Editing Yehoshua Mondshine (section)

== Life History ==
Rabbi Yehoshua Mondshine was born in Tel Aviv on 9 Shevat 5707 to R' Mordechai Shmuel and Chaya Mondshine to a national religious family. Before his Bar Mitzvah, he sent his first letter to the Rebbe, asking for a blessing. The Rebbe responded with the standard blessing he would give to Bar Mitzvah boys. After his Bar Mitzvah, he began praying with the Tehillat Hashem siddur, and after noticing the differences in text between this siddur and other siddurim, he wrote to the Rebbe about it, who directed him to sources discussing this topic.

In his youth, he studied at Yeshivat HaYishuv HaChadash in Tel Aviv. During that period, he began to draw closer to Chabad Chassidus and would attend the classes and farbrengens of R' Shlomo Chaim Keselman. In 5724 (1964), after completing his studies at Yeshivat HaYishuv HaChadash, he was undecided between several yeshivas, but ultimately decided to transfer to Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim in Kfar Chabad.

In 5728 (1968), he traveled to study at the central Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim - 770 as part of the Kvutza year. That winter, he helped R' Yehoshua Karf in editing the book "Biurei HaTanya."

After his marriage in 5729 (1969) to Rachel Leah (daughter of Rabbi David Brawman, manager of Kehot branch in Europe, and chairman of the Kfar Chabad committee), he visited the Rebbe's court and was offered by the Rebbe to move with his wife to Crown Heights and serve as a librarian in the Lubavitch Library, and as a team member of the publication of the Rabbeim's books, but this did not materialize. In 5737 (1977), he was accepted as a librarian at the National Library in Jerusalem.

R' Yehoshua maintained a special connection with the librarian R' Chaim Lieberman, from whom he drew his extensive knowledge and worked in his spirit and method, and even published an article about him and helped him with the printing of his books.

Over the years, he published hundreds of articles that were highly appreciated both within the Chabad community and in other communities. In these articles, he systematically defended the words of our Rabbeim and stood as a strong wall against researchers who tried to refute their words. He wrote many of the articles under various pen names such as 'Yehoshua D. Levanon' or 'Y. Levnoni'. He began his work by publishing articles in the Chabad journal, and after the Rebbe instructed to close the journal after an incorrect story was found in it (and to continue publishing it only if a responsible editor was added to the editorial board), Rabbi Yisrael Leibov suggested that he serve as a reviewer for the journal (according to Rabbi Mondshine, this suggestion may have come from the secretariat), but R' Yehoshua refused, claiming that he was not suitable for this because he himself would not have found fault with the publication of the aforementioned story if he were the editor, and therefore was not suitable at all for the position.

In 5753 (1993), he published 'A Letter to a Friend' in which he criticized the issue of publicizing the identity of Moshiach. This letter received a sharp response from his friend R' Yechezkel Sofer.

Between the years 5765-5773 (2005-2013), he published a series of articles on the Shturem website called 'Stories and Their Transformations', in which he investigated the development of chassidic stories and more about their different versions.

On 2 Tevet "Zos Chanukah" 5775 (December 24, 2014), he passed away from a serious illness at the age of 67, after suffering from it for about a year. His funeral was held that same day and he was buried in the Chabad section of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.

After his passing, his family and the researcher Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kastel established the "Kramim" Institute, which is responsible for publishing his books and writings.

In connection with the eighth anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Yehoshua Mondshine, the "Kramim" Institute uploaded his many publications over the years to the internet, on the website: Kramim