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Taamei Sefer
HaChinuch

A user-friendly version of the ספר החינוך, focusing on the טעמי המצוות.

With short comments by R. Schoonmaker (in Hebrew).

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Yedias haTorah has been translated into Hebrew!

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Yedias HaTorah Step-by-Step: A practical guide to retaining your learning

Yedias haTorah is a central yet sometimes forgotten component of being a serious lomeid Torah and talmid chacham. So many lomdim lack guidance in how to acquire yedias haTorah. The sefer, in the words of HaRav Ahron Lopiansky shlita, is “a much needed practical guide in how to turn ‘learning’ into ‘knowing.’ “
YEDIAS HATORAH is for you! Whether or not you have been successful at retaining your learning until now, the ideas and methods discussed in this sefer can help you greatly improve. If you are at the beginning of your journey as a serious lomeid Torah, this work can help establish proper attitudes and practices from the start. Additionally, melamdei Torah can use this sefer to significantly enhance the learning experience of their talmidim and to better understand a central struggle many of them are facing.

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Tomer Devorah Applied is a clear, powerful guide that bridges the timeless wisdom of the Ramak’s Tomer Devorah with the practical tools needed to live its teachings today. While many learn the sefer, few manage to internalize and live its lofty ideals. This book changes that.
In the thoughtful and accessible style of his esteemed mentors—Rav Shlomo Wolbe and Rav Reuven Leuchter—Rav Dovid Schoonmaker brings the Ramak’s deep concepts to life, offering concrete insights that speak directly to the challenges and opportunities of our generation.
Whether you're a serious student of mussar or simply striving for genuine personal growth, Tomer Devorah Applied will guide you to grow in ways you didn’t know were possible.

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Avodah Thoughts

Short Essays in English on topics in mussar and Avodas Hashem

Egeres haRamban

A timeless letter that the Ramban wrote to his son. It is jam-packed with lessons and should be studied carefully as befits the works of one of the gedolei Rishonim. 

R Schoonmaker shares many comments to draw out some of the depths of this classic

(in Hebrew).

Pischei Simchas Yom Tov

A short sefer. It contains R. Schoonmaker's commentary on the Rambam's Mishne Torah where the Rambam discusses simchas Yom Tov generally, and the simchas Beis haShoeiva specifically.  There is also a popular, long essay on different languages of joy and a shorter essay on the importance of simcha in mitzvos (in Hebrew).

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