Sacred Fire: Torah from the Years of Fury 1939-1942

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Summary: A remarkable translation of an astounding book
Review: Rabbi Worch's translation of the difficult, poetic Hebrew of the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto captures the power and essence of the original text. For people who have been yearning to read the teachings of the Piacezna Rebbe, Kolonymous Kalman Shapira, this book is worth the wait.

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Summary: Powerful stuff
Review: The writings of the holy Rebbe of Piazeczna (as presented by R. Worch) are both profound and poignant, but also inspirational, even to those who have not studied the original text.

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Summary: The holiness of his presence on the page
Review: These writings were written by the Piacezna Rebbe during the time when the Jews of Warsaw were living out the horrible suffering of their destruction by the Nazis. They are written with a passion and religious depth, a clinging to G-d and a spirit of prayer which move so so deeply. They are written by a Jew under the most supreme trials of suffering who deepens in faith in the suffering. They are the writings of a great holy Jewish religious teacher who gives us in these words and by his life - example the story of a true Tsaddik, a holy , holy, holy man.
G-d blesses and uplifts the soul of anyone who is capable of sharing in the reading this holy man's presence.