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By Rav Amnon Bazak, Ram, Yeshivat Har Etzion

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יצא לאור ספרו של הרב אמנון בזק - 'נקודת פתיחה - עיונים קצרים בפשוטה של פרשת השבוע'. בספר נכללים דברים שנכתבו במסגרת המדור 'נקודת פתיחה' בעלון השבועי 'שבת בשבתו', בשנים תשס"ג-תשס"ה. את העיונים מאפיינת גישת הלימוד על פי פשוטו של מקרא, תוך שימוש בכלים ספרותיים מגוונים. הספר יצא לאור על ידי מכון 'צומת', וניתן לרוכשו על ידי חיוג למספר הטלפון - 02-9932111. מחיר הספר: 27 ש"ח. $12 כולל משלוח לחו"ל.

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JEWISH VALUES IN A CHANGING WORLD. Author: Rav Yehuda Amital.
Special sale: 20% off. Price in USA $15.16; Price in Israel FOR VBM SUBSCRIBERS 88 NIS

This volume encapsulates Rabbi Amital's educational philosophy. It discusses both general issues, such as the importance of natural morality and what it means to fear God in today's world, as well as deeply personal matters, such as dealing with crisis and developing the ability to make decisions independently. While highlighting the importance of expressing one's individuality, Rabbi Amital also emphasizes the need to be part of the community. Rabbi Amital's philosophy is particularly marked by its insistence on the importance of the interpersonal commandments, of being a mensch, and of respecting all people created in God's image. He advocates a fully human engagement in religious life, believing that religious life does not contradict one's humanity, but rather must flow from one's humanity. This work combines the freshness and vigor of youth with the maturity and wisdom of age to produce an ideology for our times.
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A WORLD BUILT, DESTROYED AND REBUILT. Rabbi Yehudah Amital's Confrontation with the Memory of the Holocaust. Author: Moshe Maya.
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Sixty years after the annihilation of European Jewry, the philosophical and existential confrontation with the memory of the Holocaust is only intensifying. In this context, there is particular significance to the views of thinkers who experienced the horrors of the Holocaust first-hand. Rabbi Yehudah Amital, who has served for almost forty years as head of one of Israel’s leading yeshivot, Yehivat Har Etzion, is a Holocaust survivor. Throughout his career, he has attempted to address the Holocaust and its ramifications on both the educational and spiritual levels. Rabbi Amital’s confrontation with the memory of the Holocaust is characterized by authenticity, honest and courage. This book analyzes his original religious approach, against the background of other views, especially those of his fellow Religious Zionists. This powerful work presents the reader with the direct and painful grappling of a trailblazing educator and thinker with the most terrible event in human history.
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MUSAR FOR MODERNS. Author: Rabbi Elyakim Krumbein
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Musar, one of the elevating and enriching fields of traditional Judaism, is the branch Torah which is devoted to ethical self-improvement, through study and conscientious practice. While Musar’s emphasis on personal spiritual growth is more timely than ever, most people think of it as belonging to Eastern Europe of a century ago. Western society seems to have erected roadblocks which make the task seem formidable. Can this practice be tackled by Jews who are connected to modernity? Musar for Moderns claims that it can, and must. The book endeavors to guide the reader in trying to overcome the obstacles to serious spiritual progress, while sensitively addressing the concerns and conflicts that typify the intellectual climate in our materialistic, media-saturated century. Revised and expanded version of the popular Yeshivat Har Etzion's Virtual Beit Midrash series.
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THE EMERGENCE OF ETHICAL MAN. Author: Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik zt"l
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For thousands of years, philosophers have pondered the question what it means to be human. Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, known universally as "the Rav" - the rabbi par excellence - answers the question in The Emergence of Ethical Man, edited by Michael Berger. Relying on both scientific research and classical Jewish sources, Soloveitchik explains how a thoroughly naturalistic setting could give birth to human personality - and to Judaism's expectation of moral character and self-transcendence. The resulting religious anthropology is a startlingly fresh reading of the early chapters of Genesis, and highlights Judaism's distinctive view among those of other religious traditions.
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ALSO AVAILABLE

By the Rav zt"l, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

By HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein, Rosh Yeshivat Har Etzion

By Rav Asher Meir, Author of The VBM Series "Meaning in Mitzvot"

By Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon, Long-time Contributor to The VBM Halakha Series

Community, Covenant and Commitment

Selected Letters and Communications

Author: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot, editor

Community, Covenant and Commitment is the fourth volume in the series MeOtzar HoRav: Selected Writings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. It includes more than seventy private and public letters written by the Rav –as Rabbi Soloveitchik was widely known-- as well as a number of detailed interviews conducted with him over the span of some forty years. These materials give us a further glimpse into the prodigious thought of this leader of American Orthodoxy in the crucial decades both prior to and following the Second World War.

The topics addressed in this volume reflect the entire panoply of concerns that confronted the Orthodox and general Jewish community as its matured and grew in the hospitable setting of the American scene. Together with that, the rise of the modern State of Israel and the challenges that this posed became a focal point of the American Jewish community as well as of the thinking of the Rav. Topics include communal policy for Jewish adoption agencies, interfaith discussions with the Catholic Church, religious and theological attitudes to the State of Israel, interdenominational activities within the Jewish community, advanced Jewish education for young women, the training of learned and professional rabbis, as well as personal issues such as why Rabbi Soloveitchik never settled in Israel. Each letter or communication is prefaced by a short introduction giving its historical context. The entire volume is preceded by a lengthy introduction that discusses many of the background issues addressed in the letters.

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Price in USA $23.60; Price in Israel FOR VBM SUBSCRIBERS 139 NIS

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Books by HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein:

Leaves of Faith, Vol. 2 – The World of Jewish Living

Author, HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein, Rosh Yeshivat Har Etzion

Now available in Israel.

As well as

Leaves of Faith, Vol. 1 – The World of Jewish Learning,

and

By His Light, Character and Values in the Service of God.

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Leaves of Faith Vol. 1 & 2, Price in USA $29.50; Price in Israel FOR VBM SUBSCRIBERS 139 NIS.
By His Light Price in USA $25; Price in Israel FOR VBM SUBSCRIBERS 100 NIS.

New Book by Rav Asher Meir,

Author of the Virtual Beit Midrash series Meaning in Mitzvot:

The Jewish Ethicist: Everyday Ethics in Business

The book discusses scores of actual questions on ethical dilemmas in business as well as everyday life. The author, Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, not only gives answers but also provides a lucid and inspiring presentation of underlying ethical concepts, with special emphasis on the insights of Jewish tradition. The discussions sensitize the reader to ethical concerns in all areas of life, and build a comprehensive foundation of concepts to help resolve these concerns. In discussing topics such as marketing, human resources, and fair competition, attention is given to many up-to-date issues; and there is an entire chapter dedicated to “ethics on the Internet”.

To order the Paperback edition [Price in USA $15.16; Price in Israel FOR VBM SUBSCRIBERS 84 NIS]

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New Book in Hebrew by Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon

Erev Pesach SheChal BeShabbat / Purim Meshulash / Bi'ur Ma'aserot

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