Tuesday 16 April 2013

The Rabbi and the Professor - A true story

The Rabbi and the Professor
A true story for Israel Remembrance Day.
by Rabbi Ari Kahn

«Many years ago when I was a relatively young yeshiva student I had the opportunity to study with one of the great rabbis of the previous generation. His name was Rabbi Yisroel Zeev Gustman and he may have been one of the greatest rabbis of the 20th century. He was certainly the greatest "unknown" rabbi: While he fastidiously avoided the limelight and was therefore unfamiliar to the general public, he was well known to connoisseurs of Torah learning.

His meteoric rise from child prodigy to the exalted position of religious judge in the Rabbinical Court of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski at around the age of 20 was the stuff of legend -- but nonetheless fact...»
The Rabbi and the Professor
http://www.aish.com/h/imd/48961346.html?mobile=yes


Best Regards,
RRW

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