ArtScroll

ArtScroll is an imprint of translations, books and commentaries from an Orthodox Jewish perspective published by Mesorah Publications, Ltd., a publishing company based in Brooklyn, New York. Its general editors are Rabbis Nosson Scherman and Meir Zlotowitz. ArtScroll - Primary publications. ArtScroll publishes books on a variety of Jewish subjects. The best known is probably an annotated Hebrew-English siddur ("prayerbook") (the best-selling The ArtScroll Siddur), its Torah translation ...

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• ArtScroll - Primary publications
• ArtScroll - Works in progress
• ArtScroll - Popular acceptance
• ArtScroll - Schottenstein Edition Talmud
• ArtScroll - Editorial policy
• ArtScroll - Criticism
• ArtScroll - Bibliography
• ArtScroll - External link

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Mesorah Publications received widespread acclaim in response to their ArtScroll line of prayerbooks, starting with The Complete ArtScroll Siddur, Ed. Nosson Scherman, 1984. This work immediately gained wide acceptance in the Orthodox Jewish community, and within a few years became the best-selling Hebrew-English siddur (prayerbook) in the United States. It featured beautiful layout and editing, and offered the reader detailed notes and instructions on most of the prayers. Versions of this prayerbook were then produced for the High Holidays, and the three pi ...

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ArtScroll, ArtScroll - Primary publications, ArtScroll - Works in progress, ArtScroll - Popular acceptance, ArtScroll - Schottenstein Edition Talmud, ArtScroll - Editorial policy, ArtScroll - Criticism, ArtScroll - Bibliography, ArtScroll - External link

Read more here: » ArtScroll: Encyclopedia II - ArtScroll - Popular acceptance

Baal teshuva (or baal teshuvah) (Hebrew: "master of repentance") or chozer bi-teshuva ("one who returns in repentance") refers to a Jew (often secular) who has adopted strict observance of Judaism, or a more Jewishly observant lifestyle than previously practiced. The baal teshuva phenomenon, sometimes also described as the "baal teshuva movement", is sometimes colloquially referred to as "born-a ...

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• Baal teshuva - Origins
• Baal teshuva - In the former Soviet Union
• Baal teshuva - In Israel
• Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach organizations
• Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach to Jewish women
• Baal teshuva - Orthodox day schools
• Baal teshuva - Publishers of English outreach literature
• Baal teshuva - Orthodox rabbis in outreach
• Baal teshuva - First generation
• Baal teshuva - Second generation

Read more here: » Baal teshuva: Encyclopedia - Baal teshuva

Some of the earliest formal printed Jewish prayerbooks date from the 10th century; they contain a set order of daily prayers. However, due to the many liturgical differences between the ordinary, day-to-day services and the services, the need for a specialized variation of the siddur was recognized by some of the earliest rabbinic authorities, and consequently, the first mahzorim were written incorporating these liturgical variations and additions. The mahzor contains not only the basic liturgy, but also many p ...

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Mahzor, Mahzor - Origins and peculiarities of the mahzor

Read more here: » Mahzor: Encyclopedia II - Mahzor - Origins and peculiarities of the mahzor

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the Chabad Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Judaism was responsible for turning Chabad's strength and activities towards outreach. He trained a large number of rabbinic emissaries who carried Chabad's understanding of Judaism across the world. Rabbis and their families were sent to teach college students, to build day schools, and to create youth camps. Most of these were geared towards their secular or less religious brethren. In the late 1960's the Chabad outreach model was, if not replicated, the ins ...

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Baal teshuva, Baal teshuva - Origins, Baal teshuva - In the former Soviet Union, Baal teshuva - In Israel, Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach organizations, Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach to Jewish women, Baal teshuva - Orthodox day schools, Baal teshuva - Publishers of English outreach literature, Baal teshuva - Orthodox rabbis in outreach, Baal teshuva - First generation, Baal teshuva - Second generation

Read more here: » Baal teshuva: Encyclopedia II - Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach organizations

Appearing in the 1960s, a growing number of young Jews who had previously been raised in non-religious homes in the Uinted States started to develop a strong interest in becoming a part of observant Judaism; many of these people, in contrast to sociological expectations, became attracted to observant Judaism within Orthodoxy. This trend was partly related to the prevailing anti-establishment atmosphere of the 1960s. Although the effects of the Holocaust and the sway of the counter-culture led many to abandon their religious upbringing ...

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Baal teshuva, Baal teshuva - Origins, Baal teshuva - In the former Soviet Union, Baal teshuva - In Israel, Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach organizations, Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach to Jewish women, Baal teshuva - Orthodox day schools, Baal teshuva - Publishers of English outreach literature, Baal teshuva - Orthodox rabbis in outreach, Baal teshuva - First generation, Baal teshuva - Second generation

Read more here: » Baal teshuva: Encyclopedia II - Baal teshuva - Origins

One of the earliest pioneers of outreach to men and women is Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, the founder of the international Hineni movement in America. A Holocaust survivor she has made it her life's mission to bring back Jews to Orthodox Judaism. She has written popular books and made tapes. Another notable pioneer of women's Orthodox outreach education is Rebbetzin Leah Kohn founder of the Jewish Renaissance Center (JRC) in New York. Neve Yerushalayim, founded in 1970, is an Orthodox school for secular Jewish women seeking a college level introductory program Neve Yerushalayim College has a campus in ...

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Baal teshuva, Baal teshuva - Origins, Baal teshuva - In the former Soviet Union, Baal teshuva - In Israel, Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach organizations, Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach to Jewish women, Baal teshuva - Orthodox day schools, Baal teshuva - Publishers of English outreach literature, Baal teshuva - Orthodox rabbis in outreach, Baal teshuva - First generation, Baal teshuva - Second generation

Read more here: » Baal teshuva: Encyclopedia II - Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach to Jewish women

This baal teshuva movement also appeared in the former Soviet Union, which at that time had almost completely secularized its Jewish population. The rise of Jewish pride came in response to the growth of the State of Israel, in reaction to the USSR's pro-Arab and anti-Zionist policies, and in reaction to the USSR's anti-Semitism. The return-to-Judaism movement was a spontaneous movement from the ground up; it came as a great surprise to the Soviet authorities, and even to the Jewish community outside the USSR. Two of the young leaders were Yosef Mendelevich and Eliyahu Essas, now both prominen ...

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Baal teshuva, Baal teshuva - Origins, Baal teshuva - In the former Soviet Union, Baal teshuva - In Israel, Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach organizations, Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach to Jewish women, Baal teshuva - Orthodox day schools, Baal teshuva - Publishers of English outreach literature, Baal teshuva - Orthodox rabbis in outreach, Baal teshuva - First generation, Baal teshuva - Second generation

Read more here: » Baal teshuva: Encyclopedia II - Baal teshuva - In the former Soviet Union

During this time there was a movement among secular Israeli Jews that was essentially a search for spirituality. At the time, most Israeli parents were secular Zionists. While some Jews were hostile to traditional Judaism, a spiritual quest in the 1960s and 1970s caused some Israelis to seek answers in Jewish tradition. In Israel, schools for the intensive study of Torah have been flourishing especially designed for the newly religious students who want to devote quality time to intensive study of classical texts with the ancient rabb ...

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Baal teshuva, Baal teshuva - Origins, Baal teshuva - In the former Soviet Union, Baal teshuva - In Israel, Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach organizations, Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach to Jewish women, Baal teshuva - Orthodox day schools, Baal teshuva - Publishers of English outreach literature, Baal teshuva - Orthodox rabbis in outreach, Baal teshuva - First generation, Baal teshuva - Second generation

Read more here: » Baal teshuva: Encyclopedia II - Baal teshuva - In Israel

This line of books has come under extensive criticism from many scholars (both Orthodox and non-Orthodox) on a number of points: Midrash sources are at times represented as factual, even those which have traditionally been interpreted as being allegorical or metaphorical. Non-Orthodox scholars and a few Orthodox scholars note that ArtScroll deliberately ignores all facets of modern critical historical scholarship from the last 200 years. Some biographies of important Jewish figures including photos have been mo ...

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ArtScroll, ArtScroll - Primary publications, ArtScroll - Works in progress, ArtScroll - Popular acceptance, ArtScroll - Schottenstein Edition Talmud, ArtScroll - Editorial policy, ArtScroll - Criticism, ArtScroll - Bibliography, ArtScroll - External link

Read more here: » ArtScroll: Encyclopedia II - ArtScroll - Criticism

Works published by Mesorah under this imprint adhere to a perspective appealing to most Orthodox Jews, but especially to Orthodox Jews who have come from less religious backgrounds, but are returning to the faith. Due to difficulties in making certain books for the diverse customs of Sephardic Jewry, most of the prayer books are geared to the Ashkenazic custom. In translations and commentaries, ArtScroll works with the traditional framework of Halakha (Jewish law) accepting midrashic accounts in a serious fashion and at times literally, and generally ignore (and occasionally disagree with) textual c ...

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ArtScroll, ArtScroll - Primary publications, ArtScroll - Works in progress, ArtScroll - Popular acceptance, ArtScroll - Schottenstein Edition Talmud, ArtScroll - Editorial policy, ArtScroll - Criticism, ArtScroll - Bibliography, ArtScroll - External link

Read more here: » ArtScroll: Encyclopedia II - ArtScroll - Editorial policy

ArtScroll publishes books on a variety of Jewish subjects. The best known is probably an annotated Hebrew-English siddur ("prayerbook") (the best-selling The ArtScroll Siddur), its Torah translation and commentary, a series of translations and commentaries on books of the of the Tanakh(Hebrew Bible), and an English translation and elucidation of the Babylonian Talmud. Other publications include works on Jewish Law, and novels and factual works based on Jewish life or hi ...

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ArtScroll, ArtScroll - Primary publications, ArtScroll - Works in progress, ArtScroll - Popular acceptance, ArtScroll - Schottenstein Edition Talmud, ArtScroll - Editorial policy, ArtScroll - Criticism, ArtScroll - Bibliography, ArtScroll - External link

Read more here: » ArtScroll: Encyclopedia II - ArtScroll - Primary publications