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5 Great Leaders
* R' Chaim Ozer Grodzensky * R' Meir Shapiro * R' Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld * R' Elchonon Wasserman * The Chazon Ish
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Catalog # : FGLH
Release Date : 12/01/2005
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Like its popular predecessor Five Great Lives depicts the character and achievements of five towering Torah personalities, Rabbi Shimon Finkelman, the best-selling, perceptive biographer of Torah greats, continues to enlighten and inspire in this new book
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5 Great Lives
* The Steipler * R' Yaakov Kamenetsky * R' Moshe Feinstein * R' Yehudah Zev Segal * R' Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
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Catalog # : FIVH
Release Date : 12/10/1998
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Rabbi Shimon Finkelman knows how to present the many facets of their lives as geonim, teachers, humane guides, and devout servants of Hashem. His full-length anecdotal biographies have won the admiration and gratitude of thousands. Here he presents the bi
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90 Seconds
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The Epic Story of Eli Beer and United Hatzalah
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Catalog # : NSECH
Release Date : 03/16/2023
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This is a true story so full of non-stop action, physical and spiritual courage, Divine Providence, spine-tingling adventure -- and an utter dedication to Torah -- that it can only be called: Incredible!
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The Epic Story of Eli Beer and United Hatzalah
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Catalog # : LNSECH
Release Date : 03/22/2023
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This is a true story so full of non-stop action, physical and spiritual courage, Divine Providence, spine-tingling adventure -- and an utter dedication to Torah -- that it can only be called: Incredible!
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90 Seconds Paperback
The Epic Story of Eli Beer and United Hatzalah
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Catalog # : NSECP
Release Date : 10/31/2023
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This is a true story so full of non-stop action, physical and spiritual courage, Divine Providence, spine-tingling adventure -- and an utter dedication to Torah -- that it can only be called: Incredible!
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A Blazing Light in the Darkness
Rabbi Avrohom Kalmanowitz – Gaon in Torah, Hatzalah Legend, and Torah Builder
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Catalog # : BLAZH
Release Date : 05/29/2019
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So many accomplishments, by one man, in one lifetime. He was Rav Avrohom Kalmanowitz, the man who brought the blazing light of Torah to the darkness of war, genocide, and spiritual and physical destruction. This is his story.
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A Look Back
Contemporary portraits of two generations ago
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Catalog # : LOOH
Release Date : 12/12/2000
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This book presents many of Dr. Gershon Kranzler's finest essays. They are filled with stories and biographical sketches of a string of fascinating people of two generations ago.
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A Look Back
Contemporary portraits of two generations ago
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Catalog # : LOOP
Release Date : 12/12/2000
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This book presents many of Dr. Gershon Kranzler's finest essays. They are filled with stories and biographical sketches of a string of fascinating people of two generations ago.
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A Star from Sanz
Rebuilding From the Ashes – The Story of Rav Yitzchok Sternhell
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Catalog # : SANZH
Release Date : 12/14/2016
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Rabbi Yechiel Spero brings all his acclaimed storytelling talent to the inspiring life of Rav Yitzchok Sternhell, one of the unsung heroes of the resurgence of Torah in postwar America.
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A TALE OF TWO WORLDS
Rabbi Dovid and Rebbetzin Basya Bender - the bridge between the Yeshiva-Bais Yaakov worlds of pre-War Europe and post-War America
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Catalog # : TTWH
Release Date : 02/15/2009
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This is a panorama of a book, the story of worlds within worlds. It combines many slices of fascinating human interest and the history of Torah worlds. It invites us into the life of a family that will make us smile with admiration, marvel at its courage
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A Tale of Two Worlds - Hebrew Edition
Rabbi Dovid and Rebbetzin Basya Bender - the bridge between the Yeshiva-Bais Yaakov worlds of pre-War Europe and post-War America
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Catalog # : HTTWH
Release Date : 06/09/2016
Format : Hardcover
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This is a panorama of a book, the story of worlds within worlds. It combines many slices of fascinating human interest and the history of Torah worlds. It invites us into the life of a family that will make us smile with admiration, marvel at its courage
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A Tap on the Shoulder
The story of the shy, quiet man who brought thousands of people back to Torah.
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Catalog # : TAPH
Release Date : 06/21/2021
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The story of the shy, quiet man who brought thousands of people back to Torah.
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Aleppo - City of Scholars
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Catalog # : ALPH
Release Date : 03/28/2005
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Based on LiKedoshim Asher Ba'aretz by Hacham David Laniado; Edited and expanded by Rabbi David Sutton; Translated by Isaac Kirzner Known since Biblical times as Aram Soba, the city of Aleppo, Syria was a scholarly and spiritual center for thousands of yea
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An Angel From Yerushalayim
Reb Chaim Goldberg the Chicago native who became a chesed legend
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Catalog # : AFYH
Release Date : 02/06/2019
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Reb Chaim transformed and improved the lives of countless people, and this masterly biography by bestselling author Rabbi Yechiel Spero will transform and improve our own lives as well.
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At Any Hour - Harav Shlomo Gissinger
How one rav impacted individuals, families and generations
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Catalog # : AAHH
Release Date : 12/01/2020
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Rav Shlomo Gissinger was a man with a passionate love for Hashem, for His Torah, and for His people, available to everyone, attentive to their needs, extraordinarily sensitive to their feelings. At Any Hour: Harav Shlomo Gissinger is not a traditional chronological biography. Rather, it is a collection of unforgettable stories based on the recollections and impressions of those who knew him, loved him, and, of course, turned to him for wise advice and help.
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At His Rebbi's Side
Rabbi Yehoshua Liff’s 50 years of personal encounters with Gedolei Yisrael
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Catalog # : AHRH
Release Date : 03/01/2017
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Everywhere he went, Rabbi Liff encountered Torah greatness, and his relationships with more than 25 gedolim makes for incredible reading. Follow him and be inspired, as he stands “at his rebbi’s side.”
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BUDAPEST '44
Rescue and Resistance 1944-1945
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Catalog # : BUDH
Release Date : 02/04/2004
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The young Slovakian businessman planned to join his wife in London, but the Nazis marched into Austria and life would never be the same. Mandated by his illustrious father to remain in Europe to help his people, R' Shmuel Binyomin (Wolf) Frey embarked on
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BUDAPEST '44
Rescue and Resistance 1944-1945
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Catalog # : BUDP
Release Date : 02/04/2004
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The young Slovakian businessman planned to join his wife in London, but the Nazis marched into Austria and life would never be the same. Mandated by his illustrious father to remain in Europe to help his people, R' Shmuel Binyomin (Wolf) Frey embarked on
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Beloved by All
Rav Avraham Pam - a life of Kiddush Hashem
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Catalog # : BBAH
Release Date : 02/27/2007
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"No, no, no!" he told the caller. " How can you say you have no friends? I'm your friend." The caller was sad and lonely. The speaker was Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov HaKohen Pam, Rosh Yeshivah of Torah Vodaath, where he taught Torah to thousands of talmidim for
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Between My Father and the Old Fool
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Catalog # : BETP
Release Date : 07/21/2004
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He could save his life and lose his soul.Or he could save his soul and lose his life. This is but one of the many challenges that confronted Maeir Cahan, a young man with phenomenal courage and quick wits. And it's just part of his great and exciting sto
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Between My Father and the Old Fool
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Catalog # : BETH
Release Date : 07/21/2004
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He could save his life and lose his soul.Or he could save his soul and lose his life. This is but one of the many challenges that confronted Maier Cahan, a young man with phenomenal courage and quick wits. And it's just part of his great and exciting stor
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Building for Eternity
The Life and Legacy of Reb Moshe Reichmann
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Catalog # : REICH
Release Date : 11/08/2021
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Rabbi Yisroel Besser brings us a story that will leave us enthralled by its unexpected twists and turns. More: it will make us newly sensitive to the potential to give that lies within each one of us, how one mans dignity and nobility allowed others to feel taller. It shows how a person, regardless of where their personal journey leads, can soar so high.
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B’Ahavah, Benny
Reb Yechiel Benzion Fishoff – A Story of Dignity, Generosity, Wisdom and Warmth
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Catalog # : BENNYH
Release Date : 11/01/2023
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He started literally with nothing, and built an empire of business – and chesed. He was a brilliant businessman whom Rabbi Moshe Sherer called “the malach of shalom.” He was a man who blended startling financial acumen with mussar hashkafah – and made it work! He was the unique, inimitable Reb Benny Fishoff. And this is his story, his wisdom, in his own words.
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Captive Child
From Communist Cruelty, to Rebirth in Jerusalem
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Catalog # : CAPH
Release Date : 12/07/2011
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A most unlikely hero. A most unconventional memoir. Shepsel was a little Jewish boy cared for in a nurturing German home - until his Nazi "father" was killed fighting for the Third Reich and his foster mother handed him over to a death camp. (She gave hi
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Chafetz Chaim: The Life and Works of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan
The life and works of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan of Radin
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Catalog # : CHSH
Release Date : 06/01/1984
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The definitive biography of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan of Radin, Poland.
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Child of War
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Catalog # : COWH
Release Date : 01/26/2009
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When little Leibish was eight years old, his world came to an end. It had been a wonderful world, the secure and peaceful world of Chassidic Budapest. And now, in an instant, it was gone. The Nazis had arrived, and Leibish and his family were brutally thr
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Dateline: Istanbul
Dr. Jacob Griffel's lone odyssey through a sea of indifference.
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Catalog # : DATP
Release Date : 01/20/1993
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The courageous story of Dr. Jacob Griffel. Though his family had been wiped out, he never stopped fighting to save Jews.
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Dateline: Istanbul
Dr. Jacob Griffel's lone odyssey through a sea of indifference.
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Catalog # : DATH
Release Date : 01/20/1993
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The courageous story of Dr. Jacob Griffel. Though his family had been wiped out, he never stopped fighting to save Jews.
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Destined to Survive
Uplifting stories from the worst of times
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Catalog # : DTSH
Release Date : 08/28/2001
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Israel Cohen was a prisoner in a slave-labor hell during the Holocaust. More than once the thought that he was a footstep away from the end, but he was destined to survive - to start a new life, raise a proud family, and share his experiences with us. And
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Don Yosef Nasi
A marrano's rise to power
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Catalog # : DONH
Release Date : 01/20/1991
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A dramatization of the story of Don Yosef Nasi and his mother-in-law, Dona Gracia, marranos who rose to be among the most influential figures in Europe and Asia.
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Dr. Adler
The legendary doctor of Gedolim - and Klal Yisrael
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Catalog # : DADH
Release Date : 06/17/2014
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They don't make them like this anymore. Rav Schach zt'l called him "ze'ir a groisseh doctor" (a very great doctor), and the Klausenberger zt'l declared, "he was accompanied by the angel Rafael himself." Blessed by the Gerrer Rebbe, the Imrei Emes, to be "
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Echoes Of Glory Compact Size
The story of the Jews in the classical era 350 BCE-750 CE
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Catalog # : CECHH
Release Date : 10/20/2014
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In this, his third masterwork, Rabbi Wein takes us from the end of the First Temple Era to the times of the Geonim. He transports us to the eras of Alexander the Great; the miracle of Chanukah; the creation of the Mishnah and Talmud, and how they saved Je
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Emunah With Love and Chicken Soup
Henny Machlis – The Brooklyn-born girl who became a Jerusalem legend
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Catalog # : ELCH
Release Date : 11/14/2016
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Her home was small, yet hundreds and hundreds of people found a place in it. Her heart was open even wider than her home, and thousands and thousands of Jews found a beloved place in it. That was Rebbetzin Henny Machlis. And this is her story.
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Emunah with Love and Chicken Soup - French Edition
Henny Machlis – The Brooklyn-born girl who became a Jerusalem legend
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Catalog # : FELCH
Release Date : 10/18/2018
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The best-selling Emunah with Love and Chicken Soup is now available in French, the language of thousands of jews around the world!

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Encounters With Greatness
Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis reflects on his interactions with outstanding Torah personalities of our generation
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Catalog # : EWGH
Release Date : 03/20/2018
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In these pages, written with Rabbi Nachman Seltzer’s trademark verve and passion, we will meet fifteen great Torah personalities, seen through the perceptive eyes of a man who made it his business to grow close to them.
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