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Yehi Shalom: Third Printing - Baruch Hashem!
Yehi Shalom: A Guide to the Laws of Pesach and Kashrut It is with great joy and thanks to Hashem, that we are republishing Rabbi Yonatan's book "Yehi Shalom: A Guide To The Laws Of Pesach And Kashrut"! We are almost completely sold out and are excited to republish a new and updated edition!
This book will provide you with practical guide to preparing for Pesach, and incorporates the customs of both the Sepharadi and Ashkenazi communities. Baruch Shehechiyanu VeKiyemanu VeHigiyanu Lazman Hazeh!
The book - which is paperback and a little over 220 pages - will be available for sale in the near future.
ONLY 10 Dedications AVAILABLE - $180 each! (10 Dedications full - you can still submit an extra dedication!)
Due to popular demand, the book is almost out of print, and we wish to get the new copies out in time for Pesach. Take part in this special Mitzvah!
LIMITED SPACE: If you wish to add a dedication to the book in honor of someone or in memory of a loved one, or any other dedication, we only have 10 slots availabe for dedication!
DEDICATIONS: Dedications are just $180 and include a full-page dedication with a personal blessing from Rabbi Yonatan. Each donor will receive a copy of Yehi Shalom, hot off the press, as well as one for a Jewish organization of their choosing.
DEADLINE: Please reply to this email by Wednesday, March 20th to secure your dedication page. Thank you!
Pele Yoetz, Rabbi Eliezer Papo - On Assisting to Print Holy Books
“The printing press has brought great good into the world by virtue of facilitating the increase of Torah study and the dissemination of its wellsprings... It is appropriate for wealthy individuals, members of the nation of the God of Avraham, to generously open their hands unto them.
By doing so, they will have an equal share with the author… Go out and see that there is almost no other gift of money that will be considered as great a Mitzvah as this! Every other expenditure for a Mitzvah lasts only the duration of the performance of the Mitzvah.
But the merit of the person who gives money for the purpose of publishing a book lasts forever. The merit of the masses belongs to a person who brings righteousness to the community. His virtue will precede and follow him. How fortunate he is! How good is his portion! He has acquired a good name, words of Torah, the life of the World to Come, and also in this world his money has increased.”
English Translation of HaRav Yaakov Peretz's Approbation
With the help of Heaven – My assistance is from Hashem, Creator of Heavens and Earth
Approbation to the book “Yehi Shalom”
I hereby wish to acknowledge and cherish the prestigious alumni of our Yeshiva “Midrash Sepharadi” of the Jewish Quarter, which is adjacent to the site of our holy Kotel.
The Chacham [the author] walks on the path of straight, is of sweet ways, is pleasing to the people and is also pleasing to Hashem – the honorable Torah scholar Rabbi Yonatan Halevy shlit”a, Rav of the Sepharadic community in San Diego, California.
He acted upon his heart’s desire to compile a work on the laws of Pesach and Kashrut. According to what has been made known to me, the book is written according to Halachah with accurate explanations and my hands support his fully.
I hereby bless him: May it be the will of HaKadosh Baruch Hu that you be successful and wise in all your endeavors, and you shall merit to spread and glorify the Torah; and to draw close our brothers of the holy flock, the holy nation of Hashem, to Torah, awe of Hashem, proper character traits and integrity.
May you merit to publish many more valuable books which will be of benefit to the public, through which you shall uplift them to great heights in Torah and awe of Hashem.
I hereby affix my signature to give honor to the Torah and to those who immerse themselves in her,
Eved Hashem Yaakov ben HaRav Yosef Peretz
Jerusalem, May She Be Built Speedily In Our Days Today, the Second of Adar II 5774
The book is named “Yehi Shalom” (יהי שלום) – Yehi (יהי) is the acronym of Y’onatan Y'akov H'alevy (י'ונתן י'עקב ה'לוי). Shalom (שלום) is the name of his honorable father.
