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Holy Rizhiner was an emperor of the spirit in a kingdom
of sanctity, scholarship and piety. He was a magnet for people
who needed wise counsel, spiritual elevation, efficacious
blessings, incisive Torah thoughts and parables that cast
a shaft of light on previously obscure concepts.
Czarist
persecution forced him to leave his native land, but nothing
could dim the glow of his greatness. Wherever he settled,
his reputation followed him and his holiness lit up new hearts
and lands.
His
great sons and descendants made towns like Sadigora, Chortkov,
Boyan, Husiatin and Bohush synonyms for chassidic aristocracy.
The Holocaust could diminish but not destroy the aura of Rizhin,
which still lives, grows and inspires.
In
this magnificent kaleidoscopic work, Rabbi Menachem Brayer,
a scion of the Rizhiner and the father of the present Boyaner
Rebbe, traces the life of the Rizhiner and the several dynasties
that emerged from him. This book is filled with the biographies,
anecdotes, Torah teachings, parables, and wise sayings of
all the pillars of Rizhin.
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