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May 23, 2007 • 6 Sivan 5767Supplement to Mishpacha Issue 159
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Excerpted from a short biographical sketch of the Ramchal, written sixty years ago by Rabbi Dov Katz, a disciple of the Alter of Slabodka, and author of The Mussar Movement, on Rabbi Yisrael Salanter and his disciples.
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For many centuries, the commentaries of the Tosafists on Tanach were hidden in the archives of non-Jews. Once they became available, Rabbi Yaakov Gellis, ztz”l, devoted his life to compiling and publishing them.
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The lives and times of Torah giants are usually known only through oral tradition. In the case of Rabbi Yaakov Emden, we have a rare and reliable autobiography.
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Shavuos is the yahrtzeit of King David who ruled the Jewish nation some 2,800 years ago from his throne if Jerusalem. But where exactly was the famed City of David located?
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There has always been a strong desire by certain enemies to disprove the truth of the Torah. Thanks to many of our great Sages, they all failed.