In the pages of Like Seeds of a Pomegranate, we join Rabbi Besser on his travels throughout the frum world, encountering roshei yeshivah and simple fishermen, chassidishe Rebbes and Israeli prisoners, kiruv workers and renowned musicians. From Eretz Yisrael to America, across the European continent, and even to the Far East, we are inspired and uplifted by stories of kiddush Hashem, emunah, tefillah, a love for Torah and for klal Yisrael, a zeal for tzedakah and chesed. We read of the extent of a rebbe’s responsibility for his talmid, ultimately saving his life; the unswerving dedication of a young widow to her children’s chinuch, even in the deprivation of the concentration camps; the chesed done for a blind neighbor that restores a doctor’s faith in humanity. We read, and we identify.

This memorable, thought-provoking book rearms for us the nobility of our brothers and sisters — and even ourselves. We are a great people, and we are composed of great people, filled with merits as a pomegranate is filled with seeds. This book is but a reminder of who we are.