Questions tagged [product-recommendation]
Questions asking for a recommended product, book, website, etc. Note that questions must have an objective answer; primarily opinion based questions are off-topic.
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Best Kovetz Shitos Kamai
I'm looking to buy a Kovetz Shitos Kamai. Does anyone have any recommendations?
As far as I'm aware, no two editions are too different from one another, so I guess the deciding factors would be ...
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Tefillin Straps Cracking DIY Paint Suggestions [duplicate]
What are acceptable materials to color tefilin straps with? I don't have Amazon or similar where I am.
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Place to buy new tefillin [duplicate]
Could anyone recommend a place to buy new tefillin? I would be open to buying online or I live in the New York area, so also would be open to a store in the area.
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Looking for a printable version of Iggeres haRamban in Hebrew
I am looking to print out a picture of the Iggeres haRamban in its original Hebrew so I can have it with me in my home. Ideally I want one that looks nice, but bare minimum any picture of the full ...
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need help finding online midrash sources about the story of exodus?
I need to find online midrash sources (in English ,and can be searched using key words ) that explain the whole or most of the story of Moses and the pharaoh...
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Parenting Seforim [duplicate]
Does anyone have good recommendations for a Torah-inspired parenting book? Planting & Building by Rav Wolbe was amazing and looking for other books to read next. Thanks!
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Aish Kodesh - Edition Recommendations
Can someone recommend a good edition of Aish Kodesh by R. Kalonymus Kalman Shapiro? I am looking for an English or Hebrew edition.
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Is there a Halachic book on regular fasting?
I’d like to take on regular fasting for health reasons. My Rav permits this. He also permits it to weaken desire.
But there are so many contradictory opinions that are hard to reconcile in the ...
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Mashiach and the (blessing of the) tribes (Gen. 49)
I have a question regarding the blessings of the tribes in Bereishis 49. The Torah (49:14) states for example, "Issachar is a strong-boned ass, Crouching among the sheepfolds", which Rashi ...
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Looking for picture of "tzadikkim in sukkah"
I recently saw a noy-sukkah, it was a picture of many tzaddikim (chasidic rebbis and litvish gedolim) gathered around a table in a large sukkah, with the head of the table empty (I gather it's ...
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Is there a machzor ashkenaz for yomim noroim without piyutim?
Is there a machzor ashkenaz for yomim noroim without piyutim?
Seeing that we skip so much of it these days, it would be proper if we had a smaller standardised machzor.
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Sefer השולחן הטהור translated into Hebrew or English please?
Is there a translation from the Yiddish to Hebrew or English of the 19-page Sefer השולחן הטהור
by אברהם דוד ליפשיץ?
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Seder Tannaim v’Amoraim in English?
Is there an English translation of Seder Tannaim v’Amoraim?
If so, where may I purchase or read it online?
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Pri Yitzchak for sale?
Does anyone know if they reprinted the sefer Pri Yitzchak by Rav Yitzchak Blazer / Peterburger?
Here is a video biography: https://outorah.org/p/78974/.
Do any stores sell it?
Thanks so much in ...
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Selichos for Shovavim
Many sources discuss Selichos on Shovavim, but I haven't been able to find any in any of the traditional sources (Hebrewbooks.org, Sefaria, etc). Does anyone know where I can get a Selichos for ...
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Iyun sefarim on Taharos [closed]
Are there any Iyun sefarim on Taharos, either by topics or on the Mishna?
I am not looking for the commentaries printed with the Mishna.
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Are Ricola drops pareve?
Are Ricola drops certified by Rabbi A. Yafe Schlesinger considered pareve?
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Hesronot Hashas English translation
I am looking for an English translation of the Hesronot Hashas. Anyone aware of an honest and complete translation of this document? Also what does Hesronot Hashas mean?
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Does Seret Vizhnitz have a particular kittle style and where can I buy?
My family are affiliated with Seret Vizhnitz Haifa. I have always wanted to find out what particular kittle style they wear on YK, or if it is a generic one. When I got married, a friend gave me his ...
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English Exodus Rabbah
Is anyone aware of a full text of Shemos Rabbah in English available online? Sefaria has bits and pieces, but I'd like the full thing.
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Hebrew “work” calendar PDFs ... where?
Many years ago I came across a nice PDF that listed yontif dates for the coming years. It was an easy way to share a long-distance heads-up of when I’d be out of the office and “unplugged”, without ...
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Is there kosher spreadable whiskey-infused preserves?
I am looking for spreadable whiskey that is kosher. I cannot find any sites, be it kosher certification sites or product sites, which even discuss kosher spreadable whiskey. From my search of the ...
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Sefarim about how to respond or debate an apikores?
A friend of mine told me either the Steipler (or another gadol, my friend was not certain but recalled) wrote a Sefer concerning responding to an apikores. My main question inquires if any Sefer ...
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Movie about Tales of Rabbi Nachman
I'm looking for the complete movie related to the trailer that is in this video: https://youtu.be/qnWAQdxDS-k . Do you know where I can buy a copy of this full movie?
Warning: I have already emailed ...
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Information about the Vilna Siddur
I am looking for information on the Vilna Siddur.
What is the vilna/vilnis Siddur?(for example how is it different than a regular Ashkenazi Siddur)
Who authored it?
And is there a copy online?
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Is there an English Shulchan Aruch Audio online?
Is there anyone online that gives a straight English Shulchan Aruch shiur online? Shulchan Aruch not Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.
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Pocket Chumash recommendations
I'm looking for a new pocket Chumash to keep in my tallis bag for following along during leining. While there are a few features I'd like, but I'm fairly loose on some of them, if not all are ...
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Where can I find this Rabbi’s seforim?
I can't seem to find several of Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits’ seforim. For example T'nai Bi'N'suin u'V'Get. Does anyone know a store in NYC or which delivers to the US which has his books? Particularly the ...
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A source for parve lactobacillus plantarum?
Lactobacillus plantarum is a strain of lactic acid producing bacteria used in many food and medicine applications. Many of which are made on equipment that process chalav nachri. Some examples include ...
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Frum travel guide - Philadelphia [closed]
Next week I will go to Philadelphia, and I don't know the place. Since other sites tend to be outdated, I thought that we may help each other by listing synagogues and restaurants, whenever someone ...
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is there a compilation of Barisas? [duplicate]
Knowing the codified Mishna is nice but since a lot of halacha is influenced by a Rabbi pulling a Barisa out of nowhere and changing the flow of the Gemara, they are obviously very important.
Is ...
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Mefarshim on Avos d'Rebbi Nassan?
Are there any popular mefarshim on Avos d'Rebbi Nassan not brought down in the standard Vilna Shas (i.e. not Tomas Yesharim or Binyan Yehoshua)?
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Looking for good book/sefer on Kilayim of clothing
I'm looking for a few good seforim on Hilchos Kilayim of clothing. I would love a sefer that works through the Shulchan Aruch as well as a sefer that deals with the Halachic issues of kilayim of ...
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Mekubal in New York
I am looking for an authenticated mekubal in New York who is also a Torah scholar and can assist me with a pressing personal issue.
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Seeking recordings of Rabbi Yitzhak Meir Kogan
I am looking for tapes or CDs by Rabbi Yitzhak Meir Kogan olove sholom from Detroit. Where can I can buy some lectures from such a prolific Rabbi?
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Beis Din in Monsey? [closed]
What are some reliable batei dinim in Monsey? How much do they charge for services and how does someone get in touch with them?
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Resources to understand commentary in my tikkun korim
In the Feldheim Tikkun Korim, there is some commentary by Sha'arei Mesorah, Ma'aneh Lashon, and Shita Mekubetzet.
From what I can deduce, they are specifically about technicalities of leyning, a ...
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Ner Mitzwa (MaHaRa"L), Machon Yerushalayim Edition
Edited/Footnoted by Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman, the Machon Yerushalayim editions of many (most/all?) MaHaRa"L publications have been made available in recent times. If one investigates the Internet, one ...
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How do you get your money from your home tzedaka box to your favorite charity?
Okay now I have this tzedaka box sitting in my living room and it's full of coins and crumpled bills. How do I give that to my favorite charity? Or any charity?
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Lomdus Seforim Organized Along Sugyot
What are essential seforim (by masechet) that are organized by sugya; preferably ones that give a basic overview of the lomdus involved.
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Where can I find Derekh Hatzala by Shlomo Helbrans?
Where can I find Derekh Hatzala by Shlomo Helbrans. It is the main book of the Lev Tahor founder.
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Yiddish Siddur (Nusach Ashkenaz)
I am trying to buy a new Yiddish siddur, but all the ones I see available are nusach Sefard. I wonder if anybody has a recommendation of where one might be able to find a Yiddish siddur which is ...
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Similar Book Recommendations [closed]
Chodesh Tov,
I just finished reading As A Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg and I truly enjoyed it. I feel the book spoke to me and the questions I am struggling with religiously. I was wondering if you ...
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Good quality Shulchan Aruch series, in audio or video?
I want to have an understanding of common Halacha and have an understanding of halacha.
Do you know any good source for good quality Shulchan Aruch series, in audio or video?
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Looking for an article about eruv
I'm looking for an article, that covers every aspects, bits and pieces about the eruv that lets people carry on Shabbat. Sources, history, contemporary situation, so on.
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Is there an online archive with quality photos of gedolim? [closed]
I'm personally and currently looking for images of Rabbis Shlomo Carlebach & Shlomo Twerski. But I know in the future I'll probably want more for others i.e. R' Wolbe.
A Google search might ...
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Is there a list of living Rebbes? [closed]
I just saw a video of another Rebbe I never heard of and am wondering if there's a list of living Rebbes.
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Academic Resources for Torah & Talmud Study [closed]
I am looking for specific online resources or fundamental books and guides (online or in print) that are practical and helpful tools for a more 'academic' approach to the study of Tanakh and Talmud. ...
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Where can I find Chaim Walder's book in Hebrew? [closed]
I've searched several times, but to no avail.
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