Sixty Years of Listening, Bereishis

Rabbi Dovid Refson studied under Rav Elyah Lopian, zt”l, in the yeshiva in Kfar Chassidim. After moving to Yerushalayim he continued to seek spiritual inspiration by attending classes given by the great rabbis of the time. In 1970 Rabbi Refson was among the founders of Neve Yerushalayim College for Women, which to date has educated over thirty-five thousand Jewish women. His decades of classes, lessons, and individual counsel within the school, its affiliates, and in forums around the world, derive from his constantly contemplating the messages heard from his mentors.

This sefer, including over fifty essays on Chumash Bereishis, is the first of a series bringing these ideas to a wider audience.

Rabbi Reuven Feinstein, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva of Staten Island

“This work will certainly be of great benefit. From the examples, and also from the stories, [the author shows] how one can achieve perfection in the ways of Torah.”

Rabbi Sholom Kamenetsky, Rosh Yeshiva, Talmudical Academy of Philadelphia

“A wonderful book, overflowing with Torah, fear of Heaven, wisdom, and good advice.”

Rabbi Eli Ber Wachtfogel, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe, South Fallsburg