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 First published in 1943, Eim Habanim Semeichah Author:
Rabbi Shlomo Teichtal, remains the most comprehensive treatise on Eretz Yisrael,
redemption, and Jewish unity. Much of this remarkable work
has been proven prophetic by the passage of time. It is
truly a priceless treasure.
The saintly author, Rabbi Shlomo Teichtal, originally shared
the prevalent,Orthodox view which discouraged the return to
Zion. The Holocaust, however, profoundly changed his
perspective. The
annihilation of unprecedented numbers of his fellow Jews
forced him to seek explanations. Thus, relying almost
exclusively on his phenomenal memory and keen insight, he
investigated the matter exhaustively. His conclusions are
eye-opening! The Jewish people will find refuge from their
troubles, he argues, only if they unite to rebuild the Land.
This will bring about the ultimate redemption.
Although more than
fifty-five years have passed since its original publication,
the message of this book is as crucial today as it was then.
Born in Hungary in 1885, Rabbi Teichtal grew up in a family
with an illustrious lineage. Many of his ancestors were
great rabbis and Jewish leaders, and he perpetuated the
family tradition. His father, Yitzchak, was a noted scholar,
teacher and chassid. Yitzchak's father, Yissachar Shlomo
(our author's namesake), served as a Rosh Yeshiva all his
life and was one of the foremost chassidim of the Rebbe of
the Rebbe of Tzanz.
Translated by Rabbi Moshe Lichtman.
Hardcover, 528 pages
ISBN: 965-7108-17-9
Publication: 2000
Praise for Eim Habanim Semeichah:
Many of the sources and
ideas in Eim Habanim Semeichah are as relevant today
as they were when the book was written. It is an important
contribution that this work has been made available to the
English speaking public.
Rabbi Stanley Peerless
Torah Community Connections
Eim Habanim Semeichah
is an enormously powerful book about the Holocaust, Orthodox
Jewry, the Land of Israel, Zionism, Jewish unity and hatred,
and the Messianic Era…. This work candidly, almost brutally,
confronts the terrible issues of shaken faith and loss of
tradition raised by the rise of Zionism and the terribly
unimagined events of the Holocaust. Writing from within the
hell of Hitler’s Europe, without books or research material,
Teichtal wrote a work of enormous Torah scholarship and
erudition…of searing pain and challenge. This book is
literally written with blood for its ink.
In Eim Habanim Semeichah, Teichtal humbly yet proudly
confesses to his previous errors of judgment and misguided
interpretations of Jewish faith. The purpose of his work now
is to call on his fellow, learned Jews, strictly observing
of Torah precepts, to recant their blind and wrong
opposition to Zionism. Rather, they should join with all
Jews, irrespective of their level of Torah knowledge and
observance, in a united effort to build the Land of Israel
and the Jewish people.
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Thoughtful Jews, interested in hearing the opinion of a
great Torah scholar on the crucial matters of faith and
policy that face world Jewry, must read [Eim Habanim
Semeichah].
Berel Wein
Jewish Action |
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