Śiḥot R. Ḥayim mi-Ṿoloz'in ʻim talmide ha-yeshivah

About this book

This book reveals for the first time the character of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, the head of the mythological Volozhin Yeshiva, the yeshiva that became the mother of all yeshivas in modern times, from the questions of a yeshiva student in the last years of his life. The questions concern almost every area of ​​Jewish life and reveal a considerate and learned man, a man of halakhah and a man of Kabbalah, with a sense of humor and a diverse and profound worldview. Until now, we have discussed R. Chaim's thought from his book Nefesh HaChaim only, a book designed to instill the religious and Torah conception of R. Chaim. This book, whose origins are hidden in various books and manuscripts whose origins and importance no one has known to this day, adds the daily aspect of Rosh Yeshiva, and educator, a man of Halacha, and a man of thought, caring for his students and future with him.--Back cover.