My Entry into Heder

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. The Memoir of Menachem Mendel Frieden: An Introduction ix
4. A Note on Translation and Editing xxix
5. A Note on References xxxvii
6. Acknowledgments xli
7. Menachem Mendel Frieden’s Apologia 1
8. My Father’s Family 13
9. My Mother’s Family 23
10. My Father’s House 43
11. Me and My Youth 73
12. My Entry into Heder 93
13. On My Way through Yeshivot 114
14. Passover and the Holiday Cycle 134
15. More Yeshiva Studies 162
16. My Studies with Rabbis 177
17. Matchmakers and Marriage 202
18. America 223
19. I Found the Best Woman 256
20. My Journey to the Land of Israel and My Early Activities There 276
21. The Work of Americans in the Land of Israel and My Role in It 303
22. More on Life in the Land of Israel 332
23. Travels, the Era of World War II, and Illness 357
24. A Second Trip to the United States 394
25. Afterword: Menachem Mendel Frieden’s Journal and His Life after 1947 425
26. Glossary 457
27. Index 463