Throughout the generations, Jews have been inspired and guided by the tales of gedolim, our great masters of piety and wisdom. Simcha Raz s Tales of the Righteous, newly translated by Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, brings the lives of these masters to life. Raz s pithy vignettes and awe-inspiring tales show that together with their brilliance in Torah study, these rabbis were also paragons of sensitive, ethical behavior.

Auteur
Simcha Raz is a well-known Israeli author and educator. He has an MA in public administration from Hebrew University and rabbinic ordination from Merkaz HaRav Kook Yeshivah in Jerusalem. He is the author of many popular books on aggadic and Hasidic themes, several of which have appeared in English translation, including A Tzaddik in Our Time (1972), Hasidic Wisdom: Sayings from the Jewish Sages (1997), and The Torah s Seventy Faces (2005). Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins is an internationally known speaker and author, rabbi emeritus of The Jewish Center of Princeton, NJ. He coauthored Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul, among his thirty-five books and hundreds of published articles. His most recent books are Jewish Stories from Heaven and Earth and Simple Actions for Jews to Help Green the Planet.