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*new books added in Adar - Feb.
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*Reb Shraga Feivel
The Life and Times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz
The Architect of Torah Life in America
by
Yonasan Rosenblum
based on Rabbi Aharon Sorasky's Shelucha Derachmana
Mesorah pub.
artscroll.com
Biography of a Torah Pioneer in America. He built Torah Vodaas, a yeshiva that awakened the students' fervor for their Torah and Yiddishkeit.
Guardian of Jerusalem - The life and times of Reb Yosef Chaim
Sonnenfeld - by
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Sonnenfeld (Mesorah)
artscroll.com
Biography of the great Tzaddik.
Presents, a close up, in depth, picture of Torah and Yiddishkeit in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) and
Eretz Yisroel, in
Reb Yosef Chaim's time.
Reb Moshe - the life and ideals of Hagaon Reb Moshe Feinstein
by
Rabbi Shimon Finkleman with Rabbi Nosson Scherman
Mesorah pub.
artscroll.com
Biography of the renowned sage. This book is written with a special warmth.
Reading about the great kindness and sensitivity of the tzaddik helps one be
a better human being.
Not just Stories
- by Rabbi Abraham Twerski M.D. (Shaar
Press) (Distributed by Art Scroll/Mesorah)
Inspiring book showing us the ways of our saintly leaders from the Chassidic world to help us aspire to be better human beings
Reb Chaim Gelb - by Reb
Dovid Fisher
Mesorah Publications artscroll.com
Inspiring biography of a person who was a legend in his own lifetime. May we all learn from his good deeds, his warm, his kind and loving heart, and his great and intense passion for Yiddishkeit. May his merit protect us
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*Coming Back to Earth
The Central Park Guru Becomes an Old City Jew
by
Gil Locks
L'Chaim Publication
copyright © 2004 by Gil Locks Old City, Jerusalem www.thereisone.com
From the Preface
Whatever happened to New York City's "Central Park Guru"?.......It was the summer of 1972 and New York was trying to move on from the hippies to whatever was going to be next. Many young people were already looking toward the East, so seeing someone dressed as an East Indian was not something that merited national television time.....
*The Bamboo Cradle
a Jewish father's story
by
Avraham Schwartzbaum
Feldheim Publishers
A Jewish couple find and adopt an abandoned infant chinese baby and raise her with love and devotiont as their own daugther. Through their efforts to convert her to Judaism they discover their own Jewish heritage.
*Windows and Mirrors
by
Malkie Feig
Stories and Reflections on Life Experiences
*Carry Me in Your Heart
The  Life and Legacy of Sara Schenirer - Founder and visionary of the Bais Yaakov movement
by Pearl Benisch
Feldheim Publishing
Sara Schnerer founded Bais Yaakov, a network of Jewish schools for girls, guided by Torah true values.
Heartstrings -
by Ella Katz
(Targum/Feldheim)
(354 pages)
Heartstrings recounts twelve incredible months in the life of one baby and
his family. Written by the child's mother, it is a poignant, powerful and
ultimately uplifting story. (from the
back cover)
Galia - Messages from Heaven - The
moving story of a special child and her mother who communicate via
Facilitated Communication.
By Shulamit Gad
Israel Book Shop - 501 Prospect St. Lakewood, New Jersey To order this book
e-mail:
isrbkshp@aol.com or phone 1-732-901-3009
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*Just One Word
by
Esther Stern
Feldheim Publishers
Seventy two heartwarming and inspiring stories and parables illustrating the power of one word — Amen.
Read about the treasures of Amen and how it can open all the Heavenly gates, enriching you with good fortune and success.
*The Mothers In Our Lives
edited by
Sara Shapiro
Targum Press Distributed by Targum/Feldheim
A women's antholgy that examines motherhood and the many facets of the mother-daughter relationship.
Visions of Greatness
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by
Rabbi Yosef Weiss
(CIS Publishers)
Jewish inspirational true stories.
Visions of Greatness volume 3
Visions of Greatness
volume 6
Visions of Greatness volume 7
The Director -
by Aryeh Tabak
(Artscroll/Mesorah)
Jewish inspirational true stories with a South-African connection.
People Like Us -
Edited by Chaya Baila Kaganoff and Miriam Zakon
(Targum Press)
Horizons magazine
presents these inspiring and
heartwarming true stories.
The Other Side of the Story - True stories inspiring us to follow the
teaching of our Sages, "Judge every person in the scale of merit?"
Living on the Edge
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by Rabbi
Dovid Goldwasser
(Judaica Press)
Inspiring true stories.
A Treasury of Chassidic Tales on the Festivals -vol. I
by Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin
(Artscroll/Mesorah)
A collection of inspirational Chassidic stories relevant to the Festivals.
This series has many Hebraic terms. It
may be difficult to follow without some knowledge of the Hebrew language and
some Torah background. A Treasury of Chassidic Tales on the Festivals vol. II
by Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin
(Artscroll/Mesorah)
A collection of inspirational Chassidic stories relevant to the Festivals.
A Treasury of
Chassidic Tales on the Torah
vol. II by
Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin
(Artscroll/Mesorah)
A collection of inspirational
Chassidic stories relevant to the weekly Torah readings.
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Shaar Hayichud Vehaemuna -
second part of the sacred Tanya -
Two chapters are
featured here. To have a better understanding of the sacred text read Adin Shteinsalz's work: Opening the Tanya:
Discovering the Moral and Mystical Teachings of a Classic Work of Kabbalah.
Bringing Heaven Down to Earth - compiled by Tzvi Freeman
Book's Forward
(Kehot
publications)
G-d
is not just big---He is infinite. If He were only big, then those things
that are small would be further from Him and those things that are big would
be closer. But to the Infinite, big and small are irrelevant terms. He is
everywhere,
and He is found wherever he wishes to be found.
(from the book)
The Infinite Light
A book about G-d by
Aryeh Kaplan
(Publisher-National Conference of Synagogue Youth
www.ou.org
Distributed by
Mesorah Publications)
From back cover -
Rabbi Kaplan draws from the entire spectrum of our tradition to present
an understanding of God, His Torah, and of man's duty to observe the
truths embodied in it.
(adapted from the inside flap)
Living Inspired
- by Akiva Tatz
(Targum)
This book shows how an understanding of some of the deeper ideas and
patterns of Torah thought can illuminate our everyday experiences.
This books has touched and enriched audiences and individuals worldwide.
(adapted from the inside flap)
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