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What They're Saying About The Nach Yomi Companion...belongs on every well-stocked Jewish bookshelf.- Aliza Libman Baronofsky, Dean of Students, Maimonides School...is one of the best-kept secrets... a one-of-a-kind book that I've been wanting for years.-Rabbi Tzali Freedman, Regional Director, Central East NCSY If you are interested in learning quickly what the Bible is all about, then this is the book for you.-Rabbi Gil Student, Hirhurim - Musings... a witty writing style that engages, as well as educates. - Rabbi Steven Burg, National Director of Program Development, OU The Shnayim Mikra Companion collects the aliyah-by-aliyah synopses of every parsha that appear daily online as part of the Orthodox Union's Shnayim Mikra (www.ouradio.org/mikra). This handy volume, written in clear and engaging language, enables readers to get a quick overview of the weekly Torah portion, incorporating the interpretations of the Talmud, Midrash and traditional commentators. The Shnayim Mikra Companion goes perfectly alongside Rabbi Abramowitz' Nach Yomi Companion volumes on Neviim (Prophets) and Kesuvim (Writings).

You are in the Mirrer Beis Midrash in Jerusalem, one of a thousand people leaning forward to hear a classic shmuess by the great Mirrer Rosh Yeshivah. The topic is timely, the insights illuminating. Translated by people who know the shmuessen intimately, under the supervision of the Rosh Yeshivah's sons; complete with a moving biographical essay.

The sheer number of Jewish laws infuses everyday life with endless opportunities to touch the divine within. With this modern translation, the English-reading public can imbibe the holy ways of Jewish law as taught by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe, from the original source. In these volumes, the translation faces the newly reset Hebrew text. Notations appear when the Alter Rebbe's rulings are at variance with Rabbi Yosef Cairo's Shulchan Aruch and when other halachic works cite the subject at hand.