An Excerpt from From Leaders to Leaders: Insights from the Past, Present, and Future of Jewish Leadership It is a tremendous honor for me to have my latest article, “We Shall Do Our Thing”: Halakhic Ingenuity and the Art of Not Overreacting, published in this important new volume from Da’at Press. This article is especially personal to me. […]
A Visit I Never Forgot This week I received the sad news that the Rebbe of Dzhirka, Rabbi Aharon Brizel, had passed away in New York at the age of seventy-three. This is not a eulogy. It is a handful of reflections I wanted to bring to the members of our Bet Midrash — about […]
Reflections on Leadership, Community, and Fellowship at the Second Annual Sephardic Rabbinic Conference This week I had the privilege of spending two full days at the Sephardic Rabbinic Conference in New York, devoted this year to “The Art of Leadership.” Rabbis, educators, scholars, communal leaders, and activists came together from around the world to consider […]
With deep gratitude to HaKadosh Barukh Hu, we are thrilled to share that The Missions of the Holy Land is now live on Amazon! Some of the most dangerous ideas arrive dressed as virtue. In 1863, the Jewish communities of Italy, gathered in assembly at Ferrara, moved to abolish the centuries-old institution of the emissaries […]
With deep gratitude to HaKadosh Barukh Hu, we are thrilled to share that Emet L’Yaakov: Netivot Ḥokhma is now live on Amazon! This is the foundational work of Morenu HaRav Yaakov Peretz zt”l on the acquisition of Torah — its method, its discipline, and its rectifying power upon the soul of one who toils in […]
Every book we publish under the Shiviti imprint is the work of a team — typists, editors, translators, designers, and coordinators spread across several countries. In this video, we walk through the full workflow behind one of our books, step by step. From the moment the text is first keyed in, through translation, editing, layout, […]
With deep gratitude to HaKadosh Baruch Hu, we are thrilled to share that Emet L’Yaakov: Haggadah of Pesaḥ is now live on Amazon! This beautiful bi-lingual volume presents the full Haggadah together with the P’ri Haggadah commentary of Morenu HaRav Yaakov Peretz zt”l, illuminating the text through the lens of Peshat with depth, clarity, and breadth. If you place your order tonight, it can arrive in many […]
This week, someone close to our family shared a personal story with me — not looking for a response, just wanting to raise awareness about an incident that speaks to larger issues in our community’s approach to Kashrut education. The underlying concern was clear: “our” approach to Kashrut, which involves checking ingredients on uncertified products, […]
With deep sorrow, I heard of the passing of Rabbi Ezra Barnea zt”l, one of the last remaining students of the great Chief Rabbi Benzion Meir Hai Uziel zt”l. I first met him in 2016 when – after what seemed like an eternity of email correspondences – I came to the unusual “Binyan Klal” building […]
On behalf of the entire Shiviti family around the world, Rabbanit Dr. Devorah Halevy and I offer our heartfelt condolences to our dear friend Rabbi Naftali Haleva, on the loss of his dear father, Rabbi Ishak Haleva zt”l, the Hacham Bashi and Chief Rabbi of Turkey.