A Student's Obligation: Advice from the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto [Paperback]

Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Schapira (Author), Micha Odenheimer (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1995

The last hasidic rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto explores many facets of spiritual growth and character development.

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At last! The great chasidic education guidebook, Chovat HaTalmidim, translated into clear and accessible English. This work, by the famed chasidic master Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, has been called a gateway to the palace of Chasidism. It is filled with practical advice and concrete suggestions on developing one's spiritual potential, impoving one's character, and sensitizing oneself to the holiness present in one's own soul. Reading this book is like being in the presence of a true master, a wise and benevolent spiritual guide who has taken a personal interest in one's spiritual growth and destiny and who reaches out to touch one's soul with joy and sweetness. (Rabbi Nehemia Polen )

This remarkable book, the only of Rabbi Shapira's works to be published during his lifetime, has been required reading among a significant portion of yeshiva students and their parents ever since it was first published in Poland in 1932. It is, on the surface, a book of practical advice given by a rebbe to a serious, motivated student on how to achieve true success in life—how to learn well; how to be a truly decent, God-fearing individual; how to overcome one's weaknesses; and how to build one's strengths. But, more deeply, it is a guidebook to an extraordinary spiritual adventure, aimed at making each and every person who reads it truly aware of their own extraordinary worth and potential in the realm of the transcendent and the sublime. (Wellsprings )

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Hebrew --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 262 pages
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc. (August 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568215177
• ISBN-13: 978-1568215174
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #790,055 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential insights to traditional Jewish teaching, December 30, 2005

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This review is from: A Student's Obligation: Advice from the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto (Paperback)

The author offers us heart-felt life advice, and clear-cut guidance, which is conveyed to us through the vehicle of a one sided dialogue from student to teacher, and father to son. The type of work that stokes the coals of the fire within us all.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK, November 6, 2001

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Debra Lehrman (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Student's Obligation: Advice from the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto (Hardcover)

This book is great for children and adults, it teaches you morals and you learn a lot of interesting information about god, the warshaw ghetto, and about life. I love reading it, i think that everyone should read this book. This book has taught me so much about feelings, thoughts, and life. I would reccomend this book to everyone!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, February 2, 2012

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This review is from: A Student's Obligation: Advice from the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto (Paperback)

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