Maggid imprint: 74 books
Jeremiah
The Fate of a Prophet
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
In Jeremiah: The Fate of a Prophet, Rabbi Dr. Binyamin Lau breaks down the Book of Jeremiah, rearranging its chapters according to historical events and the chronology of the prophet’s life. This groundbreaking reconstruction turns the biblical narrative from a collection of disjointed prophecies...
Halakhic Morality
Essays on Ethics and Masorah
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
In this volume’s opening essay, Rabbi Soloveitchik writes:
Nowadays a basic investigation of morality and ethos would be of great importance. There is a crying need for clarification of many practical problems, both in the individual-private and in the social-ethical realms....
by Steinsaltz, Rabbi Adin Even-Israel
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
When Menachem Mendel Schneerson became the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Chabad-Lubavitch consisted of a small group of Chasidim recovering from near annihilation in the Holocaust. During his forty years of leadership, Rabbi Schneerson transformed Chabad into a global movement marked by extensive outreach...
Listening to God
Inspirational Stories for my Grandchildren
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
See the divine in every human encounter. Be receptive to God’s voice. Act out of faith. These are just a few of the life lessons Rabbi Shlomo Riskin imparts in this collection of personal stories. Rabbi Riskin takes us from his grandmother’s Brooklyn Shabbat table to the vibrant community of Efrat,...
Teach Them Diligently
The Personal Story of a Community Rabbi
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Rabbi Berel Wein – rabbi and historian, writer and lecturer, kashrut supervisor and rosh yeshiva – looks back at the dramatic events of his life. From religious controversies and educational dilemmas, through challenges of community building and synagogue politics, to encounters with great rabbis...
Covenant & Conversation: Exodus
The Book of Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
This collection makes Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ brilliant essays on the weekly Torah portion available in book form for the first time. Rabbi Sacks fuses Jewish tradition, Western philosophy and literature to present a highly developed understanding of the human condition under God’s sovereignty....
Ceremony & Celebration
Introduction to the Holidays
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
When did Rosh HaShana, the anniversary of creation, become a day of judgement? How does Yom Kippur unite the priest’s atonement with the prophet’s repentance? What makes Kohelet, read on Sukkot, the most joyful book in the Bible? Why is the remembrance of the Pesah story so central to Jewish...
By His Light
Character and Values in the Service of God
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016
In this volume, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein explores the development of the religious personality. He advocates a life centered on the service of God, but recognizes multiple paths to this goal. Acknowledging that both the Jewish value system and human experience are multifaceted, he examines the relevant...
Hidden Light
Science Secrets of the bible
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Hidden Light is a far-reaching exploration of the scientific principles embedded in the Tanakh. Dr. David Medved draws on cosmology, astronomy,mathematics, chemistry, geology, and archeology to illuminate various biblical issues and phenomena. He demonstrates how the language of Psalm 19 anticipates...
Talmudic Images
An Introduction to the Sages
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
The Talmud is a unique repository of debate among generations of Jewish sages. While we may be familiar with the names Hillel, Shammai, Ben Zakkai and other Talmudic sages, and we may understand the schools of thought they represent, we are less likely to know much about their individual personalities,...
by Yeshivat Har Etzion Rabbis
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Torah MiEtzion presents original, insightful essays on the Bible by the rabbis and scholars of Yeshivat Har Etzion, one of today’s most vibrant and influential schools of modern biblical interpretation. Since its founding in Israel in 1968, Yeshivat Har Etzion has emphasized Bible study alongside...
Haggai, Zecharia & Malachi
Prophecy in an Age of Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016
Babylonia fell and the Temple was rebuilt, miracles were at once present and hidden − but Judea remained subject to the Persian Empire. The prophets Haggai and Zechariah spoke of imminent redemption − yet most Jews remained in exile. Prophecy ceased with Malachi, and a chapter in Jewish history...
Torah Lights: BeMidbar
Trials & Tribulations in Times of Transition
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
For Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Torah is at once the oldest and the most contemporary document directing human lives. In this highly acclaimed, five-volume parashat hashavua series, Rabbi Riskin helps each reader extract deeply personal, contemporary lessons from the traditional biblical accounts. As Rabbi...
Who Knows Twelve?
Themes and Values in Trei Asar
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
The books of the twelve prophets known as the Trei Asar span hundreds of years, from the waning days of the Kingdom of Israel to the dawn of the Second Temple era. These prophets were of different walks of life – from noblemen to humble shepherds – and lived in various localities, but were united...