Download or read book Rabbi, Mystic, Leader written by N. Ts Goṭlib and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows the roots of the dedication and sacrifice that nurture the current Lubavitch movement. Rich with details, it provides perspective, inspiration, courage and insight into the towering personality of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, Rabbi of Yekatrinoslav, Ukraine, father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson. He defied Communists, informers, other radical social elements, stood in the breach at the risk of his life to preserve Judaism in the USSR.With details found only after glasnost, the story heartbreakingly portrays the final years, with his torture & exile to the remote and inclement village of Chi'ili, Kazakhstan, for "counterrevolutionary" activities.Beset with hunger, sickness and little hope of release, he lived each moment by the dictates of his soul and his faith in G-d and wrote his Torah innovations with ink his brave wife made from grasses. Exiles refugees, and locals flocked to him for strength & advice given with the wisdom of his noble soul