This weekly publication will contain a rich collection of stories, divrei Torah and insights that are suitable for the Shabbos table – or for anytime. We hope you enjoy and look forward to future issues, as we tap into the unparalleled treasure trove that is the ArtScroll Library, sharing the depth and beauty of our Judaic and Torah literature with you.
Inside ArtScroll: Bringing the books you read, and the people who write them, to life!
The newest episode of Inside ArtScroll features Daniel Retter, an attorney by profession, who undertook to compile a complete index of the entire Shas. The newly expanded and updated Hebrew HaMafteach® HaChadash, encompassing all of Shas Bavli and Mishnayos in one volume, has received the approbation of Rav Chaim Kanievsky, Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman, Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky and other Torah leaders, who recognized its magnificence in enabling anyone – man, woman or child – to locate virtually every topic, saying, anecdote, maxim, parable, significant subject matter, Talmudic and rabbinical law, Biblical exegesis, and Biblical and Talmudic personalities mentioned in Shas Bavli and Mishnayos. HaMafteach® HaChadash includes 78,102 subject matter entries and sub-entries, with 92,400 Talmudic and Mishnayos sources. In this interview, we find out why Mr. Retter, whose vocation involves legalities related to immigration and real estate, made this endeavor – indexing all of Shas – his life’s passion. He shares interesting anecdotes, including Rav Chaim Kanievsky’s fascinating response upon looking something up in HaMafteach®. Purchase HaMafteach® HERE.
WATCH NOW: Inside ArtScroll Episode 16 – Why Did a Lawyer Write an Index on Shas?
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This weekly publication will contain a rich collection of stories, divrei Torah and insights that are suitable for the Shabbos table – or for anytime. We hope you enjoy and look forward to future issues, as we tap into the unparalleled treasure trove that is the ArtScroll Library, sharing the depth and beauty of our Judaic and Torah literature with you.
The ArtScroll Digital Library/Wasserman Digital Initiative is a revolutionary app with groundbreaking technology that continues to enhance classic ArtScroll volumes, allowing readers to study and pray in ways never before possible. With no internet required, the app is available for download on Apple iOS devices and Android devices.
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This weekly publication will contain a rich collection of stories, divrei Torah and insights that are suitable for the Shabbos table – or for anytime. We hope you enjoy and look forward to future issues, as we tap into the unparalleled treasure trove that is the ArtScroll Library, sharing the depth and beauty of our Judaic and Torah literature with you.
Cookbooks make fantastic gifts —and we’ve got a real winner for Chanukah! Dinner Done: Practical recipes for your busy daywas created by the talented and popular Between Carpools team, and it’s already flying off the shelves and into kitchens all over the planet!
We feed our loved ones, and we feed our neshamos as well. In Nishmas: Song of the Soul, by Rabbi Yisroel Besser, we gain a wonderful new understanding of Nishmas, which is recited by tens of thousands, through stories and insights.
Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s The Light and the Splendor shows us how to view Chanukah and Tu B’Shvat in a whole new way.
Based on the teachings of Rav Avigdor Miller, Open Your Eyes by Rabbi Dov Keilson shows us how to bring Hashem into our lives on a minute-by-minute basis, and You Revealed by Nafatali Horowitz is a Torah-based guide to success.
Rabbi Chaim Mintz answers your questions in Ask the Rabbi, and Rabbi Moshe Bamberger takes us on a fascinating tour of our gedolim in his full-color coffee table book, Great Jewish Journeys.
The Illustrated Tehillim is a full-color, oversized volume featuring exquisite paintings illustrating each chapter.
The Tehillas Leah Sarah Edition Tehillim Mechulak is made up of 30 Tehillim booklets, divided by the daily chapter, perfect for Tehillim groups or to take with you every day. Both include fully vowelized Hebrew text, with the classic ArtScroll English-language translation.
Can’t forget the kids! The little ones will learn delightful lessons with Mrs. Sara Ginsburg’sThanks to You for Everything, while for older children we’ve got The Story of Rav Belsky, a warm and personal biography written by his granddaughter, Etti Goldstein.
Inside ArtScroll: Bringing the books you read, and the people who write them, to life!
The newest episode of Inside ArtScroll features Rabbi Yisroel Besser, renowned writer and biographer, who has just released a new volume on Nishmas. For the first time ever in English, Rabbi Besser gives us a whole new understanding of the magnificent words of this tefillah, with a sweeping, fresh and contemporary commentary, full of enlightening stories and insights that illustrate the many concepts discussed in Nishmas. In this interview, Rabbi Besser takes us behind the scenes, sharing some fascinating insights shared by Rav Chaim Kanievsky specifically for this new publication. With this book, you can join the “Nishmas army,” those committed to saying Nishmas regularly, a concept suggested by Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievsky, who’d received the tradition from her revered father-in-law, the Steipler Gaon. Rabbi Besser discusses the secrets of prayer itself hidden within the words of this tefillah, thanksgiving and entreaty merging in every line and phrase. Purchase this brand new book HERE.
WATCH NOW: Inside ArtScroll Episode 15 – The Power of Nishmas with Rabbi Yisroel Besser
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This weekly publication will contain a rich collection of stories, divrei Torah and insights that are suitable for the Shabbos table – or for anytime. We hope you enjoy and look forward to future issues, as we tap into the unparalleled treasure trove that is the ArtScroll Library, sharing the depth and beauty of our Judaic and Torah literature with you.
AS: Your new book focuses on amazing stories showing the power of hafrashas challah, told by Nava Ben Moshe, who has touched the lives of literally thousands through her kiruv and especially through her challah bakes. You’re a man and, I presume, not a challah baker. How do these stories speak to the lives of someone who does not bake regularly?
RNS: Now you’re making assumptions …. Just kidding, my wife is the one who does the baking. The theme in many of the stories is about the power of tefillah and finding joy in mitzvos. Those are themes for everyone, not just challah bakers. And the fact is challah is part of everyone’s life. I love seeing my wife and daughters baking challah on Thursday night. It gives the whole house an Erev Shabbos feeling, and it’s a wonderful part of preparing for Shabbos.
AS: So, tell us more about the power of hafrashas challah, and how you got involved in this project.
RNS: In all honesty, this is not my regular beat. However, the more I spoke to Mrs. Ben Moshe and heard the incredible stories that she’s witnessed, and how the mitzvah of hafrashaschallah has brought so many yeshuos, the more I realized that here is a world that I am not familiar with, but which is truly powerful.
AS: So many amazing stories, each one different from the next. Any favorites?
RNS: I love the story about the former kibbutznik who finds a missing key — which convinces her to go to a challah bake and creates an unusual instance of hashgachah pratis. And the woman whose paralyzed hands are healed in a mixing bowl full of challah dough … amazing!
AS: Mrs. Ben Moshe talks about how she was just a “normal” wife and mother, and yet she became a powerhouse in kiruv. What does that tell us about our own potential?
RNS: From these stories we see that we can all rise above ourselves and do things we never believed we could. We have to be willing to leave our comfort zone. For Nava Ben Moshe, leaving the comfort zone meant agreeing to give that first shiur although she never imagined herself as a public speaker. But the more she went above and beyond what she thought she could do, the more siyata DiShmaya she merited, and that’s a major lesson for all of us.
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