Month: May 2021

(Courtesy: Jill Carattini)   Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev was a nineteenth-century rabbi known for his mastery of an unwieldy Mishnaic teaching. To carry one’s self with […]

(Courtesy: RABBI DR. LOUIS JACOBS ) There is a saying attributed to Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev which goes like this. You no doubt recall […]

           (Courtesy: Rabbi Louis Jacobs) The spirit of enthusiasm in which prayer is to be offered is known in hasidic teaching as hitlahavut, from lahav, « […]

Torah Commentary by Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, 3 Vols. (new edition)

(Courtesy: Revach L’Neshama) The gemara (Sanhedrin 21b) says that originally the Torah was written in Ksav Ivri and only later in the time of Ezra […]

Courtesy: Virtual Judaica Title (English):Levush MalkhutTitle (Hebrew):לבוש מלכותNote:HasidicAuthor:R. Mordehai JaffaCity:BerdichevPublisher:Israel b. Abraham BakPublication Date:1818-21 Detail Description The “Levush” is the achievement with which R. Jaffe’s […]

Rav Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev zt”l (from Kedushat Levi) (Courtesy Rabbi Eliezer Kwass)

(Courtesy: Rabbi Laibl Wolf) Bad things happen to good people. Why? Why must the good suffer? Where is cosmic justice? Where is Divine mercy? The […]

Courtesy Yeshiva.org.il – By Rabbi Oded Mizrachi Dedicated to the memory of R’ Meir b”r Yechezkel Shraga Brachfeld zt”l Rabbi Baruch of Mezibuz sat with […]

(Courtesy: Rabbi Marc D. Angel) The great Hassidic master, Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev, taught: There are those who hear the Shofar on Rosh HaShana, […]