Sparks of Truth (Sfas Emes) Volume 1 Bereishis / Shemos / Vayikra

With Ideas and insights on the Chumash of the Sfas Emes an other Chassidic Masters By Rabbi Yosef Stern (Author) Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, the Sfas Emes, was one of the greatest Talmudic scholars and Chassidic leaders of the second half of the Nineteenth Century. His commentaries on the Talmud are still indispensable, universally studied classics, and his Sfas Emes on Chumash is electrifying in its depth, breadth, original thought, and incisiveness. As the Gerrer Rebbe, he built his dynasty into the foremost Chassidic movement in Poland, purely on the basis of his overarching wisdom and devotion to the needs and strivings of every Jew. During his levayah, his eldest son and successor, the Imrei Emes, said, “Our father had lengthy days (arichas yamim).” But, another son objected, he was only 57 years old! The Imrei Emes responded, “Yes, he did not have many years, but every single day was filled with greatness and accomplishment.” The Sfas Emes’ approach to elucidating the Torah r