In the Footsteps of the Maggid

description of book In the Footsteps of the Maggid Yet another collection of warm, inspiring, and thought-provoking stories, wonderfully retold in the manner that is uniquely Rabbi Krohn's. Join the ever-widening circle of fans who crowd to walk "in the footsteps of the Maggid." This book brings us wisdom, humor, love, and idealism. It introduces us to many great sages and heroes of the spirit. Rabbi Krohn presents them with the same zest that he brings to his popular lecture appearances. Not only zest, but also sensitivity because it takes a warm and wise human being to tell those stories with such elegance and to draw from them the lessons that can enrich countless thousands of individual and family lives. Perceptive people have noted that from the teachings and rulings of our sages we learn what the Torah commands. But from their personal behavior and concern for others we learn what the Torah makes of people.When we meet the great people in this book, the famous ones like the Bais Helevi and Rabbi Yaakov Kaminetzky, and the almost anonymous ones like the mother who sat on the steps of an overcrowded yeshiva for days until it managed to find a place for her son — we marvel, smile, and cry. We are elevated. By Rabbi Paysach Krohn. Artscroll, paperback, 288 pages