About this Book

Ideas and insights on machshava and hashkafa, translated and adapted from the hakdama to the Shev Shmaitsa. The Shev Shmaitsa was written by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Heller (1745-1812), known as "the Ketzos" (based on his greatest work, the Ketzos Hachoshen). The Shev Shmaitsa expands on the divrei Torah that the Ketzos said over during his sheva brachos, and is an in-depth analysis of halachic subjects such as chazakah, safek, rov, and eidus.The hakdama to the Shev Shmaitsa discusses a wide array of topics, ranging from the purpose of creation, love of Torah, the unity of God, and much more. A classic work of Jewish thought, this translation presents these ideas to the English speaking audience for the first time.144 pages