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Collaborators:
  • Herzog Academic College
  • Yad Vashem
Year:
2017
Catalog number :
45-131145
ISBN:
978-965-92115-1-7
Pages:
252
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Weight:
900 gr.
Cover:
Hardcover

Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira - Sermons from the Years of Rage

The Sermons of the Piaseczno Rebbe from the Warsaw Ghetto, 1939-1942 (Daniel Reiser edition)

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Synopsis

Daniel Reiser Edition
Volume one 

Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira, a Holocaust victim and the Grand Rebbe of Piaseczno, used to deliver priceless sermons in the Warsaw Ghetto during the war. For years, the printed editions of the sermons' manuscripts have provided only partial versions of the text, which had been perpetually changed, rephrased and revised by its original author. 

The first volume of this book provides a critical and annotated edition of these manuscripts, published following a long editing and deciphering process based on the original manuscript, located in Warsaw's Jewish Historical Institute Archives. The book paints a new picture of this important, universal and historical document and unveils the personal story of its fascinating author.

The second volume is a facsimile edition and can be purchased here

Reviews

"Reiser’s sensitivity to the nuances of ḥasidic language and painstaking attentiveness to the manuscript, aided by advances in technology that enable far clearer images, make this new edition an indispensable resource." - Mosaic, April 2018, James A. Diamond

"It is a gem unearthed from the ruins of war and polished to perfection." - The Jewish PressEllie Lefkowitz, September 2017