Lubavitcher rebbe biography books

I received this book as part of a Goodreads Giveaway and I’m sincerely grateful that I did. The man known as the Rebbe took over as the seventh Rebbe of the Lubavitcher Jewish community in the early fifties from his father-in-law.

Although I have seen these communities, I have not had direct contact and knew little about the Rebbe before reading this book. I had no idea of his great intellect, his influence on the world, his controversial opinions, or his great faith.

Highly educated in multiple degrees, the Rebbe always stayed highly informed through the Chabad network of information as well as his daily consumption of information from newspapers and other periodicals.

His interests were not limited to Judaism.

Turning Judaism Outwards: A Biography of the Rebbe, Menachem …

He had an extraordinary memory and a piercing intellect. An example of this is revealed in a conversation regarding Plato. Philosophically, the Rebbe had