Rav Gifter

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Rav Gifter

The Vision, Fire and Impact of an American-born Gadol

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RGIH
Format

Hardcover

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Dimensions

6" x 9"

Pages

413

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Born in Portsmouth, Virginia. Attended public school in Baltimore.
Knew only one blatt Gemara at his bar mitzvah. Was this a Jewishly
deprived American youngster?

Not at all. It was the world
renowned gaon and rosh yeshiva Harav Mordechai Gifter, Rosh Yeshivah of
Telz and one of the world’s greatest Torah scholars and revered leaders!

In this warm and anecdote-filled biography, Rabbi Yechiel Spero
introduces us to one of the most fascinating Torah giants of recent
times. Rabbi Spero’s best-selling “Touched by . . . ” series has earned
him many thousands of admiring readers. In this, his first biography, he
outdoes himself.

To Rav Gifter, every minute of Torah was a
precious gift. His intense and successful effort to master the Torah was
phenomenal. All his life he carried with him – and personified — the
memories of his mentors and his years in the Telz Yeshivah in Lithuania.
He was a peerless orator, who moved listeners to tears and inspired
them to scale heights. He had an awesome sense of responsibility to the
yeshivah, the community, and even to the youngest talmid and most humble
petitioner -he made time for everyone. Most of all, he loved Torah. It
was his life’s goal – and his contagious zeal for learning created
legions of talmidei chachamim in his image.

He interacted with
the greatest sages of the era and was a fearless champion in the
intellectual battles for the truth of Torah. And he was tender and
understanding with the Jewishly unlearned US Navy veteran who stumbled
into Telz, and the college girl searching for an Orthodox prayer
experience. Students were awed by his intensity, but warmed by his
tender and loving embrace.

He described himself as a “simple
melamed” a teacher. His mission was to master Torah and transmit it in
all its grandeur. He succeeded.

The book is lavishly
illustrated , including many never-before published photographs. And it
is filled with Rav Gifter’s ideals, teachings, perspectives, and classic
orations, in his own words.

When he was a teenager, his wall
was adorned with pictures of Torah giants – and there was one empty
frame with the words “What about you?” The youngster from Portsmouth
answered the question with his own magnificent life.

Read about him. You’ll be thrilled and your aspirations will be elevated.