Updates!

B"H

By popular demand, following the Jewish holidays, beginning of November, we'll be beginning a U.S. speaking tour to promote some of my books.

 The plan is to spend a week to ten days every two months.

There will be a number of choices of topics from which to choose.

Anyone wishing to secure a speaking engagement should contact us. 

 This is an initial announcement. Details will follow.

Generally speaking, I've been spending most of my time in the last few years, besides taking care of family, writing new seforim, answering halacha questions, and speaking with groups. Though there's been a consistent demand, I've cut back on teaching chosonim. 

My next trip to the States is scheduled for Elul, iy"H. Therefore, we've got around a month of quiet writing time I'll be spending at home in Kfar Chabad, Israel. That said, I will consider taking on a couple of chosonim during this period. Please note, all chosonim who I teach are given a certificate issued by the publisher of Family Purity and personally signed by me.

For details please contact me directly at rabbijacobs@familypurity.com.

Tags: chasuna, choson, chosonim classes opportunity, halacha, jewish weddings, taharas hamishpacha

My wife and I returned this week from our latest trip to the U.S. It was an extremely satisfying two weeks. But, an extremely busy itinerary!

 Landing in New York, we visited family, then had a number of book publishing meetings. We spent our first Shabbos with family and the, as usual, wonderful Chabad community of Burlington, Vermont. From there we headed down to Boston for a book publicity meeting. Then out to California to spend time with family and the always fantastic Chabad community of Agoura Hills. We had a wonderful farbrengen with the yeshiva gedola of  Los Angeles. Then a meeting about some media plans surrounding Israel Behind Bars, and some more publishing meetings out in City of Industry.

 All in all, it was a great trip, and now we're back in Kfar Chabad, getting ready for the next stage in all our projects. 

B"H

 I'll be giving a new shiur, based on and using my sefer Family Purity—A Guide To Marital Fulfillment, every Thursday night, here in Kfar Chabad in Beit Menachem. This will begin next Thursday, 23 Sivvan (June 26).

 The shiur will be in English, at 8:50 p.m. in the lower floor hall. We intend to use the Study Guide For Choson Kallah. I will be making it available for those interested to test in an organized fashion and receive a Teacher's Certificate from me.

 To remind the public, this sefer as well as Times and it's Hebrew version, Zemonim, sprouted from a similar shiur given ten years ago.

Tags: choson classes, family purity classes, shiur

B"H

 I'd like to post a small correction which will be adjusted in the next printing of The Study Guide for Choson and Kallah.

 The answer for question 8 in Chapter 6 should be "a" (and not "b," as it currently appears).

 Thank you to a fine and observant young fellow who brought our attention to it.

 Blessings. 

Tags: chabad, halacha, judaism, study guide choson kallah, tests, torah

B"H

Between December 23, 2007 and January 6, 2008, I'll be travelling between Burlington, Vermont, Manhattan, N.Y. and Agoura Hills, California.

To contact me during that time please continue to use either of my emails (rabbijacobs@familypurity.com or rabbijacobs@gmail.com) or my U.S. phone number: (212) 655-9278.

B"H

Presently, high schools & seminaries across the U.S., Canada and more, are receiving copies of THE BLECH BOOK with supplementary promotional material --  including a sample test (downloadable for free on another link in this site).

These educational institutions span across the entire Jewish spectrum of schools. If your school has not received this material, please feel free to contact raffi@kehot.com, and he will be happy to assist in any way possible.

 Again, educators please note that these multiple-choice tests are ready-to-use and a free download.

Other institutions who would like to receive this package, please also contact raffi@kehot.com. 

 I would like to again encourage all educators to urge your school to incorporate this important and extremely helpful book into this year's halacha curriculum and to try to take bulk orders while this first printing is still available.

 For educational discounts or bulk orders please contact: orders@kehotonline.com .

Tags: halacha, high schools, jewish books, rabbi fishel jacobs, seminary, shabbos

B"H

We've been hearing of more schools who have adopted THE BLECH BOOK and the free downloadable tests in their halacha curriculum.

 Please, any school with comments, or requests for inclusion in future editions or additional study material send us an email.

Tags: books., shabbos observance, the blech book

B"H

 My preferred method is email. Either rabbijacobs@familypurity.com or rabbijacobs@gmail.com is fine. ONLY I SEE THESE ACCOUNTS, THEY ARE COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL.

 If you must speak with me, please leave a message at: 212 655 9278. I will call you back.

R.J. 

Tags: family purity, rabbi jacobs, sheilos

We all wish we had "all the answers."

 Well, there is one place you can find them: The Book of Tanya. At least, that's what it's author, the alter Rebbe, said in the Introduction to Tanya. "...therefore, I have recorded here all the answers to all the questions..."

 That quote is the name of an upcoming book of ours, and by popular demand, we've begun uploading sections of that book. Presently, they're downloadable pdf formatted documents and found on this site's home page.

 Enjoy. 

Tags: all the answers, chabad, jewish books, rabbi jacobs, tanya, torah