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« Reply #320 on: June 21, 2024, 06:26:10 PM »
This is an AWESOME book!

The title says it all! Portraits of Prayer! The author describes what Tefillah is, and how important it actually is. He vividly describes Tefillah, and the potency of it, with amazing stories and Divrei Torah. And it's extremely well written!!
It certainly took my Tefillah to a whole new level!


I finished the first book, and already bought the second one, which continues on from where he left off. (First book is the beginning of Davening till Yishtabach, Second is Birchas Krias Shema till end of Davening).

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Re: DansDeals Book Club
« Reply #321 on: June 21, 2024, 06:52:51 PM »
This is an AWESOME book!

The title says it all! Portraits of Prayer! The author describes what Tefillah is, and how important it actually is. He vividly describes Tefillah, and the potency of it, with amazing stories and Divrei Torah. And it's extremely well written!!
It certainly took my Tefillah to a whole new level!


I finished the first book, and already bought the second one, which continues on from where he left off. (First book is the beginning of Davening till Yishtabach, Second is Birchas Krias Shema till end of Davening).

<Amazon is just for link purposes.>


+100

I love this book, and I bought Volume 2 as soon as it came out last year. I have recommended it to a few people, all who enjoy it a lot. I know a few rebbeim who use it for the stories in it, even not related to the davening part.

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Re: DansDeals Book Club
« Reply #322 on: June 23, 2024, 05:25:19 AM »
This is an AWESOME book!

The title says it all! Portraits of Prayer! The author describes what Tefillah is, and how important it actually is. He vividly describes Tefillah, and the potency of it, with amazing stories and Divrei Torah. And it's extremely well written!!
It certainly took my Tefillah to a whole new level!


I finished the first book, and already bought the second one, which continues on from where he left off. (First book is the beginning of Davening till Yishtabach, Second is Birchas Krias Shema till end of Davening).

<Amazon is just for link purposes.>
Met the author once. He asked me to bring a copy to Rabbi Berkovits, who he apparently used to meet to learn bchavrusah at a bus stop on Meah Shearim, for seven minutes each day. (When he transferred between buses.)
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« Reply #323 on: June 23, 2024, 07:38:34 AM »

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« Reply #324 on: June 23, 2024, 07:48:01 AM »
Heavenwords by Rabbi Eliezer Niehaus is a similar sefer.
Full disclosure: I worked on it, but I don't get any money for copies purchased.
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Re: DansDeals Book Club
« Reply #325 on: June 23, 2024, 08:16:35 AM »
Met the author once. He asked me to bring a copy to Rabbi Berkovits, who he apparently used to meet to learn bchavrusah at a bus stop on Meah Shearim, for seven minutes each day. (When he transferred between buses.)
And did you? What did Rabbi Berkovits say about it?

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« Reply #326 on: June 23, 2024, 08:26:19 AM »
And did you? What did Rabbi Berkovits say about it?
What do you think the Rav would say about it? "Of course I remember him! Wow... such a nice sefer..."
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« Reply #327 on: August 09, 2024, 03:33:47 AM »
Neil Gorusch and the person who probably really wrote the book has just published "Over Ruled" - a book about how laws are abused to litigate people who really shouldn't be litigated against.
One example quoted is a fisherman who was accused of destroying evidence by throwing undersized fish overboard.
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John Yates, a Florida fisherman, was accused of tossing
three purportedly undersize fish overboard, allegedly with
the intent of impeding a federal investigation into his fishing practices. He was convicted for having violated the
Sarbanes Oxley Act. Though intended to regulate the financial industry, the act broadly criminalizes the destruction
not only of records but also of “tangible objects,” including
(the government insisted) fish. The Supreme Court reversed
the conviction by a single vote. That, Justice Gorsuch notes,
was small comfort to a defendant whose livelihood had effectively been destroyed in eight years in litigation

I'm interested in reading it if I can get around to it.
https://www.amazon.com/Over-Ruled-Human-Toll-Much/dp/0063238470/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DLDZPYJJH66V&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Vkb76_UHHdrkQQTQPLkjbU7IbqWFtItdxyQUQaTTserZIc3HdOkhlFd49hLZBolcBXmn532bSMESFPDOihqv6gkZexhw7gmj9WZW3Oa4hvB_W061Dm0M0lz25bxZRQShtPkngW0Ucek51VAQBggpwQ.uo3ZDbDfyTK6Q9SvFr62rT4-1a_T_Q_2HEBJUeRU0lA&dib_tag=se&keywords=over+ruled+neil+gorsuch&qid=1723188738&sprefix=over+ruled+%2Caps%2C356&sr=8-1
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Re: DansDeals Book Club
« Reply #328 on: December 08, 2024, 10:13:05 PM »
Anyone read the new Diary of a Wimpy Yingal? Or whatever they call it...

https://www.artscroll.com/Books/ddnkh.html

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« Reply #329 on: December 09, 2024, 04:25:08 AM »
To dig up some old posts:
R' Akiva Tatz wrote some phenomenal books. 2 of my favorite are Living Inspired and The Thinking Jewish Teenager's Guide to Life (which is great even for post-teenagers)
I was on a R' Tatz kick a few years ago, read his "Guide for the Thinking Jewish Teenager", "Living Inspired" download a ton of his shiurim to my iPod...

@Definitions
I was also a little turned off by the title. People looked at me strangely when they saw me reading it (it's kind of like announcing 'I'm a thinking teenager and you guys are just morons') and I took to hiding the book behind a different jacket cover.

Oh I actually read some of the thinking Jewish teenagers guide. Yes, it's written very well. I just got turned off from the title. Me and the word teenager don't get along very well. But anyways I'll look into the living inspired one.

I have it on good authority from Rabbi Tatz that the book's name is one of his greatest regrets. IIRC it is a simplified version of several previous books he had written - not that it is written very simply, but it is short and to the point.

That book, and Rabbi Berkovits's The Six Constant Mitzvos (fyi, he looked over every word to approve it), are two of the cornerstones of my life. Without them, I would not be where I am today.
Note that only the pocket edition is divided into daily study pieces.
HC https://www.amazon.com/Constant-Mitzvos-Yitzchak-Berkowitz-Artscroll/dp/142260926X
SC pocket size https://www.amazon.com/Six-Constant-Mitzvos-Pocket-Paperback/dp/B09WTP6Q1Q
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Re: DansDeals Book Club
« Reply #330 on: January 29, 2025, 01:05:37 AM »
Currently reading - The complete idiots guide to algebra word problems.

I'm not good at math and I'm struggling to understand the inverse proportion formula(s). a1/a2 = b2/b1
Why does that work?
Proportional is intuitive to me.
Inversely proportional isn't.
I see the numbers are flipped I just don't understand why that works.

An example they give: 4 workers can finish a job in 6 hours. How long will it take 7 workers.

x is time it will take for 7 workers
4/7 = x/6
Cross multiply gives you 24=7x
x=3.42 hours

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Re: DansDeals Book Club
« Reply #331 on: January 29, 2025, 01:20:58 AM »
Currently reading - The complete idiots guide to algebra word problems.

I'm not good at math and I'm struggling to understand the inverse proportion formula(s). a1/a2 = b2/b1
Why does that work?
Proportional is intuitive to me.
Inversely proportional isn't.
I see the numbers are flipped I just don't understand why that works.

An example they give: 4 workers can finish a job in 6 hours. How long will it take 7 workers.

x is time it will take for 7 workers
4/7 = x/6
Cross multiply gives you 24=7x
x=3.42 hours
Let me back up one step.

Do you understand why you need to invert the second fraction when you are dividing two fractions?

I feel like these are contingent on each other. If you understand the first, you would understand the second.

In a very basic sense, since the answer goes down as the variable goes up (in both division and in inverse proportions), it needs to be inverted in order to produce that result. Why the answer is indeed accurate, I still need to think about more.