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Because He Cared
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Because He Cared
The Life and Impact of Rabbi Moshe Neuman, Beloved Principal of Bais Yaakov of Queens
by Rabbi Yechiel Spero
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Catalog # : BHCH
Release Date : 09/12/2024
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Beautifully told by master storyteller Rabbi Yechiel Spero, this is the story – these are the countless stories – of the greatness that happens when someone really, truly cares.
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Angels in Orange
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Angels in Orange
Uplifting Stories of Courage, Faith and Miracles from the United Hatzalah Heroes of October 7th
by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer
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Catalog # : ORANGH
Release Date : 01/25/2024
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Incredible stories of emunah, hashgachah, miracles and courage as more than 1,700 United Hatzalah volunteers rescue and treat the wounded on Simchas Torah, October 7th, 2023.
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The Klausenburger Rebbe
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The Klausenburger Rebbe
Building Torah and Emunah in the Aftermath of the Holocaust
by Avrohom Birnbaum
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Catalog # : KLAUSH
Release Date : 04/11/2024
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During and after World War II, a leader of exceptional stature emerged in Klal Yisrael. He was a dynamo, a brilliant talmid chacham who displayed unwavering dedication to Hashem and His people, and above all, unparalleled self-sacrifice. He was Rav Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, the Klausenburger Rebbe.
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The Ribnitzer
The Ribnitzer
The Life, Sanctity, and Legacy of Rav Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz
by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer
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Catalog # : RIBH
Release Date : 09/14/2023
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He was a tzaddik. A ba’al mofes, a miracle worker. In time, he became a living legend, the address for thousands seeking berachos, first in Russia, then in Eretz Yisrael and, eventually in America.
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Rav Nota
Rav Nota
The Story of Rav Nota Greenblatt – Champion of Torah Judaism
by Shmuel Botnick
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Catalog # : RNOTH
Release Date : 11/29/2023
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His name was Rav Nota Greenblatt, and his story – and the many stories others tell about him -- will amaze you.
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The Malach on 23 Rashbam Street
The Malach on 23 Rashbam Street
Richly Illustrated Stories of Rav Chaim Kanievky's Life, Wisdom and Guidance
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Catalog # : MALAH
Release Date : 11/29/2022
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The Malach on 23 Rashbam Street
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Rebbetzin Kanievsky Paperback
Rebbetzin Kanievsky Paperback
A Legendary Mother to All
by Nina Indig, Naftali Weinberger, Naomi Weinberger
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Catalog # : RKANP
Release Date : 10/31/2023
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Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievsky a"h, daughter of an extraordinary and illustrious Torah family, was one of the most remarkable, selfless, and beloved women of our time. Thousands of people — Sephardim and Ashkenazim, Torah-observant, traditional, and e
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90 Seconds
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90 Seconds
The Epic Story of Eli Beer and United Hatzalah
by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer
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Catalog # : NSECH
Release Date : 03/16/2023
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This is a true story so full of non-stop action, physical and spiritual courage, Divine Providence, spine-tingling adventure -- and an utter dedication to Torah -- that it can only be called: Incredible!
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Rav Chaim Kanievsky: Living A Life of Halachah
Rav Chaim Kanievsky: Living A Life of Halachah
The Day-to-Day Customs of the Sar HaTorah
by Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Shteinman
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Catalog # : LLHH
Release Date : 11/13/2023
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A Portrayal of Rav Chaim In a Way You’ve Never Seen Before
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Maran HaRav Ovadia
Maran HaRav Ovadia
The Revered Gaon and Posek Who Restored the Crown of Sephardic Jewry
by Rabbi Yehuda Heimowitz
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Catalog # : ROYH
Release Date : 05/26/2014
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He had a mind big enough to master all of Torah. A spirit big enough to lead his people. And a heart big enough to contain all of Klal Yisrael. Maran Harav Ovadia Yosef met with Prime Ministers, Presidents, great rabbis — and the humblest Jew seekin
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The Ribnitzer - Yiddish Edition
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The Life, Sanctity, and Legacy of Rav Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz
by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer
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Catalog # : YRIBH
Release Date : 10/09/2024
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He was a tzaddik. A ba’al mofes, a miracle worker. In time, he became a living legend, the address for thousands seeking berachos, first in Russia, then in Eretz Yisrael and, eventually in America.
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Reb Moshe - Expanded Twenty-Fifth Yahrzeit Edition
Reb Moshe - Expanded Twenty-Fifth Yahrzeit Edition
The life and ideals of HaGaon Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, The Wasserman Edition
by Rabbi Shimon Finkelman, Rabbi Nosson Scherman, Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz
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Catalog # : EREMH
Release Date : 02/22/2011
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"Reb Moshe" - for the nine decades of his life, these two words were synonymous with Torah greatness, encyclopedic knowledge, compassion, generosity, piety, humility, faith, and countless other precious, sacred concepts. During his five decades in the U
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The Rishonim
The Rishonim
Biographical sketches of the prominent early sages and leaders
by Rabbi Hersh Goldwurm
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Catalog # : RISH
Release Date : 08/01/1982
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Biographical sketches of 300 prominent 10th-15th-century Rabbinic sages and leaders such as Rashi, Rambam, R' Gershom Meor HaGolah. Traces the beginnings of Jewish communities in each part of the continents.
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Incredible!
Incredible!
From the Bronx to Bnei Brak: The amazing true story of Rabbi Yossi Wallis
by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer
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Catalog # : INCRH
Release Date : 03/21/2016
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This is a true story so full of non-stop action, physical and spiritual courage, Divine Providence, spine-tingling adventure -- and an utter dedication to Torah -- that it can only be called: Incredible!
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Rav Chaim
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Rav Chaim
The Life and Legacy of the Sar HaTorah Rav Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky
by Naftali Weinberger
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Catalog # : RCKH
Release Date : 02/20/2023
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Rav Chaim Kanievsky was the Sar HaTorah, master of every area of Torah knowledge and author of dozens of Torah works on topics ranging from the basic to the arcane. He was a fount of guidance, comfort, and blessing to tens of thousands. His diligence in Torah was legendary, yet he opened his home and his heart to all who sought him.
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Reb Dovid: The Life and Legacy of Reb Dovid Feinstein
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Reb Dovid
The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Dovid Feinstein
by Yisroel Besser
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Catalog # : RDOVH
Release Date : 12/06/2022
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Rabbi Yisroel Besser brings us a story that will leave us enthralled by its unexpected twists and turns. More: it will make us newly sensitive to the potential to give that lies within each one of us, how one mans dignity and nobility allowed others to feel taller. It shows how a person, regardless of where their personal journey leads, can soar so high.
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The Vilna Gaon
The Vilna Gaon
The life and teachings of Rabbi Eliyahu, the Gaon of Vilna.
by Betzalel Landau
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Catalog # : VILH
Release Date : 05/20/1994
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The inspiring life-story of the Vilna Gaon. Adapted by Yonason Rosenblum from Betzalel Landau's Hebrew, HaGaon HaChassid MiVilna.
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The Alter of Novardok
The Alter of Novardok
The Life of Rav Yosef Yoizel Horowitz and his worldwide impact
by Rabbi Shlomo Weintraub, Esther Ilana Rabi
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Catalog # : NOVARH
Release Date : 02/17/2020
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The Alter of Novardok tells the story of this fascinating and complex personality, who was one of the most influential figures of the 19th and early 20th century. He lived in a time when Torah study was under attack, and many fell into despair – but not the Alter. He lived in a world of faith, and his faith was well-rewarded as he helped build a thriving Torah network.
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The Rebbetzin
The Rebbetzin
The Story of Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis – Her Life, Her Vision, Her Legacy
by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer
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Catalog # : RJUNGH
Release Date : 03/10/2020
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She was “The Rebbetzin” -- Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis – and this is her unforgettable and inspiring story.
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The Chasam Sofer
The Chasam Sofer
The Life, leadership and legacy of Rabbi Moshe Sofer of Pressburg
by Yisroel Besser
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Catalog # : CHASH
Release Date : 09/06/2018
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One hundred and eighty years after his passing, he stands tall, a leader for eternity. Until today, the Chasam Sofer leads us: in this book, we’ll see why, and we’ll see how.
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Aleppo - City of Scholars
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Aleppo - City of Scholars
by Rabbi David Sutton
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Catalog # : ALPH
Release Date : 03/28/2005
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Based on LiKedoshim Asher Ba'aretz by Hacham David Laniado; Edited and expanded by Rabbi David Sutton; Translated by Isaac Kirzner Known since Biblical times as Aram Soba, the city of Aleppo, Syria was a scholarly and spiritual center for thousands of yea
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The Early Acharonim
The Early Acharonim
Biographical sketches of the prominent early rabbinic sages and leaders from the 15th-17th centuries
by Rabbi Hersh Goldwurm
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Catalog # : AC1H
Release Date : 10/01/1989
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Biographical sketches of 300 great sages and leaders from the 15th-17th centuries. A panoramic range of biographies of great men from all Jewish communities such as Arizal, R' Yosef Caro, Maharsha, R' Menashe ben Yisrael as Jewish life moved ea
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Rav Elyashiv
Rav Elyashiv
A Life of Diligence and Halachic Leadership
by Malky Heimowitz, Rabbi Yehuda Heimowitz
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Catalog # : RELYH
Release Date : 02/11/2013
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The undisputed posek hador. The gadol who carried the Torah world on his shoulders. For close to a century, Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv was a fixture in the Meah Shearim neighborhood of Yerushalayim, studying Torah day and night. Even during the decades tha
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The Tosher Rebbe
The Tosher Rebbe
The life, leadership, and legacy of Rabbi Meshulam Feish Halevi Lowy
by Yisroel Besser
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Catalog # : TOSHEH
Release Date : 08/12/2019
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In this book the reader can feel the intensity, the passion, the perfect joy one felt near the Rebbe, the tzaddik of Tosh: in this book, the ahavas Yisroel, the sacrifice, the Torah and tefillah of the Rebbe come alive once again, a ray of light showing us the way forward.
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Rav Nosson Tzvi
Rav Nosson Tzvi
The Beloved Rosh Yeshiva of Mir; From His Mother's Heart, and through the eyes of a Talmid
by Rebbetzin Sara Finkel, Rabbi Yehuda Heimowitz
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Catalog # : RNTH
Release Date : 03/19/2012
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The first part of this biography is written from a unique vantage point - the gadol's mother. Rebbetzin Sara Finkel, herself a noted and beloved personality as well as a gifted writer, shares with us her memories of a beloved son whom she nurtured and wat
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The Insider
The Insider
Famed war journalist Yisroel Katzover (A. Peer) and his unforgettable adventures and encounters with gedolim and world leaders
by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer
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Catalog # : INSIDH
Release Date : 10/28/2021
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Gedolim and world leaders. Politicians, spies and soldiers. Inspiration and mystery, bullets and bitachon. This book has it all.
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Incredible 2!
Incredible 2!
From Corporate LA to Arachim Seminars: More of the amazing true story of Rabbi Yossi Wallis
by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer
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Catalog # : INCR2H
Release Date : 05/23/2019
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If you’re one of the tens of thousands who thrilled to Rabbi Yossi Wallis’s adventures, as told in the major bestseller Incredible!, you know just how amazing (incredible!) his story is. Incredible 2 is filled with more fascinating stories, more adventures, more inspiring personalities from Rabbi Wallis’s dynamic life.
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The Story of Rebbetzin Kanievsky
The Story of Rebbetzin Kanievsky
A biography for young readers
by Nina Indig, Naftali Weinberger, Naomi Weinberger
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Catalog # : YRKANH
Release Date : 12/03/2012
Format : Hardcover
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From the authors of the bestselling book, Rebbetzin Kanievsky: A Legendary Mother to All, comes an unforgettable biography for children. Now you can share the inspiration with your kids! The fascinating story of an authentic "Torah Princess" who grew up
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My Uncle The Netziv
My Uncle The Netziv
R' Baruch HaLevi Epstein, recalls his illustrious uncle, R' Naftali Zvi Yehudah Berlin, & the panorama of his life
by Moshe Dombey, Rabbi Boruch Epstein, N.T. Erline
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Catalog # : MYUH
Release Date : 05/01/1988
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A first-person account of life with Rabbi Naftali Tvi Yehudah Berlin, Rosh Yeshivah of Volozhin.
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The Story of Reb Moshe
The Story of Reb Moshe
A biography for young readers
by Rabbi Shimon Finkelman
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Catalog # : YREMH
Release Date : 12/01/2015
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A New Generation Meets the Gadol v’Posek HaDor Rav Moshe Feinstein Rav Moshe was a living legend — the young ilui, the posek, the revered gadol ha'dor, the leader who was there for everyone. In these pages young readers meet little Moshe, who loved Torah learning and gave up playing chess because he didn’t want other children to lose. They’ll meet Rav Moshe, the rabbi who courageously stood up to the Communists, and who learned from Europe’s greatest rabbis and brought their teachings to America. Rav Moshe, the man who shaped our Torah lives even today.
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The Rebbe on Beacon Street
The Rebbe on Beacon Street
The inspiring life and impact of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Horowitz, the Bostoner Rebbe of Boston and Har Nof
by Rabbi Shimon Finkelman
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Catalog # : RBSH
Release Date : 05/05/2021
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The inspiring life and impact of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Horowitz, the Bostoner Rebbe of Boston and Har Nof
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Rav Gustman
Rav Gustman
The youngest Dayan of Vilna and illustrious Rosh Yeshivah in New York and Yerushalayim
by David Page
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Catalog # : RGUH
Release Date : 01/17/2017
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The brilliant yeshiva student. The youngest dayan on Vilna’s beis din — and its sole survivor. The partisan fighting Nazis with guns — and with his bare hands. The eminent Rosh Yeshivah, beloved by his students — and by many of the twentieth century’s greatest gedolim. That was Rav Gustman zt’l. And this is his unique and inspiring story.
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The Rebbes of Chortkov
The Rebbes of Chortkov
by Rabbi Yisroel Friedman
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Catalog # : ROCH
Release Date : 11/25/2003
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An heir to the Chortkov dynasty, Rabbi Yisroel Friedman is the Rav of the Chortkover Kloiz in Manchester, England. In this comprehensive book, he traces Chortkover Chassidus from its origins with Reb Dovid Moshe, son of Rabbi Yisroel of Rizhin; to its
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Captive Child
Captive Child
From Communist Cruelty, to Rebirth in Jerusalem
by Carmela Raiz
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Catalog # : CAPH
Release Date : 12/07/2011
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A most unlikely hero. A most unconventional memoir. Shepsel was a little Jewish boy cared for in a nurturing German home - until his Nazi "father" was killed fighting for the Third Reich and his foster mother handed him over to a death camp. (She gave hi
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The Beis Yisroel
The Beis Yisroel
The Life and Legacy of Rav Yisroel Alter of Gur
by Yisroel Besser
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Catalog # : BEISH
Release Date : 03/20/2024
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Rav Yisroel Alter, the Beis Yisroel, became the Rebbe of Gur at a time of deep darkness. Just a few years earlier, tens of thousands of Gerrer chassidim had perished in the Holocaust, and the few who’d survived faced the daunting challenge of beginning new lives. Rav Yisroel became the Rebbe – and he rebuilt a world, miraculously leading Gerrer chassidus to almost unimaginable levels of greatness.
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