Rabbi Zev Leff: Study ‘Making of a Godol’ in the Spirit It Was INTENDED!

From Outlooks & Insights:

Are gedolim biographies by academic authors (e.g. Immanuel Etkes’s books on Vilna Gaon and R’ Yisrael Salanter, Benjamin Brown’s books on Chazon Ish,R’ Elyashiv, and R’ Shach, Marc Shapiro’s book on the Sridei Aish, Samuel Heilman’s book on Lubavitcher Rebbe) allowed to be read? Is “The Making of a Gadol” by R’ Nosson Kamenetsky allowed to be read?

—Anonymous, NY

25 Jul 2011

Click here to listen to Rabbi Leff’s answer.

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