Maran, the Chazon Ish – Part I

Rabbenu Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz zy”a was sent from On High to lead the Jewish nation during one of its most difficult eras. Until his arrival in Eretz Yisrael he was hidden, secluded, and elevated. Not many people knew him, and few knew about his greatness, holiness, and standing. The Gedolei Yisrael knew, that he was the one who would eventually lead and build the Jewish nation anew from the ruins.

The book Maran, the Chazon Ish, attempts to follow his wondrous life path, a wondrous path that ascended in an almost unrivaled manner. A soaring path which was built by decades of toiling in Torah with unfathomable mesirus nefesh, toiling until his strength failed him…

For decades he exerted himself to remain hidden, and, indeed, few people knew about him. During this period of toil and growth, he reached incomprehensible spiritual heights. However, in his genius, he hid himself completely so that people would not know him or recognize his greatness.

Maran, the Chazon Ish is an attempt to show and light up the sublime path which the Chazon Ish ascended, from his childhood in Kosava, his time with his father, Rabbi Shmaryahu Yosef, his attempt to study in Yeshivas Volozhin, and later, his marriage and the period in Stavnits and afterwards, the First World War during which he lived in Minsk and the time spent with the gedolei Torah who were staying there.

Maran, the Chazon Ish, is an impossible attempt to follow his journey, which was hidden and unfathomable to those on earth. This is a bid to reveal that which the genius of the generation, the Chazon Ish, worked hard to conceal…

The book is the first comprehensive work written about the Chazon Ish. With endless toil, all the facts and testimonies have been gathered regarding the glorious hidden period of his incredible life. This is a book which relates his life story alongside the story of the period which was one of the most tempestuous in the history of the Jewish nation.

The first volume of Maran, the Chazon Ish describes his childhood, youth, and time as an avreich. A Torani research work of exceptional depth, which attempts to unravel and enlighten the period of the Chazon Ish’s concealment and prishus. The book reveals the Chazon Ish’s amazing connection with the gedolei Yisrael, as their right-hand man, and the person they earmarked to be the leader who would rebuild and reestablish the Jewish nation in one of its darkest hours.

Maran, the Chazon Ish – Part I, sets out for the first time to tell the story of the Chazon Ish’s life from his time in Kosava, Stavnits, Minsk, and Vilna, until his immigration to Eretz Yisrael. This book is a must-read for everyone who wants to get to know the greatest of his generation – the Chazon Ish, and the tempestuous times between two world wars, a period which influenced the Jewish people until the present.