Making it Real

The book that you are holding in your hands is not a parashah book. It is a book of inspiration, filled with incredible stories and life applications that are both positively inspiring and refreshingly practical. Enjoy thought-provoking questions, soul-stirring stories, and concrete exercises that will improve your spiritual life—all culled directly from the Torah and its commentaries. Based on the weekly parashah, this sefer includes easily digestible two-minute chapter summaries for those short on time.

Included in Making It Real are stories about…

The Pulitzer Prize–winning war photo in 1969 that exposed the dangers of lashon hara

Rav Aharon Kotler’s daring encounter with a Mafia leader

The Jewish cyclist “Brooklyn Lightning,” who passed up his dream to compete in the Olympics so that he could keep Shabbos

⁠⁠The remarkable kiddush Hashem made by the owner of Klein’s ice cream factory during the blackout of 2003

And much more!

“It will undoubtedly be of great benefit to those who read it and assimilate its messages.”

Rabbi Aharon Feldman

“The unique and dynamic nature of the content has the capacity to inspire and educate readers at all levels of knowledge.”

Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier