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Rescuing the Rebbe of Belz
Belzer Chassidus - History, Rescue and Rebirth
By Yosef Israel
Description:
With typical modesty, the saintly tzaddik Grand Rabbi Aharon of
Belz said, "Every survivor must have been accompanied by malachim
(angels) on every side."
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Rescuing the Rebbe of Belz |
If
every survivor was saved by angels, the Rebbe was surely escorted
by entire companies of angels. Even in an era of holy people, he
was revered as someone not of this mundane world. His survival
involved miracle after miracle, sacrifice after sacrifice, heroism
after heroism. It is no exaggeration to say that the impoverished
Jewish world needed him, so Heaven intervened whenever necessary
to pluck him from the inferno and bring him to Eretz Yisrael,
where he could inspire his followers to lay the foundations for
the rebirth of Torah and chassidus.
This book is a traiblazing effort. Yosef Israel is a British
journalist who has exhaustively researched every aspect of the
Rebbe's escape under the very noses of the Nazis, to whom the
Wunderrabbiner of Belz was a prime public enemy. Much has been
written about his rescue, but nowhere have all the pieces been
gathered together as carefully and accurately as in this book.
The story is an adventure. It is an exercise in supreme faith. It
is a lesson in the dedication of ordinary Jews to spiritual
survival in a jungle of hatred, oppression, torture, and murder.
It is an uplifting tale of faith and Divine Providence.
The Belzer Rav lived not for himself, but for his Maker and his
people. Whether in hiding in Bochnia, disguised as an officer on a
desperate flight from Poland to Hungary, on the journey to the
Holy Land, or in infusing a broken, orphaned remnant with the
faith and strength to persevere, he was one of the greatest
spiritual figures of the century.
This story of his miraculous rescue will elevate everyone who has
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