Avraham Yaakov Finkel
Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Finkel (born 1926 in Basel[1]) is a noted author to English Judaica literature.
Biography
He was born in Basel, Switzerland and lived in The Hague, Netherlands until 1942, when he was deported to Bergen-Belsen by the Nazis. He now resides in Brooklyn, New York.
He is the author of 19 books including The Essential Maimonides, In My Flesh I See God, The Responsa Anthology, and The Great Torah Masters, published by Jason Aronson. He has also translated Ein Yaakov: The Ethical and Inspirational Teachings of the Talmud in one volume; and Nefesh Hachaim: Rav Chaim of Volozhin's classic exploration of the fundamentals of Jewish belief.[2]
See also
See also: Finkel
References
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