Sara Yoheved Rigler’s Tour Schedule

Sara Yoheved Rigler, author of best-selling  Holy Woman and Lights from Jerusalem , will be in the U.S. and speaking at the following locations.

DATE

LOCATION

DETAILS

CONTACT #

Sunday, Nov 9

Young Israel of East Northport
7 Hooper Street
 East Northport Long Island

9:00 AM Workshop
Women Only

Gittel Bausk
631-266-2056

Sunday, Nov 9

Project Inspire Lecture
1694 Ocean Ave (at Ave L)
Brooklyn, NY

8:00 PM
Women Only

Shai Markowitz
646-713-7315

Monday, Nov 10

Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills
150th Street and 70th Road
Queens, NY

7:30pm Lecture
Women Only

Rena Goldman
718-793-9623
or
Shiffy Glikman
718-268-4107

Tuesday, Nov 11

135 Mackay Drive
Tenafly, NJ

morning Workshop
Women Only

Elyse Anderson
201-679-0396

Wednesday, Nov 12


Beth Abraham
396 New Bridge Road

Bergenfield, NJ

8:30pm Lecture

Betti Jacobson
917-817-9015

Shabbos Nov 14/15

Potomac, MD

Shabbaton
By reservation only

Debra Berman
310-650-6516

Monday, Nov 17

Baltimore, MD

Workshop
Women Only
10am-1:30pm

410-358-5555

Monday, Nov 17

WIT
Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion

Baltimore, MD

8:00pm Lecture
Women Only
Free for members/$10 others

WIT 410-358-2545
witbaltimore@verizon.net

Tuesday, Nov 18

JET
Chicago, IL

Evening Lecture

773-465-5378

Wednesday, Nov 19

Chicago, IL

morning Workshop
Women Only

773-465-5378

Thursday, Nov 20

Portland Kollel
Portland, OR

7pm and 8:30pm
Lectures

503-245-5420

Sunday, Nov 23

Jewish Learning Exchange
 512 North La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA

Evening Lecture

Contact Ilana:323-857-0923
for reservations and pricing info

Wednesday, Nov 26

Beth Jacob Congregation
3900 Michelson
Irvine, CA

7:30pm Lecture

949-786-5230
or
949-726-1907

 

 

Inside ArtScroll – Rosh Hashanah Resources

All New Zichron Hena Machzor for Rosh Hashanah

New Hebrew-only Machzor: Through the years, ArtScroll has produced several High Holiday Machzorim, yet there has been a demand for a Hebrew-only Machzor with halachos and instructions in English.  Now this need is filled with the release of the new Machzor Zichron Hena (Ashkenaz), which offers many of the familiar features of the popular Hebrew-only siddur, including a crisp, modern type font, Scriptural sources cited, attractive page layouts, high quality paper and a durable binding.  Light in weight yet complete in content, this will become the new Machzor of choice for many.  The Machzor Zichron Hena has also been published in a version with all instructions in Hebrew.  Visit our online Machzor Shop to see all the various editions and binding options available for your next machzor.

Selichos: ArtScroll offers several versions for davening Selichos, including Nusach Lita Ashkenaz and Nusach Polin, available in full and pocket size editions.  Selichos: First Night is a small, paperback volume priced under $3.00. 

Insight and Inspiration: For general reading in preparation for the New Year, ArtScroll recommends Rosh Hashanah: It’s Significance, Laws, and Prayers, by Rabbis Avie Gold, Hersh Goldwurm, and Nosson Scherman. With an anthologized commentary drawn from Talmudic and traditional sources, this brief, single volume presents the essence of Rosh Hashanah in language and perspective satisfying to today’s intellectually curious Jew.  The celebrated Yad Avraham Mishnah Series offers a brilliant and complete one-volume commentary on the tractates of Rosh Hashanah, Yoma, and Succah.  Other engaging texts include Days of Awe: Sfas Emes by Rabbi Yosef Stern; The Festivals in Halachah by Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin, offering an analysis of the development of the festival laws, as well as his Treasury of Chassidic Tales – Festivals. Children love to read Rosh Hashanah with Bina, Benny, and Chaggai HaYonah by Yaffa Ganz. 

Over 150,000 copies sold!

New! A superb introduction!

Holiday Outreach Tools – As a public service to the Kiruv community, ArtScroll distributes two excellent books by outreach professional Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf. Both are well-suited to introduce inquiring Jews to the beauty and power of the High Holiday services.  Published by K’hal Publishing, the first is the classic Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur Survival Kit, which has sold over 150,000 copies. Rabbi Apisdorf explains, “It’s like having a friend next to you explaining the what and why of the services in clear, enjoyable language.”  His second book is the just published Beyond Survival: A Journey to the Heart of Rosh Hashanah, Its Prayers, and Life. A perfect companion to the Machzor, it leads the reader along a path of discovery and personal growth as one progress through the prayers, with a special commentary to unlock the depth and significance of the Amidah.

Inside ArtScroll – Week of August 18 ’08

A Free Sample? – Absolutely! ArtScroll wants you to experience the richness and excitement of a major new undertaking releasing Sept. 15: The Kleinman Edition of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. The “Kitzur” — Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried’s masterpiece — has been a staple in the study of practical halachah since 1864. This new edition features a crisp, clear, and fully vowelized Hebrew text, with a phrase-by-phrase translation and elucidation rendered in the familiar and popular style of the Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud, the Sapirstein Edition of Rashi’s Commentary on the Torah and the ArtScroll Ramban. Based on the Lemberg edition of 1884, the author’s last updated version, the Kleinman Edition also includes relevant rulings from the Mishnah Berurah and the Igros Moshe. Volume One covers Chapters 1-34 of the Laws of Daily Living. ArtScroll has published a free sampler of the Kleinman Edition of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, excerpted from Chapter 18 – the Laws of Shemoneh Esrei. You will find the sampler wherever ArtScroll books are sold or by sending an e-mail to orders@artscroll.com . Your can also download your free copy by clicking HERE . The dedicators of this exciting new project are Elly and Brochie Kleinman, who also dedicated the popular Daily Dose of Torah series.

Daf Yomi Update – In time for the current Daf HaYomi cycle, ArtScroll has published Gittin II in both the English and Hebrew editions of the Schottenstein Talmud Bavli, available in full-size, Daf Yomi size, and travel-size editions. Gittin II begins August 28.

Back to School Essentials – As many students prepare for the new z’man, now is the time to stock up on Siddurim, Machzorim, Chumashim, and other Torah library basics. Many of ArtScroll’s full-size volumes are also available in student and pocketsize editions, such as the Sapirstein Rashi on Chumash (17 small volumes), the Yad Avraham Mishnah series, the Interlinear Siddur, and more.

Jerusalem Talmud Progress Report – Work on the Schottenstein Jerusalem Talmud progresses with the release last week of Succah, in one volume in the English edition, and Berachos 2 in the Hebrew edition. Never in Jewish history has there been such a clear translation and explanation of the terse and often cryptic language of Yerushalmi. Shrouded in obscurity for over 1600 years and studied only by the greatest Torah scholars, today this Torah treasure is available to a new generation – and now it can be part of your own personal Torah library.

Coming This Fall! – Kosher by Design Lightens Up – and – Crafting Jewish.

Author Interview: After 20 years, Avner Gold launches a riveting new series!

“Superb! An intense novel about raw courage in brutal times.”

Q – Avner Gold, you wrote a series of eight novels, historical fiction really, which captivated the Jewish world twenty years ago. This week you’re inaugurating a new ArtScroll series with the release of The Long Road to Freedom. Where’ve you been?

A – I’ve been busy with other projects but it was time to pick up where we left off.

Q – What’s the theme of The Long Road to Freedom?

A – It’s set in 17th century Spain. The story is about a young prisoner, Sebastian Dominguez, who’s awaiting his fate to be decided by the Inquisition. He’s the son of a hidden Jew – a Marrano prince really — who, some readers will recall, was burned at the stake, while the rest of the family went into exile in Paris.  This is a fast moving story with well-developed characters. It’s filled with kings, rabbis, ministers, generals, bishops, even dwarfs – and some real serious villains. Though the storyline is fictional, it’s anchored in real historical events. The plot is exciting and the Jewish content and values are absorbing.  Readers will likely become quite attached to the personalities and their adventures.

Q – Is there a sequel planned after The Long Road to Freedom?

A – Yes. I’m halfway through it now.  It’s called Scandal in Amsterdam. The setting moves to the flourishing Jewish community in the capital of the Dutch Republic, where religious freedom and opportunity are no guarantees of safety and security.

Q – And beyond this there’s even more planned, yes?

A – Correct. The goal is to publish a new book every few months, eventually arriving at our own day. We’ll deal with a great many fascinating issues and lessons from Jewish history from the 17th to the 21st century.

Q –Why do you think your style of fiction has become so popular?

A – I put a great amount of effort into forming characters that evoke emotional responses while informing the mind.  It’s a delicate balance. People tell me the personas are very credible. Readers say they actually feel what’s happened to our people through the historical settings in which the fictionalized plots unfold.  Also, I take a subtle, discovery approach to the lessons that readers will derive from the plots, while carefully pacing the action to complement the story, not to overwhelm it.

Read an excerpt from The Long Road to Freedom HERE.

Inside ArtScroll – Week of August 4 08

Digging Into Devarim / Deuteronomy 

As we approach the last stretch of this year’s Torah reading cycle, ArtScroll has many excellent recommendations to enhance and deepen the study of Sefer Devarim – the Book of Deuteronomy.  With selections ranging from classic sources to present-day commentators, from scholarly works to more popular treatments, now is the perfect time to expand your personal or shul library’s study resources of this fifth book of the Torah.
 
   ArtScroll’s inventory on Devarim/Deuteronomy includes:
•        The Sapirstein Edition of Rashi 
•        Call of the Torah by Rabbi Elie Munk
•        The Baal HaTurim
•        Oznaim L’Torah by Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin
•        Darash Moshe by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
•        Kol Dodi on the Torah by Rabbi Dovid Feinstein
•        Pinnacle of Creation by HaRav Henoch Leibowitz
•        Studies in the Weekly Parashah Vol 5 by Rabbi Yehudah Nachshoni
•        Shabbos with Rabbi Avrohom Pam
•        Rabbi Frand on the Parashah
•        Twerski on Chumash
•        Rabbi Nison Alpert on the Sidrah
•        The Torah Treasury by Rabbi Moshe Lieber
•        Tze’enah Ur’enah – the Weekly Midrash, translated by Miriam Zakon
•        Tales of Tzaddikim Vol 5
•        Windows to the Soul by Dr. Michael Bernstein
•        Stories My Grandfather Told Me Vol 5 by Zev Greenwald
 
    Also, ArtScroll has just published the Ramban’s commentary on Sefer Devarim / Deuteronomy. Following the renowned formatting of the Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud and the Sapirstein Edition of Rashi, this is a brilliant elucidation of one of the most important Torah commentaries of all time.
 
    For those who prefer to transform travel time into a mobile beis midrash, we recommend Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s many Torah tapes and CD’s in his celebrated Commuter Chavrusa and Parsha Perceptions series.
 
   The Schottenstein Edition of Tractate Gittin is now complete in two volumes in both Hebrew and English in full and compact sizes. 
 
   Coming next week! – Releasing August 14, Rabbi Zelig Pliskin’s Taking Action: The joyful art of zerizus is the latest volume in the PocketScroll Series. 
 
Susie Fishbein’s sixth cookbook is nearing completion.  Kosher by Design Lightens Up is scheduled for release in November and will feature over 140 delicious recipes prepared with your good health in mind.  Offering healthy cooking techniques, insights for smarter shopping, and creative approaches to oils, sweeteners, and grains, this is a superb new culinary guide to better eating and living.

Inside ArtScroll – Week of July 30 ’08

Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary People – We expect great people to do great things. So what’s the secret when ordinary people achieve extraordinary results?  Is it chance?  Or perhaps that lesser-known definition of “luck” – when inner preparation meets external opportunity?  From the skillful pen of Mirisch Kiszner comes an unforgettable new book that may transport you to new realizations about your own potential to achieve. Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary People is an inspiring collection of true stories about real people who chose well, who chose wisely, and who, without publicity or fame, achieved greatness. These are stories of people struggling with overdrafts or with death, with shidduchim or hunger – and the grand story of how Jews take their struggles and transform them into triumphs. As we savor these stories, with their twisting plots and unexpected endings, we realize that the ordinary people who accomplish such extraordinary things can be our neighbors, our friends, our families and indeed – our very selves.
 
A classic is back! – After many years out of print, The Early Achronim by Rabbi Hersch Goldwurm returns, featuring biographical sketches of 300 prominent sages and leaders of the 15th-17th centuries, including the Arizal, R’ Yosef Caro, Rama, Maharsha, and R’ Menashe ben Yisrael.  This is the sequel volume to Rabbi Goldwurm’s The Rishonim, which describes 300 great sages, beginning from the 10th century, including Rashi, Rambam, Ramban, and the Baalei Tosafos.
 
Another Potent Pliskin Publication – Tens of thousands of people have enhanced their quality of life through the wise advice of Rabbi Zelig Pliskin.   A prolific and stirring writer, Rabbi Pliskin is an incisive student of human behavior.  He understands how people get stuck and what helps them get back on track.  His latest book is Taking Action: The Joyful Art of Zerizus. He unlocks the trait often translated as diligence, but according to Rabbi Pliskin, zerizus is “joyful willpower”.  Having harnessed the quality himself, Rabbi Pliskin describes – through true life stories, realistic aspirations, and his trademark good humor – how anyone can tap the power of goal setting. In his own words, this popular author declares, “zerizus takes us from ‘I wish’ to ‘I will!’”  A small book that lists under $10.00, the life lessons available in Taking Action can pay you huge dividends for years to come.

 

La Vida Es Una Prueba – Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis’ bestselling Life Is A Test is scheduled for release in Spanish in  August.

 

A Peek Inside the Production Room

Inside ArtScroll – For the Week of July 14, 2008

 

Avner Gold Comes To ArtScroll: Many of us grew up with the exciting historical fiction of Avner Gold, whose descriptions of European Jewish life in the middle 17th century were as riveting as they were realistic. His Ruach Ami series comprised eight volumes, beginning with The Promised Child and ending with The Marrano Prince.  After a long silence, the story line of the Dominguez family, secret Jews in Catholic Spain, continues with The Long Road to Freedom: The story of the Strasbourg Sage.  The first volume, due out soon, may be Avner Gold’s finest work to date.
 
The Mishkan: An interactive DVD of the Tabernacle: Imagine it! Only 10 years ago, it was impossible - but now, thanks to state of the art visual DVD technology, you’ll soon be able to explore the Mishkan – the Tabernacle – which the Jewish Nation constructed in the Wilderness.  Following the Torah’s account in Terumah, Tetzaveh and Ki Sisa, this DVD shows the construction and design of Mishkan, its Keilim (vessels) and the Bigdei Kehunah (the Priestly Garments), all illustrated in advanced 3-D models and animations. You can actually manipulate them using your computer’s mouse. You’ll be able to virtually “walk” through the Mishkan and “see” the Mishkan complex and all of its furnishings and implements. You’ll ”construct” them, step-by-step and piece by piece. This one-of-a-kind DVD will animate pesukim and parshiyos that may seem obscure or abstract in their written form.  Adults and children alike will be fascinated and edified by this breakthrough new DVD. Scheduled for release this fall, no home or school should be without it!
 
Daily Dose of Torah — Series Two — Cycle Begins: Join the tens of thousands who turn fleeting moments into lasting meaning through the unique learning program of the Kleinman Edition of A Daily Dose of Torah.  Offering daily, concentrated insights from the weekly parashah, the Mishnah, Mussar, Gems from the Gemara, Halacha, and the Siddur, this revolutionary 18-minute-a-day program is literally changing lives. The 14-volume Series One edition has been completed and Series Two will begin in time for Parashas Bereishis.  Don’t wait though – the Rabbinic Festivals and Fast Days edition of Series Two is available now. Praying With Fire Volume Two: Everywhere you go, someone is talking about Rabbi Heshy Kleinman’s tefilah-energizing book, Praying With Fire. The long-awaited Volume Two of Praying With Fire is in final preparation for release this fall.  Like the first book, Volume Two will be available in standard and pocket size editions.  Volume One will be released in French in the next month.

Inside ArtScroll – Week of July 7 08

Tour Jewish Europe with Rabbi Paysach Krohn – right from the comfort of your own home!

Through his unique book, Traveling with the Maggid, and three sets of CD-Rom videos, you’ll experience Rabbi Krohn’s trips to the historic sites of pre-war Torah life in Europe. The videos feature hours of awe-inspiring touring to such sites as Vilna, Volozhin, Telshe, Baranovitch, Minsk, Mir, Nikolsburg, Pressburg and more. You’ll absorb insightful background on such legendary giants as the Chofetz Chaim, the Tosafos Yom Tov, Reb Noam Elimelech of Lizhensk, Chozeh of Lublin, the Gerrer Dynasty, Rav Meir Shapiro, the Rama, the Bach, the Netziv, Sarah Schenirer, the Alter of Slabodka, Reb Chaim Ozer, Reb Elchonon Wasserman and other great leaders whose legacy still inspires us.

Rabbi Krohn’s book, Traveling with the Maggid, chronicles his journey through Lithuania and Belarus in 2003 with 125 group members, among them Rabbi Shlomo Brevda, Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Chodosh, Rabbi Shmuel Avigdor Feivelson, and Rabbi Avrohom Zelig Krohn. There are over 100 color images highlighting Rabbi Krohn’s stirring narrative. Readers will love this pictorial guide through eleven Torah centers.

The three-disc CD-Rom Catching Sacred Letters preserves the powerful impact of this tour, including many surprising encounters along the way. Eternal Luminaries is a three-disc expedition with Rabbi Krohn to renowned German, Austrian, and European towns & villages of past Torah giants. From Majestic Peaks to a Valley of Tears, also three discs, takes you on an unforgettable exploration of Jewish Poland.

Rising fuel costs are curtailing trips for many, but you can still enjoy exciting Jewish travels this summer. With the book, the CD-Rom’s and your computer, you can spend many evenings discovering the greatness and grandeur of the Torah world of yesteryear.  It’s been said “we can’t know where we’re going until we know where we’ve been”. Through his one-of-a-kind book and CD-Rom’s, Rabbi Krohn has opened up a remarkable portal in time and space to enrich your personal journey into the Jewish future.

Publisher’s Note: Rabbi Krohn’s next book, In The Spirit of the Maggid, is scheduled for publication for this coming Chanukah season.

Inside ArtScroll — Week of June 30 08

 
While many good things come in small packages, at ArtScroll some of our very best things come in small packages, as well. With our travel-size editions, you can take along many of your favorite seforim for learning during your summer travels. 

There’s the Sapirstein edition of the Torah with Rashi’s commentary, published in 17 pocket-size small volumes.  Each one is small enough to fit into a pocket or purse, yet easy to read, with all the features of the full-size edition.

The Stone Chumash is the world’s most popular edition of the Torah with English translation and commentary. ArtScroll offers a small, five-volume edition of the Stone Chumash that is comfortable on the eyes – yet each volume takes so little space to carry. 

During the summer months we review the tractate of Pirke Avos, the Ethics of the Fathers. ArtScroll recommends our small three-volume edition of this ethical gem with the commentary of Rabbi Moshe Lieber.  Each volume is just 4”x6” and so easy to take with you. 

Saying Tehillim, the book of Psalms – today it’s so important. And all the more so to say Tehillim with understanding.  We’ve published a five-volume mini-edition of Rabbi Avraham Chaim Feuer’s outstanding commentary on Tehillim. Brimming with over 2,000 years of rabbinic insight and perspectives on the Psalms, this travel-size edition is ideal for car or office – perfect for filling a few free minutes with meaning, reflection, and prayer.

ArtScroll’s Yad Avrohom edition of the Mishnah has been years in the making. Five of the six sedarim are complete and the final one – Seder Tohoros – will soon be concluded.  Beside the popular full-size edition of the Mishnah, you can purchase a travel version of each Seder, stored in its own boxed set, which includes the commentary of the Rav. Just slip a volume into your pocket or briefcase. Now you can make a siyum on a tractate anywhere – or just stay current with your seder limud.  And for Gemara on the go, check out the Travel Edition of the Schottenstein Talmud Bavli.

Here’s a triple header for your portable library – a travel-size edition of the Schottenstein Interlinear Weekday Siddur, the Interlinear Shabbos Siddur, and the Interlinear Sefer Tehillim.  Small in size yet big in value, interlinear is the ideal format for those who appreciate having an English translation immediately under the Hebrew text.

News Flash! – The long-awaited Ramban Commentary on Sefer Devarim / Deuteronomy has just been published. It’s 900 precious pages of wisdom and commentary.

Inside ArtScroll – Week of June 23 08

Fuel For Your Mobile Beis Midrash!

Just in time for your summer travels, ArtScroll is releasing four 4-CD audio sets featuring Rabbi Yissocher Frand ‘s very clear insights on the Halachos of Shabbos. Rabbi Frand is one of the Torah world’s best known speakers and writers. Thousands hear and read his divrei Torah on the Parashah weekly. He is also a prominent rosh yeshiva and an outstanding presenter of halachic analysis.

Set One: Mitzvos – Always Wondering About That?

1. Standing Up While Doing Mitzvos

2. Getting Paid for Mitzvos

3. The Bracha on a Mitzvah: When?

4. Distractions When Performing A Mitzvah

Set Two: Shabbos – Is It Mutar? Vol 2

1. Dishwasher on Shabbos

2. A Manicure on Shabbos?

3. Birthday Cakes on Shabbos

4. Hairbrushes on Shabbos – Permitted or Not?

Set Three: Davening Etiquette

1. Singing During Davening: Pro or Con

2. Standing During Davening

3. Proper Attire for Davening

4. Davening Out Loud?

Set Four: Fathers & Sons

1. My Father’s Chumros

2. Can A Father Be Mochel?

3. Can You Sue Your Father?

4. Father or Grandfather: Who Do You Honor?

Rabbi Frand has produced scores of practical, topical audio lectures in his Commuter Chavrusa series, available at your local Hebrew bookseller or through ArtScroll.com.

ArtScroll also offers 17 different sets of shiurim on CD by Rabbi Yisroel Reisman, including his very popular Pathways through the Prophets series, which include fascinating discussions of historical and contemporary issues. Over 1000 people attend his weekly lectures in person, and hundreds more watch them via closed circuit tv in other cities.

Another brilliant audio series is The Maggid Speaks, featuring Rabbi Paysach Krohn‘s inspiring and popular public lectures.

Torah learners who are MP3-enabled can stay current with Rabbi Saul Rosenberg‘s lessons on Rashi’s Commentary on Chumash. Bereishis/Genesis, Shemos/Exodus, and Vayikra/Leviticus are currently available.

Many ArtScroll Audio shiurim are available on cassettes, as well. Check with your local Hebrew bookseller or consult the latest ArtScroll catalogue for a complete description of tape inventory.

A Summer Reading Recommendation!   Libby Lazewnik‘s latest novel Fortune Seekers is climbing the charts. Set in the remote town of Lakewood NM, this popular novelist has woven a forceful plot line as intricate as it is intriguing. Best of all is her great ability to develop the character of her protagonists.

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