A Life Shaped by the Rebbe’s Guidance

Born to a Stolin-Karlin family in London as the Germans were bombing the city, Rabbi Asher Zeilingold’s life took a decisive turn when a counselor friend invited him to attend Camp Gan Israel. From there, the now-octogenarian gained a front-row seat to the Rebbe and the remarkable growth of Chabad.

In his new book, Clear Vision: Living by the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Guidance, he presents a deeply personal memoir of his struggles in joining Chabad, balancing his personal avodas Hashem, and spreading Chassidus.

With careful attention to detail, he records historical events he witnessed and encounters he had with the Rebbe. He also recounts how the Rebbe directed him to become a pulpit rabbi at the Adath Israel shul in Minnesota—a position he continues to hold to this day.

During that time, he received over a hundred letters and responses from the Rebbe offering personal guidance. It is also the story of building a shul from some twenty members to hundreds in its heyday.

The book includes chapters about prominent Chabad luminaries such as Rabbi Chaim Hodakov, Rabbi Zalman Shimon Dvorkin, and Rabbi Zalman Posner.

Unique to Clear Vision, in a second volume, Rabbi Zeilingold compiled all of the guidance he received from the Rebbe, allowing readers to see the original questions alongside the responses. Together, the two books form a fascinating historical record of the Rebbe’s leadership and Chabad’s growth into one of the largest Jewish organizations of our time.

You can read some of the stories here: A Walk That Spanned Generations, Seeing Beyond the Complaint, An Appointment from Above, The Rebbe Thought of the Parents, Who the Rebbe Was Thinking About?, and The Boy in the Back of the Room

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