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Author Neil
Rosenstein has devoted the past 27 years to
updating and improving his landmark work The Unbroken
Chain and now is in the
process of publishing its Third Edition. The new edition is a major
improvement
to the previous edition both in number of persons and quality of the
work.
| Second
Edition |
Third
Edition
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| Two volumes, 1,350 pages |
Eight volumes, 3,500 pages |
| 20,000 names |
50,000 names |
| Surname-only index |
Full name index |
| No illustrations |
Hundreds of illustrations |
| 1,600 footnotes |
Thousands of footnotes |
| Up to 16 generations |
Up to 22 generations |
The
Unbroken Chain documents the descendants of Rabbi Meir
Katzenellenbogen (MaHaRaM) of Padua (1482–1565) and Rabbi
Judah Lowe (MaHaRaL)
of Prague through 22 generations. Among the descendants of these two
Torah Giants
are numerous famous persons including Martin Buber, Rebbetzin
Esther Jungreis, Karl
Marx, Moses and Felix Mendelssohn, Yehudi Menuhin, Moses Montefiore,
Helena
Rubinstein, Judge Judy Sheindlin. A
high proportion of genealogies are those of the leading Hassidic
dynasties:
Levi Isaac of Berdichev, Halberstam, Horowitz, Rabinowitz,
Rokeach, Shapiro,
Spira, Teitelbaum, Twersky and others.
Volume 1: 8½" x 11" 862 pp. hardcover $99.00
Volume 2: 8½" x 11" 714 pp. hardcover $99.00
Volume 3: 8½" x 11" 1004 pp. hardcover $99.00
Volume 4: 8½" x 11" 842 pp. hardcover $99.00
Volume 5: 8½" x 11" 540 pp. hardcover $99.00
Volume 6: 8½" x 11" 1516 pp. hardcover (2 books) $149.00
Volume 7: 8½" x 11" 943 pp. hardcover $99.00
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