Talking to Rabbi Yitzy Erps is quite an adventure. Who else but this incomparable storyteller will punctuate his animated conversation with the sound of a beating heart, a stormy night, a five-year-old asking for his afikoman present or Eisav demanding lentil soup from his brother Yaakov? Blessed with innate talent in art and the unusual [...]
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Since its publication 15 years ago, Rabbi Binyomin Forst’s classic work, The Laws of Kashrus, has become a fixture in tens of thousands of homes, the English-language book of choice for people trying to understand the complex laws of kashruth and how they are implemented in today’s world. It was a scholarly, authoritative work. Now, [...]
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Millennia before self help books and life coaches were part of our vocabulary, the Jewish Sages were giving us their wise advice on how to lead moral, ethical, and fully developed lives — in Pirkei Avos, Ethics of the Fathers. The amazing thing about Pirkei Avos is that its ancient words speak as well to [...]
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What does Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of the new Jewish month, mean to us? When we were in school it meant an assembly or a special treat. Then we grew up, and now, for most of us, the only difference between Rosh Chodesh and an ordinary day is in the prayer service. That’s not the [...]
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In a move timed to coincide with Children’s Book Week— at 90 years of age, the nation’s oldest literary event — ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications has announced the introduction of Jewish Children’s Book Month. According to Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz, vice president of Artscroll, the Jewish-themed literary event will, like its broader literary counterpart, be held every year [...]
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When approached to have a book written based on his hundreds of audio tapes, Rabbi Mattisyahu Salomon, the revered Mashgiach of the yeshiva in Lakewood, chose the subject of raising children in accordance with the Torah. The book, With Hearts Full of Love, is based on a series of lectures given on the topic over the [...]
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If you haven’t yet joined the thousands who have made ArtScroll’s Kleinman Edition A Daily Dose of Torah study program an integral, and much welcomed, part of their day, you may not realize just how far eighteen minutes can go. So what, exactly, can you learn in eighteen minutes – the time it takes to [...]
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Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller and Sara Yoheved Rigler, those two women of peace, are now two women at war. It’s a war against the enemy within – the yetzer hara, the inclination towards bad choices and negative behavior that lurks within us all. Their battle strategy doesn’t come from West Point or war games; it is [...]
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There are many numbers that we associate with Pesach: 210 years of slavery, 10 plagues, 70 Israelites coming into Egypt and 3 million leaving in less than 18 minutes. During the Seder, too, we find many numeric motifs: four cups, four sons, four questions… three matzahs… and, of course, “who knows one?” ArtScroll has another [...]
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Let’s face it: Though Passover is one of our most beloved holidays, it doesn’t come cheap. Even as the economy remains in freefall we’re facing soaring expenses for food, cleaning help, and clothing for the holiday. Here’s some good news for people who want to serve the very best at their Seder table and yet [...]
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