{"product_id":"shnos","title":"SHNOS DOR VDOR -300 Yrs. of Gedolim Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a truly fascinating collection, very likely the only one of its kind: 300 years of history, through the handwritten letters and pronouncements of the great Torah leaders of 12 generations.\u003cbr\u003eFor many years, \u003cb\u003eR' Reuven Dessler\u003c\/b\u003e has been collecting original handwritten letters from the quills of people whose very names evoke reverent gasps:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe Chasam Sofer, the Aruch Leneir, R' Yisrael Salanter, R' Yitzchok Elchonon, R' Chaim Soloveitchik, the Chofetz Chaim, R' Chaim Ozer Grodzenski,\u003c\/b\u003e and scores more.\u003cbr\u003eNow, all those collectors items are presented to the public. Every letter appears in both the original handscript and with the text newly typeset. Each selection has a historical introduction and a brief biographical sketch of the writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese letters and communal pronouncements give us a glimpse into the life and times and the personalities of these legendary leaders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eR' Akiva Eiger\u003c\/b\u003e is offered the rabbinate of Vilna\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrankfort am Oder\u003c\/b\u003e adopts by-laws limiting the number of guests and gifts at family celebrations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Netziv\u003c\/b\u003e complains that he and his yeshivah have been slandered\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eR' Boruch Ber Leibovitz\u003c\/b\u003e appeals for the gigantic sum of $600 (!) needed to publish the writings of R' Chaim Brisker.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is just a small glimpse of a collection that does not cease to amaze and inform. By making it available in a beautifully crafted coffee table format, Mr. Dessler shares with us an invaluable treasure collected lovingly and laboriously over more than thirty years.\u003cbr\u003eIt is ArtScroll\/Mesorah's high honor to publish it for those who can appreciate so rare and precious a collection.\u003cbr\u003e500 pages; over 130 selections; extensively indexed; all Hebrew. Large 8\" x 11\" coffee-table collector's edition.\u003cbr\u003eYou must see it to appreciate it, and when you do you'll want it in your home for yourself and your children.","brand":"ArtScroll Mesorah Publications","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42509557989453,"sku":"SHNOS","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0629\/0872\/7373\/files\/shnos.jpg?v=1767492030","url":"https:\/\/hatallit.com\/products\/shnos","provider":"HaTallit | Online Judaica Marketplace – Tallits, Sefarim \u0026 Beautiful Judaica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}