Most people simply follow their instincts and emotions in trying to fulfill a mitzvahthat, in reality, is replete with halachic detail. There is a constant need for knowledge, analysis, and guidance. This book provides it. It deals with realistic questions, and handles them authoritatively and sensitively.
This book includes many previously unpublished rulings of HaGaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elashiv shlita.
Rabbi Moshe M. Lieber is the author of the The Pirkei Avos Treasury, Simchas Torah and The Pesach Haggadah Anthology. In the Fifth Commandment, he displays another dimension of his scholarship. In addition to the halachic exposition of the commandment to render honor to one’s parents, this work includes philosophical perspectives on the commandment and a sampling of inspirational stories on the subject. The Fifth Commandmentis a broad canvas, encompassing all the hues and shades of this fundamental key to life.