Rabbenu Gershom Meor Hagolah groupbycolor the Lamentations traditionally said on

the Lamentations traditionally said on Tishah B'Av

The generous philanthropist cleaning up the synagogue he helped to build

is one of the most distinguished personages West-European Orthodox Jewry produced in the last two centuries

שלשלת זהב

a city where everyone kept Shabbat

Rabbenu Gershom Meor Hagolah groupbycolor the Lamentations traditionally said onRabbenu Gershom, the renowned tenth century Talmudist known to his contemporaries as the "Meor Hagolah Light of the Diaspora," is caught in a web of misfortune that tests his faith and ingenuity to the very utmost. His story takes us to the magnificent city of Constantinople. Here, as a talented physician and craftsman, he wins the admiration and confidence of the royal family. He also gains a very dangerous enemy, and discovers treachery within his