Rabbi Moshe Bamberger unveils hidden greatness in the cemetery
The entire Great Jewish series started — as many great things do — quite by accident, when, back in 2008, as Rabbi Bamberger was trying to decide on a year-long topic for his weekly class, he remembered the fascinating letters from gedolim that he’d come across over the years.
“Many of us know the intellectual side of these great Torah personalities, but the letters show another angle that most have never seen,” he says. “It’s the emotional, pull-at-your-heartstrings side that you can see in the letters they penned to their families and students.”
Rabbi Bamberger — who attributes his love for Judaica to his father a”h, a collector of Jewish books, artifacts, and manuscripts — decided to discuss a different letter every week, and the class became increasingly popular. “Why don’t you publish this?” some students asked, pointing out that the course material would make a great book.
