Rabbi Strickman is currently in the process of making Aliya to Israel.
Rabbi Strickman's large library consists of several thousand books including nearly any book a Scholar of the Bible and Jewish History will ever see quoted as well as an astounding selection of books a Pulpit Rabbi would find of use. All politics and debates were aside in his library where books were judged by what can be learned from them and not by political considerations. A splendid collection of books that can only be built through decades of searching for and building book by book. Best wishes to Rabbi Strickman and his family upon their Aliya.
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| One of the many books published by Rabbi Strickman |
I don't know R'Stickman at all but I did see his massive library. It is well evident that this Rabbi has a great love for the Jewish book! What most impresses me is the fact he is able to part from such a collection and make an Aliyah. In Yehoshua Lebanon's (Also known as Mondishine) article on the life of the great Habad bibliophile Hayyim Lieberman (עלי ספר חוברת ו-ז ניסן תשל״ט pg.6) we are told that undoubtedly the early seeds of Liebermans book love were planted during his learning in the years תרס״ה-תרס״ח under R'Abraham Klatzkin (Son of R'Naftali Klatzkin author of שו״ת אילה שלוחה, brother of R'Eliyahu Klatzkin). R' Abraham owned a large library which loved and that deterred him from leaving Lionza and making an Aliyah! A serious book collecter can develop a real deep connection with his books. From R'Strickman we see an example of someone fulfilling at least part (maybe all, I don't know him) of the teaching of רשב״י - (TB Berachot דף ה ע״א) that says ג׳ מתנות טובות נתן הקב״ה לישראל וכולן לא נתנו אלא על ידי יסורין אלו הן תורה וארץ ישראל והעלום הבא.
ReplyDeleteI read Rabbi Strickman's Without Red Strings book. It was a real eye opener on the origin of the Oral Law and other rationalist Rambam stuff.
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