The Hidden Giant of The Torah World [Hardcover]

The Life and Times of Rav Michoel Forshlager.

Episodes and insights into the nearly forgotten life of a legendary scholar, sage, teacher, author and mystic, who was among the most important figures in Judaism during some of the most troubling, tragic, and crisis-ridden periods of recent history.

"I will not rule contrary to the ruling of the Gadol HaDor."
(i.e. greatest Rabbi of the generation)
- The great Gaon Rav Aharon Kotler,
legendary founder and Rosh Yeshiva of the Lakewood Yeshiva

"I was in Lithuania, I was in Poland, I now live in Israel, but I have never seen anything like this."
- The eminent Gaon Rav Yitzchak Isaac Herzog, Chief Rabbi of Israel

"What am I able to write that is not already revealed before you (with your monumental expertise in all areas of Torah?)"
- The saintly Grand Rebbe Rav Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar,
replying to a letter from Rav Forshlager

"I heard that such a tremendous Gaon existed, but I didn't believe it. Now that I have met him, I see that it is true."
- Hagaon Rav Yosef Ber Soloveitchik, legendary Rosh Yeshiva, R.I.E.T Seminary of Yeshiva University

"I didn't think that there was anyone alive who could successfully unravel Rav Michoel's writings. Now that I see it was done, this is why I must stand ..."
- The saintly Recbbe Rav Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of Lubavitch
(to the editor of Toras Michoel, HaGaon Rav Berel Kreuzer)

Binding: Hardcover
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 299
Language: English

The Hidden Giant of The Torah World [Hardcover]
By: Rabbi Avrum Moshe Friedman