Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz is a luminary among modern orthodox-Chasidic writers. He has written a number of works on mysticism, Talmud, prayer, mussar, among other topics. In My Rebbe, he writes about his long associated with Menachem Mendel Schneerson, z”l, the last Chabad Rebbe.
Part memoir, part history, this book holds some interest. It is not nearly as encyclopedic at Joseph Teluskin’s: Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History. But it has an intimacy which Teluskin’s book lacks, as Steinsaltz was an active Lubavitcher and had a long term association with the Rebbe.
So, if you want to get a more brisk, intimate feel of the Rebbe’s life than Teluskin’s large work, then this an excellent book. For a more comprehensive treatment, go for Teluskin. Of course, you can read both with no harm done to yourself!
Part memoir, part history, this book holds some interest. It is not nearly as encyclopedic at Joseph Teluskin’s: Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History. But it has an intimacy which Teluskin’s book lacks, as Steinsaltz was an active Lubavitcher and had a long term association with the Rebbe.
So, if you want to get a more brisk, intimate feel of the Rebbe’s life than Teluskin’s large work, then this an excellent book. For a more comprehensive treatment, go for Teluskin. Of course, you can read both with no harm done to yourself!
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