The voice behind ArtScroll
Rabbi Nosson Scherman is best known as the longtime general editor of ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications, the house whose siddurim, Chumashim, and Gemaras sit on tables in Jewish homes around the world. The clarity and reverence that mark those works are the same qualities he brings to the podium as a speaker.
That background shapes how he speaks. A lifetime spent making difficult texts accessible — deciding how to phrase, what to explain, where to pause — carries into his addresses, which tend to be measured, source-rich, and aimed at helping ordinary listeners feel the weight of the tradition they belong to.
Tisha B'Av and days of mourning
A large part of this collection is drawn from Tisha B'Av gatherings — programs like the Ohr Yitzchok Tisha B'Av events and the Torah Connections Tisha B'Av programs across several years. On the day the Jewish people mourn the Batei Mikdash, Rabbi Scherman is a natural voice: he helps an audience sit with loss without falling into despair.
His address on Yom HaKaddish HaKlali — the general day of Kaddish for those whose date of death is unknown, many of them kedoshim of the Holocaust — belongs to the same register. These are not comfortable topics, and he does not make them comfortable; he makes them meaningful, connecting private grief to the long Jewish story.
The parsha and moments of inspiration
The collection also holds parsha shiurim — "Parashat Shemini," "A Moment of Inspiration: Parashat Shemot" — where the tone lightens considerably. Here he lifts a single idea out of the weekly reading and turns it, briefly, so that its relevance to an ordinary week catches the light.
These shorter pieces show his range. The same editor who can hold a room on the saddest day of the year can also offer a warm, self-contained thought on a quiet weekday. For a family, that mix — the solemn and the everyday — makes the collection easy to return to across the year.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Nosson Scherman is the longtime general editor of ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications.
- Much of this collection comes from Tisha B'Av programs, including the Ohr Yitzchok and Torah Connections events.
- His address on Yom HaKaddish HaKlali connects private grief to the broader Jewish story.
- He also gives shorter, warm parsha insights, such as on Shemini and Shemot.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.