orthodox literature. Twenty-five years ago, some of the magazine's best material was collected in books aimed at specific groups of readers. This one was for the many teenage boys (now, themselves fathers and grandfathers) who eagerly awaited each new edition of the magazine.
In truth, these stories will prove enjoyable, memorable and powerfully enriching to anyone, of any age, who reads them. This was high-quality and intelligent writing from a time when the American yeshiva world felt youthful, idealistic and deeply passionate for Torah life.
Let yourself be absorbed in these clever, faithful worlds.
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Those Who Never Yielded
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Largely based on personal interviews with survivors who were there, Those Who Never Yielded recounts the... More > story of "Mati's Men" and their profoundly heroic quest for Torah-greatness in the face of Nazi brutality. Under the leadership of the youthful genius, Mattisyahu Gellmann, these chassidim of the Rebbe of Ger allowed nothing – not even the threat of death – to deter them from their immersion in Torah study and acts of kindness. Far from becoming dehumanized, "Mati's Men" used the horrors of Hitler's war to reach sublime spiritual heights.
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A Distant Dream
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A Distant Dream by Levi Kaufman, a historical novel, is set against the vivid backdrop of Medieval Europe and the religious... More > hostility that was its hallmark. In the year 1290, England’s twelve thousand Jews became the continent’s first community to face expulsion. Despite oppressive and unfair taxes and restrictive living conditions, the Jews had somehow managed to survive and even prosper. Now they were to be forced to abandon their homes and belongings.
Where should the uprooted families go? Would any other Christian nations welcome them? Would they be allowed to remain in any one place for more than a few years?
Perhaps some tired and idealistic English Jew dreamed of breaking away from Europe and the ever-deepening anguish of his exiled people. Perhaps he spoke to others around him and, together, they make plans. Perhaps there were some who dared to set out for some new land where they could live their lives as Jews. Where they could live undisturbed by the outside world…

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Oil and Water
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"Oil and Water" is set nearly a century after the building of Jerusalem's Second Temple. Alexander the Great, the Greek... More > conqueror, is dead and his empire is split; its Middle Eastern division contested by the Ptolemies of Egypt and the Syrian Seleucids.
Tens of thousands of Jews, taken to Egypt as slaves some decades before, have only recently been freed. Some of these Jews, though deeply changed by their difficult experiences, sought to return to a homeland many of them had never seen...a homeland which might not even want them back.
"Oil and Water," an historical novel, explores ancient political movements and fundamental struggles over power, glory and, for some, over truth. The book also probes one young man's very personal struggle to choose between idealism and assimilation; between his great thirst to drink from the waters of the Torah and the pain and loneliness of cultural alienation. < Less
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The Royal Prophet
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Essays on key issues from the Book of Samuel: Why did our first kings need prophecy? Can we see the real David through the... More > muddle of individual perspectives with which we’re presented? Who took responsibility for the disastrous destruction of Nov? What did Eli’s sons really do wrong? And along the way, we’ll describe some general rules to guide us through the complexity of Torah study. When can one idea found in some distant part of Torah literature be applied to enhance our understanding of another? When does one of two seemingly unconnected Torah-events in fact change our understanding of the other? How, in other words, can we be more certain that we really understand what we're reading? < Less
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The Prophet's Path
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Learn Isaiah...Learn how to learn Isaiah.
Our tradition assigns very great authority to Isaiah's prophecies. Primary Torah... More > sources (like the Talmud) regularly draw on his wisdom to illuminate the most sensitive and critical matters. The lyrical beauty of its language is arguably without parallel anywhere in world literature.
But gaining even a basic understanding of the book is notoriously difficult. "Patterns" seeks to catch a glimpse of this greatness.
"Patterns" is both a teaching tool (it includes a thematic index and a thorough chapter-by-chapter summary) and an exploration of some of the key topics of Isaiah's life's work. < Less
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Light Stories for Adults
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Originally published in the 1970's, these marvelous stories and poems appeared in "Light" - the legendary magazine of... More > American Orthodox literature. Twenty-five years ago, some of the magazine's best material was collected in books aimed at specific groups of readers. This volume
includes outstanding material designed to entertain and inspire adults.


This was high-quality and intelligent writing from a time when the American yeshiva world felt youthful, idealistic and deeply passionate for Torah life.


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Midrash: Bringing Torah to Life
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The great prophets gave flesh to the bones of The Law. They showed us that, beyond simply doing what is right, we should... More > aspire to greatness. They showed us how our daily interactions with elements of the world around us - whether human, animal or the very soil beneath our feet - must be infused with a thirst for justice and a love for all creation. But the principles and attitudes to which they hint are clarified and organized by the various collections of midrash.
While remaining passionately loyal to traditional Jewish thinking, this book offers new thoughts about some well known midrashic passages, along with more general guidance: what's a student to do when faced with a midrash whose simple reading is deceptive? What about one filled with unnecessary characters, complicating what by all rights should be straightforward? And what about theological contradictions? Since the authors of the midrash obviously knew better, these calculated "errors" are clearly designed to teach. < Less
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