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The Historic Publication of Sefer Birchas Hatzadik - Conversation With Rabbi Shimon Szimonowitz

2.9K views · May 28, 2026

Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

A conversation on the historic publication of Sefer Birchas Hatzadik.

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Shalom Aleichem. Uh it's a great pleasure to have with us my [clears throat] dear friend Reb Shimon Shimonovich, the Rosh Machon Alei Siach and the Rav of Pine River Village Nusach Sefard. And uh for me, a very dear friend because he has published uh so far all of my uh seforim. So, it's uh it's a kesher shel kayama. Baruch Hashem, and a uh relationship I Baruch Hashem, and a uh relationship I trust very much. And over the last couple years, Baruch Hashem, Alei Siach has really taken off as one of the premier publishing houses in Klal Yisrael. So, uh hatzlacha in your continued avodas hakodesh. >> Thank you very much. Amen. I This is our second formal meeting. Our first meeting, if I remember correctly, we met in the library of uh Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim. >> Yeah. >> I still remember going there special to meet Rabbi Goldstein. It was one of the most exciting days in my life when the starting out the more than infancy of starting out the more than infancy of Machon Alei Siach that I had this zechus that somebody so famous and so important was uh interested in publishing a sefer with us. And uh Baruch Hashem, that that meeting was very fruitful, and we produced many seforim together. Uh most recently is the sefer Birkas HaTzaddik that I believe we came to discuss today. >> Yes. Yes. So, it's actually uh I think it's significant that we're speaking about this today because just yesterday uh a great Rosh Yeshiva who has become very associated with this sefer marked

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