{"product_id":"shnos-dor-vador-300-years-of-history-through-letters","title":"Shnos Dor Vador - 300 years of history -- through 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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eR' Reuven Dessler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand 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\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eR' Akiva Eiger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis offered the rabbinate of Vilna\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrankfort am Oder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eadopts 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomplains that he and his yeshivah have been slandered\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eR' Boruch Ber Leibovitz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eappeals for the gigantic sum of $600 (!) needed to publish the writings of R' Chaim Brisker.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is ArtScroll\/Mesorah's high honor to publish it for those who can appreciate so rare and precious a collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jewish Used Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47827494142173,"sku":"105451","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1061\/2445\/files\/shnos.jpg?v=1776720908","url":"https:\/\/jewishusedbooks.com\/products\/shnos-dor-vador-300-years-of-history-through-letters","provider":"Jewish Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}