Saturday, January 10, 2026

My |Uncle the Netziv Why was it banned? by Dr. Jacob J. Schacter

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This new English version of R. Epstein's work was published with approbation by Rabbi Nachman Bulman of Kiryat Nachliel in Israel  wrote:

 An English rendition of Rav Boruch Epstein's Mekor overdue. . . . The experience of Torah life derives first and foremost from Torah  learning. But the impact of Torah learning is immeasurably richer when the  lives of living Sifrei Torah, of Torah Sages, become educative models for  our people. Further, such lives are vital links in the chain of Jewish  historical knowledge. Mekor Boruch is a matchless compendium of biography, memoirs and  lore. It was authored by a celebrated son of the greatest yeshiva in modern  time - Volozhin  of Lithuanian Jewry come alive. A glowing por last central figure, the venerable Netziv, is a major  part of the work

 Rabbi Moshe Dombey merits unstinting commendation for his adaption of Mekor Boruch for an English reading public  which could find much edification from reading te fruit of his effort

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