Kesser Shem Tov Translate
Faithful English, set beside the original. Every word of the lashon hakodesh stays on the page, vocalized, so no door stays closed to the learner who cannot yet read it alone.
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כֶּתֶר שֵׁם טוֹב
כֶּתֶר שֵׁם טוֹב עוֹלֶה עַל גַּבֵּיהֶן
We bring to the Jewish people the classic seforim of our masters that have never been translated or elucidated — unlocking, for this generation and every one after it, the wellsprings hidden in the holy works of our heritage.
This is Kesser Shem Tov
Seforim that have never been opened in English. The original lashon hakodesh, a faithful translation, and a running elucidation — printed to last, and dedicated in your name.
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- volumes in print
- 5
- seforim awaiting a patron
Kesser Shem Tov Elucidate
A running commentary, not a gloss. The classic mefarshim are carried along with the text — the Radal, Par Echad, and the poskim — so the depth of a passage opens as you read it.
Kesser Shem Tov Endure
Printed to last, and inscribed. Sewn hardcover editions, set in type that will still be read in fifty years, carrying the name of the family who made the sefer possible.
In print
Five works. Thirteen volumes. Each one in print and shipping, with a sample of each to enjoy.
פרקי דרבי אליעזר
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer
The Ratner Family Edition
The complete Midrash in vocalized Hebrew with a flowing interlinear English elucidation, the Beur HaRadal and Par Echad commentaries, and a layer of Chassidic illumination drawn from the Rebbeim. Twelve hundred years of learning, opened.
מזמור שיר חנוכת הבית
Mizmor Shir Chanukas HaBayis
The Zwelling Family Edition
The two final maamarim of Likkutei Torah, delivered by the Alter Rebbe in Liadi and at the chanukas habayis of R’ Pinchas Reizes in Shklov — the Hebrew of the Zhitomir 5626 printing beside a phrase-by-phrase elucidated translation, with the story behind each discourse and a full marei mekomos apparatus.
תמצית רש״י
Tamtzis Rashi
Every Rashi on Chumash
The bottom line of every Rashi on the Chumash in clear English, with the sources behind each comment — the whole of Rashi, digested for the learner who wants the answer before the argument.
תמצית ערוך השולחן
Tamtzis Aruch HaShulchan
Orach Chaim · Choshen Mishpat · Yoreh De’ah · Even HaEzer
The practical ruling of the Aruch HaShulchan, distilled siman by siman into plain English — seven volumes covering daily conduct and prayer, Shabbos and the festivals, monetary law, kashrus, taharah, the laws of mourning, and the whole of Even HaEzer.
ערוך השולחן · הלכות איסור והיתר
Aruch HaShulchan · Issur v’Heter
The Kornitzer Family Edition
The Aruch HaShulchan on kashrus, elucidated in full across three volumes — simanim 87 to 122, from the laws of meat and milk through ta’aroves to the foods of non-Jews and the kashering of vessels. Vocalized Hebrew with an interlinear translation, comparative halachah from the classical and modern poskim, and a practical summary closing every siman.
Awaiting a patron
A sefer is a legacy that learns on forever. Each of these is ready to be brought to light, and waits for the one whose name it will carry.
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אור תורה
Or Torah
The Maggid of Mezritch
The sefer the Rebbe Rashab kept in his desk drawer beside the Tanya — the Maggid’s teachings, copied from his holy mouth. Bereishis is typeset.
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דרך אמונה
Derech Emunah
R’ Meir ibn Gabbai · 1560
The classic reply to ten questions on the foundations of Kabbalah — reprinted at the Rebbe’s word the day after Didan Notzach. Complete at 207 pages.
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מדרש תהלים
Midrash Tehillim
Shocher Tov · the Midrash on Psalms
What the Sages heard inside the Tehillim every Jew says — with a layer of Chassidic light from the Rebbeim. The pilot volume is typeset.
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ערוך השולחן · אבילות
Aruch HaShulchan · Aveilus
R’ Yechiel Michel Epstein · YD 335–403
The complete laws of mourning — all 69 simanim elucidated, with the Gesher HaChaim, R’ Moshe Feinstein, and the poskim of our day. Over 1,000 pages, ready.
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אותיות דרבי עקיבא
Otiot d’Rabbi Akiva
Attributed to the Tanna Rabbi Akiva
The ancient Midrash on the twenty-two letters of the Aleph-Beis — cited by the Ramban and the Or Zarua, never before in English.
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