A wealth of information is available about the history of Chabad and its Rebbes. Yet, a proper biography of all seven Rebbes was noticeably missing. A new 2-volume series sets out to fill that gap, offering full biographies in an enjoyable fashion.

This special installment of the "A Look Inside the Book" column will review standout titles from this past year in the areas of history, halachah, renewed classics, and fiction.

This special installment of the "A Look Inside the Book" column will review standout titles from this past year in the areas of history, halachah, renewed classics, and fiction.

This special installment of the "A Look Inside the Book" column will review standout titles from this past year in the areas of history, halachah, renewed classics, and fiction.

This special installment of the "A Look Inside the Book" column will review standout titles from this past year in the areas of history, halachah, renewed classics, and fiction.

A Look Inside the Book: Reb Yoel Kahn can be compared to a builder. He took the pre-existing material scattered among many sifrei Chassidus, and fashioned a building out of it. A number of recently printed books are prime examples of that.

A Look Inside the Book: Many books have been written about the Rebbe, but Dear Rebbe, by author Dovid Zaklikowski, gives a fresh angle, showing us the other side of the Rebbe's correspondence. A new edition features 100+ more pages and color photographs.

A Look Inside the Book: The genre of articles summarizing halachic discussion of contemporary issues is very popular, and many such volumes are published every year. Nonetheless, Chikrei Halachah Uminhag, a new work by an Australian rov and shliach, still manages to stand out.

A Look Inside the Book: As the new yeshiva year begins, many bochurim also began Hilchos Issur V'Heter ("Semicha"). This article will survey a number of seforim that are helpful for this important study.

A Look Inside the Book: Today, Chabad and Lubavitch are synonymous. But for a significant period of Chabad history this was not the case. A newly published book tells the story of the sons and grandsons of the Tzemach Tzedek who led other Chabad groups.

A Look Inside the Book: Ketzos Hashulchan and Shiurei Torah by Harav Avraham Chaim Naeh have been classics since they were first published over the years 5686-5714, and are a staple for Chabad chassidim. A new edition of these seforim with many welcome features makes the set a delight to use.

A Look Inside the Book: Harav Yosef Tumarkin, the Rov of Kremenchug was a prominent Lubavitcher rov and posek who has been largely forgotten because most of his writings didn’t survive and reach print. The new sefer Shu”t Mahari Tumarkin, is an attempt to turn the wheel back.

A Look Inside the Book: The nearly 1,100 page 'Sefer, Sofer, Vesipur' was published to memorialize the famous chassidishe historian Rabbi Yehoshua Mondshine. But almost any type of chossid will find what to enjoy in the impressive work.

A Look Inside the Book: Two new books, by two talmidei chachamim that double as successful businessman, address recent events in the light of Halacha. What are the similarities between them and what does each one offer that the other doesn't?

A Look Inside the Book: Many seforim have been authored on the Rebbe's Haggadah. But they only represent the first layer of the Rebbe’s chidushim. A new Haggadah attempts to give the broader picture.