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He has already published a well-received adaptation of Abarbanel on the Torah and has continued with this second work entitled The Essential Abarbanel.<br \/>The book as a whole is a beautiful tapestry of history, theology, philosophy, exegesis, and ethical instruction. Rabbi Kasnett\u2019s lucid summaries and adaptations bring the words and ideas of the master to life and enable Klal Yisrael to once again learn Torah from one of its greatest teachers.&quot;<br \/>\u2014From the Foreword by Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Pinchas Kasnett, a native of Washington, D.C., is a 1970 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, California, and received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Avraham Kopshitz of Jerusalem in 1982.\u00a0 One of the original ten students of Ohr Somayach \u2013 Tanenbaum College in Jerusalem, he has served Ohr Somayach in a variety of capacities since 1972. He and his wife, Sharon, fulfilled a life-long dream by making aliyah in 2019. 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