Journal Mitzvah

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Sunday, January 17, 2016

My Rebbe –– By Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz (Book review)



Title: My Rebbe
Published by:
Maggid/Shefa/Koren Publishers Jerusalem
Manufactured: Israel
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Pages:
250  
Official Website: https://www.korenpub.com/


The biography is about the meeting of two minds, two extraordinary rabbis that fills the Jewish people and world with Divine Wisdom; we are talking about ‘tzaddik’ Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Torah luminary of our time, of blessed memory, and his student is in action until today, the disciple Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, well-known for hosting the monumental work of the Talmud, now all forty-four volumes have been completed and edited.

This is relatively a small book page numbers, a total of seventeen chapters, however, it is very big and rich in teachings and important information that summarizes all a brilliant life of the Rebbe, describing deep details, behavior, achievements what Menachem Mendel Schneerson (of blessed memory) did through Chabad-Lubavitch, a highly readable, well-argued yet honest portrayal of the Rebbe and his movement.

The topics have focused on the mission and Divine service, a vision of the work of Chabad-Lubavitch movement not only to understand what the Rebbe did, but also how we can understand and follow the straight ways, mitzvot.

Some words of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz says about the Rebbe during "yechudut" with a Chassid:

"The Rebbe was not in a normal state of consciousness, but in a state of heightened consciousness. In the yechiduyot with him, it seemed that he was taken over by some sort of divine inspiration. Latent powers within his soul seemed to me - and to many, many others - to manifest themselves in these moments, and the words that issued from his mouth during the yechiduyot were at the very least, I and others believe, "hidden prophecy" - words emanating from a place beyond the Rebbe's conscious rational intellection, even if no explicitly prophetic vision was expressed. I reported in the early pages of this book my personal impression that the Rebbe was clearly a holy man, a tzaddik. I firmly believe that he possessed some sort of supernatural capability, and that he was in contact with another level of being - which I do not hesitate to call Divine."

Reading becomes very engaging; the Enigma of the Rebbe is available.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz is a teacher, philosopher, social critic and prolific author who have been hailed by Time Magazine as a "once-in-a-millennium scholar." 

He has devoted his life to making the Talmud accessible to all Jews. After a 45-year effort, Rabbi Steinsaltz completed a monumental elucidation of the entire Talmud in modern Hebrew, now used all over the world. Rabbi Steinsaltz then partnered with Koren Publishers Jerusalem to launch the Koren Talmud Bavli, a groundbreaking new edition of the Talmud which includes modern English translation, color illustrations and previously-censored passages.

Rabbi Steinsaltz has written 60 books and hundreds of articles, has established the Makor Chaim network of schools in Israel and the former Soviet Union, and holds several honorary degrees. He was born and lives in Jerusalem.

Reviewed by: Gilson Rodrigues de Arruda.


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