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The Modest Genius: Reb Aisel Harif Rabbi Aisel Harif by Rafaeli, Esther , 1926- is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Modest Genius: Reb Aisel Harif Rabbi Aisel Harif about?
Rabbi Yehoshua Aisek Shapira lived in the 19th century and was the great-grandson of Rabbi Luria, the famed Kabbalist of Safed. Rabbi Aisel Slonimer, as he was known, spent most of his rabbinic life in Slonim, in the Grodno district of Byelorussia, He was called Harif (Sharp) because of his prodigious memory and his sharp tongue. His witticisms and clever retorts are legendary. Rabbi Aisel wrote many of his major works in Slonim, including Emek Yehoshua and Nahlat Yehoshua which encompass his re
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rafaeli, Esther , 1926-
- Publisher
- Devora Publishing; Devora Pub.
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781932687040
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, Historical Fiction, Biography
- Updated
- 2026-03-25