Endorsement of Shomer Emunim

Rabbi Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Yeshiva University

Rabbi Hershel Schachter endorsement

 

Translation of Rabbi Hershel Schachter’s Endorsement

I saw in the work Minchat Elazar [1:50], that in our times – in the run-up to the arrival of the Messiah – it is proper to be careful with Kabbalah study, and proper for a person to prepare himself for this study – by first studying introductory works to this wisdom, and he specifically mentions the work Shomer Emunim.

My dear R. Avinoam has already ‘proven himself and his work’ [Shabbat 61b] in his preparation for publication of the work Nefesh HaChaim with translation and extensive sources and commentary. As with his first work, he has done and prepared the same here – opening an entranceway – [as immense] ‘as the entranceway to the hall of the Temple’ [Eruvin 53a] – for those interested in entering the inner recesses of this area of Torah. My blessing to the dear author is that this current work should also find favor in the eyes of the students, and that it should serve as a guide for them.

Respectfully,
Tzvi (Hershel) Schachter

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