Oz Vehadar ( he, עוז והדר) is a Torah institute that deals with the publication of

Torah books ''Sifrei Kodesh'' ( he, ספרי קודש, , Holy books), commonly referred to as ''sefarim'' ( he, ספרים, , books), or in its singular form, ''sefer'', are books of Jewish religious literature and are viewed by religious Jews as sacred. ...

. It was founded by Rabbi Yosef Samet and currently headed by Rabbi Yehoshua Leifer from

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Projects

Oz Vehadar publishes a wide range of

relating to Tanach, Mishnah, Talmud, and works of

Rishonim ''Rishonim'' (; he, ; sing. he, , ''Rishon'', "the first ones") were the leading rabbis and ''poskim'' who lived approximately during the 11th to 15th centuries, in the era before the writing of the ''Shulchan Aruch'' ( he, , "Set Table", a ...

and

Acharonim In Jewish law and history, ''Acharonim'' (; he, אחרונים ''Aḥaronim''; sing. , ''Aḥaron''; lit. "last ones") are the leading rabbis and poskim (Jewish legal decisors) living from roughly the 16th century to the present, and more specifi ...

Babylonian Talmud

From 1988 to 2007, Oz Vehadar worked on publishing a new edition of the Babylonian Talmud with corrections of previous texts and an abundance of commentaries. The cost of the project was over $20 million. The project was supported by Jewish businessman and philanthropist

Hershey Friedman Hershey Friedman (born 1950) is a Canadian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. His business concerns span the plastics packaging business and kosher meat in North America as well as luxury real estate development and Jewish books in Israel ...

and thus named "Mahaduras Friedman" after him. Oz Vehadar also publishes an edition of the Talmud with vowelization and punctuation. They also published the ''Mesivta'' edition of the

Talmud The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cente ...

, which includes a Hebrew-language translation and commentary, as well as many individual commentaries on the Talmud, including several volumes of ''Kovetz Mefarshim'' and the ''

Shita Mekubetzes Bezalel ben Abraham Ashkenazi ( he, בצלאל בן אברהם אשכנזי) ( 1520 – 1592) was a rabbi and talmudist who lived in History of Israel#Ottoman period (1516–1917), Ottoman Israel during the 16th century. He is best known as the a ...

''.

Other publications

Other Oz Vehadar publications include

Talmud Yerushalmi The Jerusalem Talmud ( he, תַּלְמוּד יְרוּשַׁלְמִי, translit=Talmud Yerushalmi, often for short), also known as the Palestinian Talmud or Talmud of the Land of Israel, is a collection of rabbinic notes on the second-century ...

Tanakh The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
''

Hasidic works,

Halakhic ''Halakha'' (; he, הֲלָכָה, ), also transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical commandm ...

works,

Passover Passover, also called Pesach (; ), is a major Jewish holidays, Jewish holiday that celebrates the The Exodus, Biblical story of the Israelites escape from slavery in Ancient Egypt, Egypt, which occurs on the 15th day of the Hebrew calendar, He ...

Haggada The Haggadah ( he, הַגָּדָה, "telling"; plural: Haggadot) is a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. According to Jewish practice, reading the Haggadah at the Seder table is a fulfillment of the mitzvah to each Jew ...

s, and other books.

Gallery

File:הרב יוסף שלום אלישיב.jpg, Rabbi Yehoshua Leifer , owner of Oz Vehadar, meeting with Rabbi

Yosef Shalom Eliashiv Yosef Shalom Elyashiv ( he, יוסף שלום אלישיב; 10 April 1910 – 18 July 2012) was a Haredi Rabbi and ''posek'' (arbiter of Jewish law) who lived in Jerusalem. Until his death at the age of 102, Rav Elyashiv was the paramount lead ...

File:יצחק טוביה וייס.JPG, Rabbi Leifer with Rabbi

Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss (26 August 1926 – 29 July 2022) was the Chief Rabbi, or ''Gaavad'' (''Gaon Av Beis Din''), of Jerusalem for the Edah HaChareidis. He was appointed to this post in 2004, after having served as a ''dayan'' of the ' ...

File:הרב מאיר צבי ברגמן.jpg, Rabbi Meir Tzvi Bergman with a packaged set of Oz Vehadar ''

Mishna Berurah The ''Mishnah Berurah'' ( he, משנה ברורה "Clear Teaching") is a work of ''halakha'' (Jewish law) by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (Poland, 1838–1933, also known as ''Chofetz Chaim''). It is a commentary on ''Orach Chayim'', the first section ...

''s File:רבי משולם דוד הלוי סולובייצ'יק.jpg, Rabbi Dovid Soloveitchik with Oz Vehadar's ''Chiddushei HaBach'' File:שטרנבוך.jpg, Rabbi

Moshe Sternbuch Moshe Sternbuch (or Moishe / Moses Shternbuch, he, משה שטרנבוך) is a Haredi rabbi. He serves as the ''Ra'avad'' (Chief) of the Edah HaChareidis, vice-president of the Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem, and the rabbi of the Gra Synagogue in ...

at an Oz Vehadar event File:הרב לייפער שליט"א.jpg, Rabbi Leifer at the event

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External links

Website
on the torah-box website (in French) Jewish printing and publishing Sifrei Kodesh