Rokeach, Aaron: Grand Rabbi of Belz. Haderech

(HOLOCAUST)

Widow and Orphans of Uri Eisler

Budapest

1944

Second edition. Edited by Aaron Leibovitch

Text of a sermon delivered immediately prior to the escape of the Grand Rabbi of Belz from Europe, to the safety of Palestine. Within the sermon (p.19) the rabbi assures his followers that Hungarian Jewry will remain safe from the tragic fate that had befallen the Jews elsewhere in Europe. The controversial nature of this reflection was such, that it is omitted from further editions. See L. Kaplan, “Daas Torah: A Modern Conception of Rabbinic Authority” in M. Sokol, Rabbinic Authority and Personal Autonomy (New York) pp.1-60; Z. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism (1996) p.404