For those privileged to have known Rav Avrohom Yaakov Pam zt'l - and particulary for those who merited to have been his students during more than six decades that he taught as Mesifta Torah Vodaath - the memory of this quite, unassuming and yet towering gadol b'Torah reamins ever fresh, and his example still serves as a beacon of inspiration.

But even those who never met the man Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky zt'l called "the Chofetz Chaim of our time" can share his Torah thoughts and his perceptive insights into human nature, through his teachings, which have been lovingly adapted by Rabbi Sholom Smith, a devoted student of Rav Pam.

A "vort" is a much beloved tradition in Jewish tradition. Breif and yet full of substance, short and ultra focused, it is the perfect vehicle to give over a Torah insight , an ethical idea or moral teaching. In this collection of "vorts," based on Rav Pam's shiurim, and arranged according to the parshah, we can almost hear the voice of this master educator and Torah scholar: perceptive and sencible, humane and wise.

A book to treasure over and over again, A Vort from Rav Pam gives us a chance to share the insights and wisdom of one on the generation's greatest teachers.