He was the Rabbi's Rabbi.
He taught thousands and was a brilliant orator.

A gaon in learning. A leader. A peacemaker.
A builder who changed the face of an entire community.

He was Hacham Baruch Ben-Haim,
and this is his inspiring story.

The he story begins in the impoverished, twisting and holy
streets of Yerushalayim's Old Yishuv and makes its unlikely
way to New York. (With a stop in South Africa, where the
young rabbi made headlines when his shul's prayers ended
a lengthy drought!)

It was from Shaare Zion, on Brooklyn's tree-lined Ocean
Parkway, that Hacham Baruch would serve the Sepharadic
community in New York and New Jersey for the next fifty-
six years, becoming the acknowledged rabbinic voice of the
community and turning it into an internationally recognized
bastion of Torah and kindness.

With his immense storytelling talents, bestselling author
Rabbi Nachman Seltzer brings to vivid life the challenges that
Hacham Baruch faced, his struggles and ultimate triumphs,
and most of all, his dedication to the Torah, to his community,
and to all Am Yisrael.