Kedushat Levi : Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (English-3 vol.)

A commentary on the Torah by the famous Chassidic rabbi, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1740-1810). With an appendix of biographical material and many anecdotes from the author's life.

A foremost student of the Maggid of Mezritch, successor to the Baal Shem Tov. The Berditchever is one of the legendary figures of Chassidut, revered for his enthusiastic dedication to Torah and Mitzvot, but above all for his consuming love of God and his people. He became known as the defender of the people of Israel. He would argue with God, charging Him with being too stern of a father to His children, pleading for an end to the long and cruel exile.

The translator, Eliyahu Munk, was born in Frankfurt on Main, where he received his education at the Samson Rafael Hirsch Realschule, and the Yeshiva of the late Rabbi Joseph Breuer, of blessed memory. He continued his education at the Yeshiva in Gateshead, England. He served in Jewish education (primarily as a teacher) for almost 30 years in Toronto, Canada.