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Summary: an enlightened man of love who walked among us
Review: Holy Brother is a book that everyone, whether Jewish or not, whether on a spiritual path or not, should read. Rabbi Schlomo Carlebach was a gift to human aspiration, a living manifestation of heavenly love. The stories of his boundless goodness, earthy personality, and prescient mind touch the miraculous and the mundane all at once. I am very disappointed that the book is out of print, as I was about to order several more copies for dear friends met at the Parliament of World Religions in Cape Town, South Africa at the end of the millenneum. This book would be a wonderfully uplifting gift for anyone who is downhearted for any reason. It is easy, eloquent and lucid reading, and can be read in small segments, or all at once. I found it impossible to put down and re-read it often. If you can find a copy, read it! Not to be missed!
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Summary: an enlightened man of love who walked among us
Review: Holy Brother is a book that everyone, whether Jewish or not, whether on a spiritual path or not, should read. Rabbi Schlomo Carlebach was a gift to human aspiration, a living manifestation of heavenly love. The stories of his boundless goodness, earthy personality, and prescient mind touch the miraculous and the mundane all at once. I am very disappointed that the book is out of print, as I was about to order several more copies for dear friends met at the Parliament of World Religions in Cape Town, South Africa at the end of the millenneum. This book would be a wonderfully uplifting gift for anyone who is downhearted for any reason. It is easy, eloquent and lucid reading, and can be read in small segments, or all at once. I found it impossible to put down and re-read it often. If you can find a copy, read it! Not to be missed!
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Summary: Very moving book
Review: I have known Reb. Shlomo for many years, however after reading this excellent book it seems I have barely known him. I cried over almost every page of this well written book. We had a real Tzaddik among us and we didn't quite notice it. I will reread the book to my children, they should know that such a man existed.
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Summary: Tear Jerking...
Review: This book will make you laugh and make you cry. It will sway you like Rabbi Carlebach managed to sway so many...Shlomo lives on...
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Summary: Tear Jerking...
Review: This book will make you laugh and make you cry. It will sway you like Rabbi Carlebach managed to sway so many...Shlomo lives on...
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Summary: The highest of the highest
Review: This is one of the most inspiring of the books written about Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. It tells the stories of his remarkable life in teaching, in prayer, in Tsedakah and in giving to others. One of his greatest pupils the Holy Teacher David Herzberg Z"l related many stories similar to the ones here in which Shlomo dedicated all his time and all his money unceasingly to helping others. There is a story that at the funeral of Shlomo Carlebach among the many people crying was one who shouted , "Shlomo , you were the only one who ever loved me" For so many of the lonely and broken of this world Shlomo Carlebach was there. This book gives so many remarkable examples of this that it is a treasure not only in Jewish example and teaching but of how human love and caring enriches us all.
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Summary: Commitment with Love
Review: Yitta Halberstam has written every line of this book with love. How appropriate! For Reb Shlomo lived every day of his life with love. I am not Jewish but I was moved to my soul by these stories of a great holy one who lived among us. I regret that although our lives were synchronous for fifty years, somehow I missed seeing or hearing him in the flesh.All the more credit to Yitta who brings him back to life in this moving tribute from the mouths of those who did have the privilege to know and be touched by him. I hope his example will inspire me to a similar single-mindedness and open-heartedness.
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