Shemita examines the underlying principles and practical observance of the Jewish agricultural sabbatical year, leading readers from the sources in the Torah, Mishna and Gemara to the rulings of leading halakhic authorities, including Rav Kook and the Chazon Ish. The most comprehensive and systematic guidebook on the subject, Shemita considers the laws numerous challenges and solutions pertaining to topics from tree pruning to fruit buying and...
For Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Torah is at once the oldest and the most contemporary document directing human lives. In this highly acclaimed, five-volume parashat hashavua series, Rabbi Riskin helps each reader extract deeply personal, contemporary lessons from the traditional biblical biblical accounts. As Rabbi Riskin writes in the introduction to Torah Lights, The struggle with Torah reflects the struggle with life itself. The ability of the Tor...
For Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Torah is at once the oldest and the most contemporary document directing human lives. In this highly acclaimed, five-volume parashat hashavua series, Rabbi Riskin helps each reader extract deeply personal, contemporary lessons from the traditional biblical biblical accounts. As Rabbi Riskin writes in the introduction to Torah Lights, The struggle with Torah reflects the struggle with life itself. The ability of the Tor...
For Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Torah is at once the oldest and the most contemporary document directing human lives. In this highly acclaimed, five-volume parashat hashavua series, Rabbi Riskin helps each reader extract deeply personal, contemporary lessons from the traditional biblical biblical accounts. As Rabbi Riskin writes in the introduction to Torah Lights, The struggle with Torah reflects the struggle with life itself. The ability of the Tor...
In Vision & Valor, Rabbi Berel Wein traces the development of the Talmud, the record of the Oral Law of Sinai as refined, debated, and discussed over four centuries in the great Torah academies of the Land of Israel and Babylonia.This beautifully illustrated, footnoted, oversized volume is a necessity for every Jewish home interested in the soul of Judaism, its rituals, values and practices.
See the divine in every human encounter. Be receptive to Gods voice. Act out of faith. These are just a few of the life lessons Rabbi Shlomo Riskin imparts in this collection of personal stories. Rabbi Riskin takes us from his grandmothers Brooklyn Shabbat table to the vibrant community
Rabbi Dr. Binyamin Lau examines the sages unique contributions and lasting philosophical messages in this three-volume series. Based on Rabbi Laus popular weekly Jerusalem shiurim and translated into English for the first time, The Sages offers fresh perspectives on the sages individual characters, the historical contexts in which they lived, and the creativity they brought to the pursuit of Jewish wisdom.
This volume endeavors to display the breadth and depth of the "tent" of Yeshiva University, by bringing together its multi-faceted voices, as represented by our rabbis and professors, in a collection of essays that address all of the parashiyyot of the Chamishah Chumshei Torah. These articles range from textual analysis to homiletic exposition to halakhic analysis to academic exploration and to all points in-between. What they share in common ...