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The Secret Life of Gershon Burd
Unknown to even his family, Gershon Burd led a double life ...
Gershon Burd -- a regular guy who rose to spiritual greatness like a meteor before passing from this world at the tragic young age of forty -- knew how to do chessed (acts of kindness). Not with fanfare or fireworks, but secretly. So secretly that whatever people knew of his chessed while he lived, it was like the tip of an iceberg that protruded slightly above the water's surface while leaving its vast mass hidden below. He was an absolute master, often able to make you feel like you were doing him the favor rather than the other way around.
Do yourself a chessed, and read this book! Gershon Burd's story just might inspire you to start your own "secret life" -- one hidden chessed at a time.
Gershon Burd -- a regular guy who rose to spiritual greatness like a meteor before passing from this world at the tragic young age of forty -- knew how to do chessed (acts of kindness). Not with fanfare or fireworks, but secretly. So secretly that whatever people knew of his chessed while he lived, it was like the tip of an iceberg that protruded slightly above the water's surface while leaving its vast mass hidden below. He was an absolute master, often able to make you feel like you were doing him the favor rather than the other way around.
Do yourself a chessed, and read this book! Gershon Burd's story just might inspire you to start your own "secret life" -- one hidden chessed at a time.
224 pages, Hardcover
Published June 7, 2016
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June 8, 2020
A beautiful book about a truly wonderful man--the nicest man I have had the privilege of knowing. I wish I'd taken Gershon up on his standing invitation to come to Jerusalem to learn at his yeshiva. Reading this book reminded me how much I miss him and how much the world needs more goodness and kindness-the middos (qualities) that Gershon exuded on a daily basis. How to keep R' Gershon's memory alive? By committing ourselves to improve our relationships with others and becoming better people.
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