Seasons of Nobility is a selection of Rabbi Dr. Aaron Levine’s sermons on the Jewish holidays and special Shabbatot, transcribed from his manuscripts dating from 1982 to 2011. Drawing upon the author’s deep reservoir of Torah knowledge, the sermons offer original insights into the laws, customs, prayers, and public readings of the Jewish festivals. These stirring…
Koren Sacks Maḥzorim for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur These utterly transformed my ḥagim. Rabbi Sacks’ gorgeous and elegant translations, inspiring commentaries and – perhaps most of all – incredibly intelligent and incisive introductory essays to each of the Holidays gave me new perspectives I had…
Looking for some inspiration for the High Holidays? Revamping your Jewish library? Just like to know what’s new and available? Check out our Top 10 New Releases Fall 2019 Palestine Posts: An Eyewitness Account of the Birth of Israel by: Daniel S. Chertoff Mordecai Chertoff came to Palestine in 1947 as a twenty-five-year-old, determined to…
Today marks the Seventeenth of Tammuz. A somber day for the Jewish people and the beginning of the “Three Weeks”; a mourning period leading up to Tisha B’Av. The Seventeenth of Tammuz is a fast day commemorating the breath of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple. Traditionally this day also…
When Eliyahu Korngold made aliyah, he was passionate about a number of things, primarily art, the Hebrew letter and Jerusalem. He left Germany in 1933, changed his last name to Koren and set sail for Eretz Yisrael. For Mr. Koren, Jerusalem was the manifestation of beauty and tradition. It was a city that represented vitality,…
A special thanks to 929 for spreading some pre-Shavuot wisdom. This excerpt was taken from an essay featured in Gleanings: Reflections on Ruth edited by Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern. “It’s in the Gene(alogy): Family, Storytelling, and Salvation” . By telling the story of King David’s genealogy through the Book of Ruth, the text is…
The following is a portion of the introduction by Rabbi Doron Perez of World Mizrachi to the The Krengel Family World Mizrachi Edition of the Koren Mahzor for Yom HaAtzma’ut and Yom Yerushalayim. *** Miracles of Biblical Proportions The remarkable reality of a sovereign State of Israel, only three years after the ovens of Auschwitz,…
The following post was written by Toby Press author Dr. Susan Weingarten. Dr. Weingarten is author of the newly released book Haroset: A Taste of Jewish History. My Life with Haroset By Susan Weingarten I grew up in a tiny Jewish community in the north of England, so small that even most of the British have…
As we approach Passover, called hag haherut (the festival of freedom) in Jewish prayer, stories of persecution and oppression once again rise to our consciousness. Told by our grandparents, parents, and other influential people in our lives, these personal stories shape and reaffirm our collective narrative and remind us that B’chol dor vador”, every generation…
The Passsover Haggadah Graphic Novel is a hit among fans and critics alike! Check out some of the recent reviews. Below are excerpts from Steve Lipman’s article in the New York Jewish Week. “On Passover, which commemorates an ancient story of liberation, a popular cartoonist has freed the narrative in a thoroughly modern way.” “In a…