I am very impressed by Rabbi Chaim Miller’s anthology-analysis
of Rambam’s Principles of the Faith – Principles VIII-IX.
Evidently a lot of thought, and immense effort and labour, went into
producing this illuminating work. The scholarship is profound and
thorough, yet the arrangement of the material is well-organized into
easily understandable lessons following a logical sequence of issues
and concepts implicit in the basic principles, to present a user-friendly
text from which both scholar and layman will benefit greatly. The
insertion of invaluable insights from Chassidic sources, and in particular
from the vast treasure of the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe,
of blessed memory, provide a truly original work which casts new light
and understanding unto this all-important subject-matter. I congratulate
“Kol Menachem – The Gutnick Library of Jewish Classics”
for providing this intellectually, spiritually and physically beautiful
volume, and look forward to the joy of subsequent instalments.
- Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet