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.
Three NEW translation formats of the aforementioned siddurim make it easy to see the translation without popups or switching pages. There are three options:
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In honor of Chanukah, enjoy your free download of the transformative ArtScroll Smart Siddur HERE!
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.
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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.
AS: First things first — Can you tell us a little about Shaar HeBechinah? What exactly is “bechinah”?
RDK: Bechinah means to observe, reflect, and look into. It shares a root with the “bechinah” that students take in yeshivah, designed to help observe how well they are doing in their studies. The “bechinah” that this sefer is speaking about is our obligation to look into and observe Hashem’s Hand in all of creation. The perek in Chovos HaLevavos called Shaar HaBechinah is an in-depth analysis of this world through the eyes of the Chovos HaLevavos himself.
AS: The sefer is based on teachings of Rav Avigdor Miller zt’l. What was his connection with Shaar HaBechinah?
RDK: Rav Avigdor Miller spoke about this perek all his life. He said that its teachings were the greatest inspiration for his own personal avodas Hashem. Not only did he speak about it in almost every one of his 2500 recorded lectures, he also wrote about it at length in many of his sefarim.
AS: What happens to us when we learn to “open our eyes” to Hashem’s presence?
RD: When a person begins to follow the path of bechinah, it is life-changing in many, many ways. Among them, it brings a true sense of happiness and gratitude as one begins to truly focus on the endless good Hashem is bestowing upon him. It also brings a person to have a real and personal relationship with his Creator.
AS: The second part of the book looks at so many different aspects of our world — from the amazing human body to animals to the food chain — finding Hashem’s greatness and presence throughout. How did you go about researching this fascinating section?
RDK: The material in the second section of the sefer is collected from many different sources, but mostly from the Chovos HaLevavos himself, and from the sefarim that Rav Miller wrote on the subject. It also includes many of the things he spoke about often in his lectures, as well as many observations of my own.
Inside ArtScroll: Bringing the books you read, and the people who write them, to life!
The newest episode of Inside ArtScroll features Rabbi Moshe Bamberger, a respected scholar and educator, who has enthralled thousands of readers with his books on Great Jewish Letters, Speeches, Photographs, Classics, and Artifacts. Now, in his latest book, just released this week, he uses his rare talent of capturing a person, an era, or a historical event through a brief story or evocative photograph, to bring to life the greatest people and epochs of Jewish history. Great Jewish Journeys – a spiritual travel guide to kivrei tzaddikim and Torah landmarks around the world – includes hundreds of photographs, artifacts, postcards and artwork. It provides fascinating facts and stories about each destination. Rabbi Bamberger discusses his experiences during his formative years and his authorship of bestselling books. Purchase his brand new book HERE.
WATCH NOW: Inside ArtScroll Episode 14 – Great Jewish Journeys with Rabbi Moshe Bamberger
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