The Hazon Ish: Halakhist, Believer and Leader of the Haredi Revolution [Hebrew]

by Benjamin Brown

Rabbi Avraham Yesha ayahu Karelitz, the "Hazon Ish" (1878-1953), is recognized as the leader who charted the course of Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) Judaism in the critical period following the Holocaust and the establishment of the State of Israel. He arrived in Israel at a relatively advanced age in 1933, with no source of income, contacts, or rabbinic reputation, and settled in the small town of Bnei Brak, which was then less than ten years old and housed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Hebrew
• ISBN: 9654935287
• ISBN13: 9789654935289
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Hebrew University Magnes Press
• Length: 972 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 7.1" x 9.4"