The Toby Press Llc: 145 books
Biblical Images
Men & Women of the Book
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
The characters of the Bible are some of the best known in all of history, art and literature. Yet the heroes and heroines of the Bible—Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Eve, Sarah, Deborah and the others—remain elusive and enigmatic. Biblical Images, a collection of twenty-five portraits of biblical figures,...
The Philosophical Quest
Of Philosophy, Ethics, Law and Halakhah
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
This volume includes discussions of the axiological principles of faith that define the essence of Judaism, analyses of particular principles such as the nature of the Deity, providence, prophecy and revelation. Other topics addressed are tikkun olam and Jewish responsibilities in a non-Jewish society and obligations derived from natural law or a moral conscience.
In the Beginning
Discourses on Chasidic Thought
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
In the Beginning: Discourses on Chasidic Thought is a journey through the Book of Genesis by one of the most respected thinkers of our generation. Drawing on the teachings of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founding father of Chabad chassidut, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz takes readers deep into the...
Derashot LeDorot: Genesis
A Commentary for the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Derashot Ledorot: Genesis, A Commentary for the Ages is a selection of essays on the book of Genesis based on sermons given by Rabbi Norman Lamm during the years 1952 and 1976, while he served as a synagogue rabbi. These essays, culled from the files of the Lamm Archives of Yeshiva University, feature...
Radical Responsibility
Celebrating the Thought of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Celebrating one of the greatest Jewish scholars of our time, Radical Responsibility brings together thirteen luminaries of Jewish and Western thought to explore the intellectual legacy of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Centred on the fundamental themes of his work, ethics, justice, religion, and...
Essays on Ethics
A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Why was Abraham ordered to sacrifice his son? Was Jacob right in stealing the blessings? Why were we commanded to destroy Amalek? What was Moses’ sin in hitting the rock? And how did the Ten Commandments change the Jewish people, and humankind, for good?
Essays on Ethics is the second companion...
Derashot LeDorot: Exodus
A Commentary for the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Derashot Ledorot: Exodus, A Commentary for the Ages is a selection of essays on the book of Exodus based on sermons given by Rabbi Norman Lamm during the years 1952 and 1976, while he served as a synagogue rabbi. These essays, culled from the files of the Lamm Archives of Yeshiva University, feature...
Torah MiEtzion: Devarim
New Readings in Tanach
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Torah MiEtzion presents original, insightful essays on the Bible by the rabbis of Yeshivat Har Etzion, one of today's most vibrant and influential schools of modern biblical interpretation. Since its founding in Israel in 1968, Yeshivat Har Etzion has emphasized Bible study alongside Talmud study...
by Shalev, Zeruya
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Ella Miller is a 36-year-old archaeologist studying one of the largest volcanic blasts in history, the famous Thera eruption. She develops a novel theory that the devastating blast sparked the biblical ten plagues, which led to the liberation of the Israelites from Egypt. Like her research subject,...
The Psychology of Tzimtzum
Self, Other, and God
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Western psychology often describes relationships – between parent and child, individual and society, man’s physical and spiritual urges – as a complex set of conflicts, an ongoing struggle for dominance. In The Psychology of Tzimtzum, Professor Mordechai Rotenberg seeks to establish an alternative:...
The Thirteen Petalled Rose
A Discourse on the Essence of Jewish Existence
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
In this classic work of Jewish mystical thought, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz explores the major questions asked by modern Jews about the nature of existence. The Thirteen Petalled Rose addresses profound topics like Good and Evil, Divine Revelation, The Human Soul and the Search for Self, as it translates ancient kabbalistic concepts into an intelligible language for a new generation.
False Facts and True Rumors
Lashon Hara in Contemporary Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
In False Facts and True Rumors, Rabbi Daniel Feldman undertakes the vital task of examining the halakhic sources regarding lashon hara, derogatory speech, and applying them to today’s technology-driven world. Combining erudite knowledge of rabbinic texts, philosophy, and psychology, Rabbi Feldman...
The Long Shorter Way
Discourses on Chasidic Thought
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
The Long Shorter Way is a major interpretation and exploration of Chasidism, based on a series of lectures delivered by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz on Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi’s classic Chasidic work, the Tanya. Like the Tanya itself, The Long Shorter Way focuses...
by Sabato, Haim
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
When war breaks out in Israel in 1973, childhood friends Haim and Dov are called up together to serve in a tank battalion. In the chaos of battle, the friends are separated. A month later, on his first leave, Haim returns home alone. Weary and saddened, but sustained by religious faith, he struggles...