The Brisker Rav, Volume 1

When you open the pages of this magnificent volume, you will feel the presence of a bygone era virtually come alive. Rarely does a text manage to document the spirit of a time and place and capture the essence of a Gadol B'Tora asRabbi Meller does in The Brisker Rav. The first volume in this series tracesthe life of the Brisker Rav from his early days in Volozhin and his position as Rav of Brisk to his turbulent years as a refugee from the Nazis, an endswith his arrival in Eretz Yisroel. So much more than just a biography - thepainstaking research, rare documents and photographs, Torah insights, amazingstories, anecdotes, and attention to detail - all combine to create a text that puts a century of Jewish life at your fingertips.Beautifully written andhandsomely crafted, this is a sefer you will certainly turn to - forinformation & inspiration - time and again.