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Mark My Words!

Mark My Words! By Mark Hasten with Peter Weisz Brotchin Books Indianapolis, 2004 391 pages I was skeptical when I…

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Reb Shlomo: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld

Reb Shlomo: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld By Rabbi Yisroel Besser Judaica Press, 2008 332 pages Reviewed…

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Nowadays, cooking, baking and all things related to food are quite en vogue. An entire television network is devoted to…

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If God is Good, Why is the World So Bad?

In my Jewish Perspectives on the Experience of Suffering, I wrote that those who place truth over happiness often get…

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Thoughts on Giving A prominent foundation director speaks candidly about raising and giving away money

In the 1920s, a poor Jewish immigrant came to the United States from Greece and amassed a great deal of…

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DNA and Tradition: The Genetic Link to the Ancient Hebrews

Rabbi Yaakov Kleiman has written a brief, clear, wide-ranging and accurate description of the use of DNA analysis to trace…

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Community, Covenant and Commitment: Selected Letters and Communications

This book comprises many letters that span the course of the Rav’s public life. Many pictures of the Rav emerge…

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Community, Covenant and Commitment: Selected Letters and Communications, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

It is common knowledge that the Brisker method of Talmud study is difficult and complex. The terms “two dinim,” “gavra…

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

“When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” These words, placed by Sir Arthur Conan…

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Light at the End of the Tunnel

While Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski’s Light at the End of the Tunnel is written in the form of a novella…

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Light at the End of the Tunnel

While Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski’s Light at the End of the Tunnel is written in the form of a novella…

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