Can’t Wait For Shabbos is a wonderful new book and full-length music CD all about Shabbos. Written by Rabbi Yehuda Winzelberg, it teaches and explains by way of stories and songs about the many beautiful aspects and specialness of Shabbos Kodesh. The CD is an exciting and entertaining journey through Shabbos, with world-class music, masterfully done by Shmuli Rosenberg of SkyLine Music. The great singers that grace this album are: Shloime Dachs, Yechezkel Gluck, Yoel Dovid Goldstein, Michoel Pruzansky, Meir Sherman, Yonatan Shlagbaum, Daniel Waldman, Yosef Wartelsky, and Srully Williger. All the lyrics are based on Hilchos Shabbos, and they are fully annotated in footnotes in the sefer, where they are explained and elaborated upon through inspiring and captivating stories in each chapter. It is a veritable treasure trove of information and beautifully illustrated and designed by Chanie Siegel and Penina Brick Abromowitz. There is also a Divrei Torah section to enhance your Shabbos meals. Everything is based on the Mishnah Brurah and other prominent Torah and Halachic classics. This project enjoys praise and haskamos from Rabbonim from around the world. There is even an all encompassing glossary which makes this sefer a valuable tool for educators, as well as for kiruv. This unique project includes something for everyone and offers a rich and enjoyable learning experience for the entire family. It is sure to be enjoyed by one and all! See for yourself why more and more people are saying they just Can’t Wait For Shabbos!
The book+CD is available in most Judaica stores and online on www.Nachas.org.

Click PLAY below to hear the song Gut Shabbos, sung by Michoel Pruzansky

Bringing our blessings to life: The ArtScroll Children’s Book of Berachos

Our children and grandchildren learned to love davening from Shmuel Blitz’s bestselling and beloved ArtScroll Children’s Siddur. Now the wonderful world of berachos (blessings) comes to life in this entertaining and informative book.

Berachos are such marvelous things, connecting us to our Creator and giving us an enhanced appreciation of the blessings that He bestows upon us every day. And they’re easy enough for our little ones to say with gusto and excitement.

The ArtScroll Children’s Book of Berachos includes:

* Hebrew and English text of more than 30 berachos
* An inspiring introduction by Rabbi Nosson Scherman
* Lists of foods and the berachos we say on them
* The full text of bircas hamazon
* “Did You Know?” and “A Closer Look” features on every page (adults will love these too!)
* “Vivid and lively full color illustrations by Tova Katz

The ArtScroll Children’s Book of Berachos is a book our children will read over and over again – enjoying even as they learn.
For more information or to purchase please visit Artscroll.com

Do you believe that people can change? Follow the spiritual journey of a Muslim from Kuwait, whose maternal grandmother whispers Hebrew prayers in the darkness of night.

Do you believe in the power of a story? True stories that take us to a palace in Tehran and a stuffy New York traffic court; stories that introduce us to a group of Ethiopian Jews searching for the Temple in Jerusalem and to the only Jewish chaplain in Iraq; stories of wandering and inspiration, of challenge and triumph.

Featuring some of today’s best Jewish writers from the trailblazing website Aish.com, here is a collection of thought-provoking, moving essays that shows us the power and possibilities that lie within every one of us.

We are taught that the great Talmudic scholar, Rabbi Akiva, realized that Torah, like drop after drop of water, has immeasurable power – and he transformed himself from an ignorant shepherd to one of Judaism’s greatest teachers. In Like Water on a Rock we meet dozens of fascinating people who harnessed the power of Jewish wisdom and belief to transform their lives – demonstrating how we can, too.
For more information or to purchase please visit Artscroll.com

Voices you can hear through eternity:
Great Jewish Speeches

* Rabbi Moshe Ben Nachman, the Ramban, addresses his congregation in Barcelona.
* Avraham Ben Avraham, the “righteous convert,” publicly forgives the Jew who betrayed him.
* The Klausenberger Rebbe comforts 5,000 shattered survivors in a DP camp on Yom Kippur eve.
* The venerable and saintly Chafetz Chaim, his voice trembling, begs his fellows in Radin to give up conflict and discord.

In Great Jewish Speeches you can “hear” the voices of some of the greatest Jewish luminaries in history — through the speeches that they gave. Painstakingly uncovered from hundreds of sources by Rabbi Moshe Bamberger, a respected scholar and educator, each of the speeches included in this magnificent anthology is a gem, a classic of Jewish thought. To make the collection even more valuable, Rabbi Bamberger added historical and biographical background to his flowing, readable English translation of the speeches.

Lavishly illustrated with photos and drawings, Great Jewish Speeches, – a companion volume to the popular Great Jewish Letters — is a stunning and important addition to every home.

For more information or to purchase please visit Artscroll.com

* Over 170 easy-to-make recipes
* Full-color photos throughout
* Side dish pairing suggestions
* Tips for food preparation and storage

Picture it. You’re holding a cookbook featuring amazingly easy recipes – with tantalizing variations on familiar themes, using ingredients you already have on hand, with vivid imagery and easy-to-follow instructions, with simple suggestions for everyday dishes and holiday specials — all wrapped up in one beautiful full-color volume. Welcome to Leah Schapira’s Fresh & Easy Kosher Cooking: Ordinary Ingredients – Extraordinary Meals!

Leah is a rising star in the rapidly expanding genre of kosher cuisine. Her energetic passion for creatively simple cooking is boundless, as her illustrated Menu Suggestions reveal. A weekly magazine food editor and founder of a popular online recipe exchange, Leah understands what so many of today’s kosher cooks most want —– and she’s delivered it in this gorgeous cookbook.

Her approach to cooking is straightforward and basic; her finished results are consistently and deliciously excellent. With so many great ideas for simple-to-make meals, Fresh & Easy will quickly become one of your most popular cookbooks!

For more or to purchase please visit Artscroll.com.

Four great men – who belonged to all of Klal Yisrael.

They dedicated their lives to serving Hashem, learning and teaching His Torah, and taking care of His People. In the space of only a few weeks, they were taken from us. Even in our mourning, we look to their lives for inspiration and comfort. Here are their lives, their stories, and the lessons they still teach us, as recounted in YATED NE’EMAN.

Rav Yitzchok Dov Koppelman zt’l: Seven decades of harbatzas Torah, tens of thousands of students – and the venerable Rosh Yeshivah remembered and loved every one of them.

Rav Michel Yehudah Lefkowitz zt’l: The Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Ponovezh L’tzeirim infused three generations and thousands of talmidim with the spark of his own extraordinary love for Torah learning.

Rav Chaim Stein zt’l: The Rosh Yeshiva of Telz connected us to generations of Lithuanian giants — the ardor and joy of their learning – and their zeal to build a glorious Torah world.

Rav Elazar Abuchatzeira zt’l: Scion of a holy family stretching back generations, his shemiras ainayim – and his profound spiritual vision – were legendary.

For more information or to purchase please visit Artscroll.com.

The illuminations are breathtakingly beautiful… The calligraphy and micrography are exacting… The commentary is profound and inspiring… A magnificent new art edition by renowned Judaica artist Rabbi Yonah Weinrib

ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications is proud to release this unprecedented artistic endeavor, writing another new and exciting chapter in the annals of manuscript illumination. His masterpiece on Sefer Bereisheet captures the awesome beauty of the Days of Creation, the devastation of the Mabul and the Tower of Babel, the trials and life of Abraham, the lives of the Patriarchs and the establishment of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The text comes alive with brilliant and creative imagery, enhanced by profound messages culled from the Midrash and hundreds of years of traditional commentary.

* Over 500 pages of art, research, commentary and insights

* Complete English translation of the text with profound Midrashic commentary explaining all the nuances in the art

For more or to purchase please visit Artscroll.com.

The illuminations are breathtakingly beautiful… The calligraphy and micrography are exacting… The commentary is profound and inspiring… A magnificent new art edition by renowned Judaica artist Rabbi Yonah Weinrib.

ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications is proud to release this unprecedented artistic endeavor, writing another new and exciting chapter in the annals of manuscript illumination. His masterpiece on Sefer Bereisheet captures the awesome beauty of the Days of Creation, the devastation of the Mabul and the Tower of Babel, the trials and life of Abraham, the lives of the Patriarchs and the establishment of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The text comes alive with brilliant and creative imagery, enhanced by profound messages culled from the Midrash and hundreds of years of traditional commentary.

* Over 500 pages of art, research, commentary and insights

* Complete English translation of the text with profound Midrashic commentary explaining all the nuances in the art

For more or to purchase please visit Artscroll.com.

For an author to write an effective book of halachah, Jewish law, the gift of clarity is indispensable. To set forth hashkafah, the Torah perspective on life, an author must possess the ability to inspire and enlighten. In Contemporary Questions in Halachah and Hashkafah, Rabbi Yosef Viener offers a rare combination of both: clear, easy-to-follow halachic guidance together with hashkafic explanations that illuminate our daily lives.

Contemporary Questions in Halachah and Hashkafah offers readers practical, relevant, and unusually readable answers to over a hundred inquiries from all over the world. The range of questions is astonishing, and reflects the variety of experience in our world. My son wants to make a snowman on Shabbos; is he allowed to do so? My elevator went into free fall until the emergency brakes kicked in – do I have to “bentch gomel”? What is the best way to prepare for a possible Shabbos birth? I can go to a Torah shiur or a wedding – which has precedence? Do we believe in “luck” – and what do we mean when we wish someone “mazal tov”? Using such questions as a starting point for discussion, the author includes many general guidelines on each topic, as well as penetrating insights into the mitzvah. Here is a wealth of both information and inspiration; thus, a question of whether a teenage boy should wear tzitzis while exercising ends with a poignant discussion of the commandment, drawing upon the experiences of people as diverse as King David and the Vilna Gaon.

Extensive footnotes make this work an invaluable resource for scholars, and a detailed index allows the reader to quickly find the answers to questions that come up every day.

From dealing with competition in the marketplace to taking allergy medicine on Shabbos; from waking a parent for an important business phone call to the halachos of bar mitzvah: this is a book as rich and varied as our own lives. Rabbi Viener’s shiurim on family issues, Chumash, Navi, Tefillah and many other topics in halachah and hashkafah are available at his website, www.Torahstream.org.
To purchase this book visit Artscroll.com.

Noted for his wit, wisdom, and elocutionary excellence, Rabbi Yissocher Frand, a rosh yeshivah at Baltimore’s Yeshivas Ner Israel, is known throughout the world as a masterfully clear teacher of Torah. Wherever he speaks, rooms are filled to capacity. And as he speaks, the audience sits transfixed, absorbed, drinking in each carefully crafted phrase.

Over the years, Rabbi Frand’s name has become closely associated with his thoughts on the weekly parashah – the portion of Torah studied weekly by Jews across the globe. Through his famed Parsha Perceptions Series, Rabbi Frand’s message reaches thousands of listeners each week.

Public response to the first two volumes of Rabbi Frand on the Parashah were strong. Readers wanted more. Drawing from the vast reservoir of Rabbi Frand’s teachings, this third volume is sure to satisfy readers’ earnest and eager appetite for more wisdom from one of Torah Judaism’s finest teachers, and these provocative insights are certain to enhance Shabbos meals and celebrations throughout the year.

For more or to purchase please visit Artscroll.com.