The Great Mission.(The Great Mission: The Life and Story of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov)(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Reviewer's Bookwatch | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: Greenspan, Able | Copyright information

The Great Mission

Rabbi Eli Friedman, compiler

Rabbi Elchonon Lesches, translator

Merkos Publications

291 Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213

0826606814 $20.00 www.kehotonline.com

Knowledgeably compiled by Rabbi Eli Friedman and expertly translated by Rabbi Elchonon Lesches, The Great Mission: The Life And Story Of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov is the story of the man who first explained a new dimension of Jewish mys...

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