The World That Was: Lithuania Elisheva Black Biographical sketches of 300 prominent

Biographical sketches of 300 prominent 10th-15th-century Rabbinic sages and leaders such as Rashi

covering everything from daily routines and Shabbos to holidays and business ethics

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has long been studied and beloved for its ethical teachings

The World That Was: Lithuania Elisheva Black Biographical sketches of 300 prominentA study of the life and Torah conciousness of Jews in the towns and villages of Lithuania By Rabbi Yitzchok Kasnett (Author) Product Description First person accounts from such people as Rabbi Mordechai Gifter, Rabbi Nochum Zev Dessler, Rabbi Avigdor Miller, and Rebbetzin Zlota Ginsburg; histories of famous and little known places, more than 100 photographs, stories, maps and statistics about the way it was and the people who shaped today's yeshivah