Torah sources and general guidance for the Torah-loyal Jew navigating the precarious and complex world of work. If you have a desire to excel in all aspects of your Torah life and the need to earn a living, this is for you.
Thoughts on points of intersection between Torah values and the modern world. Selected from an archive of emails written in response to "ask the rabbi" inquiries.
A table of contents to the rare and valuable seven-volume history sefer "Doros HaRishonim". (PDF)
You can also download all seven volumes from hebrewbooks.org (search for "Doros Harishonim" in Hebrew).
The "Print-on-Demand" (POD) publishing process now allows us to print, bind and ship very small numbers of books - even one at a time. This means that we can offer competitive prices on newer titles whose market doesn't justify a full, traditional print run, and on older, out of print classics.
Take a look at what we've got.
A practical how-to guide to providing (relatively) safe Internet access to Torah-observant homes while avoiding many of the built-in weaknesses of browser or OS-based filters.
An assessment of the subtle and - at a first glance - contradictory sources that make up Ramban's position
. Analyzing everything Ramban wrote on the subject reveals that he took a startling position on the subject.
A respected children's magazine drops the ball on Torah values - highlighting
a bizarre story that seems, as far as I can see, to glorify the observance of mitzvos through blackmail and coercion. Sound a bit like Beit Shemesh?
There are certainly passages that suggest He did. And if evil exists, doesn't that prove that God created it? Not if evil is a value rather than a creation.
Someone who carefully read my "Working With Torah" is now working to fit what I've written about bitachon/personal effort into the real world of tuition payments, mortgages and retirement funds (vacations are so unrealistic that they didn't even make it into the discussion).
