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Responsa from the Holocaust Hardcover – March 15, 2001

by Ephraim Oshry (Author), B. Goldman (Editor), Y. Leiman (Translator)

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In this breathtakingly moving book, Rabbi Ephraim Oshry documents the remarkable continuity of religious life under the horrendous conditions of Nazi-occupied Lithuania. The Jews of the Kovno Ghetto went to Rabbi Oshry, one of the remaining religious authorities in the Kovno ghetto, and posed their questions to him. He answered their questions and recorded each and every query by copying it onto paper that he tore from cement sacks. He then buried these scraps of papers in cans in the soil around the ghetto. This book bears witness to the power of faith to survive in the direst of circumstances.

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256 pages
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English
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Judaica Pr
Publication date

March 15, 2001
Dimensions

6 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
ISBN-10

1880582716
ISBN-13

978-1880582718
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Judaica Pr; Revised edition (March 15, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1880582716
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1880582718
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.17 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches

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It is a very moving insight into the mind of ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2018

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It is a very moving insight into the mind of a Posik. The question s asked required a thoughtful mind. The details of the situation in the ghetto was moving to the edge of tears

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Martin A. Blumenthal

When good people want to do the right thing all the time.

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2001

"Rabbi, does Jewish law obligate me to eradicate the tatoo identification numbers the Nazis gave me?"
A book full of questions from people we would today call "dead men walking". Questions prompted by the occupation of their home town by murderous, soulless ghouls. Questions from a people persecuted since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E. Questions from a people who lived, and died, by the word of God in the Torah and Talmud no matter what the circumstances.
Rabbi Oshry, who lived through the Nazi occupation of the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania, kept notes on the heart-wrenching legal questions his flock asked him on discarded cement bags. He hid the bags during the occupation and recovered them after the liberation. This book is based on those notes.
Rabbi Oshry thouroughly researched each question under trying circumstances; the Nazis burned most of the books and were killing anyone whom they caught practicing Judaism.
To begin to understand the times and the horrors of the Kovno ghetto, read this book.

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A fantastic book

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2009

The book really opens your eyes as to the concerns amongst many during the dark days of the Shoah. R' Oshry illustrates the spiritual faith and the kavanah in those dark days in these responsa. An informative, and highly emotional read.

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TamarDC

Moving read, but much simplified from the original

Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2007

I also concur with the comments of the previous reviewers, but would add one note of caution. This is Oshry's translation from Hebrew to English of his original five-volume compilation of the responsa he gave in the Kovno Ghetto. In the English version, nearly all the halakhic argumentation is removed and the questions and answers are much simplified. It's still a wonderful, moving read, but if you want to follow Oshry's legal reasoning, you'll need to read the original in Hebrew.

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Beeindruckende berührende Kostbarkeit

Reviewed in Germany on September 28, 2013

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20 Jahre war ich auf der Suche nach einem solchen Buch. Ich bin schlichtweg dankbar, dass mir diese beeindruckende berührende Kostbarkeit überlassen wurde.

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