By Rabbi Aaron Sonnenschein
Hardcover

The Eternal Fire

A Breakthrough Commentary Literally and without exaggeration, this work is unique, unprecedented, and brilliant. Nowadays, superlatives are thrown about so casually that they become meaningless, but this book deserves them all. Never in any language has Sefer Devarim been so well-explained with so many scores and scores of sources, spanning the centuries, from the Talmud to contemporary commentaries. Following the pattern of his extraordinary volume on Sefer Vayikra, Rabbi Aaron Sonnenschein explores and elucidates virtually every subject, verse and phrase in Sefer Devarim. He asks the questions we should have thought of, and answers them so clearly that we go away with an understanding we never thought possible. The only way to appreciate the scope and excellence of this work is to read a few pages – and then you’ll realize how indispensable it is to anyone who wants a thorough understanding of the Chumash. The author writes, “Essentially, Sefer Devarim is Moshe’s words to us, teaching a vast, complex array of fundamental ideas. In this work, we aim to bring Sefer Devarim alive for the reader, to clarify its topics and sentences and to trace the flow of concepts so that every part of the Sefer resonates with meaning and insight.” The author’s goal is ambitious. He succeeds.