"As a grand-son of Rabbi Salant, I regard it as my holy duty to erect an unforgettable monument to the memory of my grandfather, and for this purpose I have collected many incidents and events that took place dur­ing his life time, and which furnish one with some idea about the personality of this famous man, and by pub­lishing this collection, we will attain a double object: It will serve ... as a monument to his name, and it will also be of great service to the reading public, who want to get a first-hand knowledge of the Jewish Community in Jerusalem, its institutions, spiritual and intellectual guides". Salant planned to use the profits from the sale of this work to establish a yeshiva in Jerusalem, which he would head (p. 2).