Author: FINKEL, AVRAHAM YAAKOV
Title: Contemporary sages. The great Chasidic masters of the twentieth century.
Description: Northvale, New Jersey / London, Jason Aronson, 1994. XXIV, 219 pp., illustrated. Fine copy. Orig. cloth with dustjacket. Minor discoloration to dustj. Hasidism. Rabbi's. Part I of the book is devoted to the rebbes of the early decades of the twentieth century, the champions in the struggle against the onslaught of secularism, atheism, and assimilation. Part II tells the story of Chasidut during the conflagration of the Holocaust and the superhuman spiritual heroism displayed by the chasidic leaders who gave their lives al kiddush Hashem, for the sanctification of God's Name. Their immortal words of faith and courage quoted in the book live on to inspire future generations. Part III encompasses the rebbes who miraculously survived the Holocaust to rebuild the decimated chasidic movement. Against all odds, charismatic men like the Belzer, Bobover, Gerer, Klausenburger, Lubavitcher, and Vizhnitzer rebbes, as well as many other leaders, succeeded beyond anyone's expectations. Judaism. Jewish history. ISBN: 9781568211558

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