As Jews, we look for meaning in everything that happens in our lives, and it is in that light that I would like to suggest […]
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GOD, SEE THE LOVE OF YOUR PEOPLE
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev once sought to demonstrate the dedication of the Jewish people. On the morning of the third day of Passover he […]
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(Adapted from the teachings of the Rebbe by Yanki Tauber) All that day, the holiest of the year, they had stood in the synagogue, fasting, […]
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The story is told of the pious Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, who observed one of his congregants at prayer, mumbling incoherently. After the prayers […]
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The people of Berditschev discover just how delicately the world hangs between good and evil… It was the first day of Rosh Hashanah in the […]
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Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev once met a Jew who was smoking on Shabbos. He said to the Jew, “Reb Yid, perhaps you forgot that […]
Continue readingTHE LITTLE PRINCE AND THE RABBI
Courtesy: Admiel Kosman This Hasidic tale concerns a man who rushes around, tending to his business, until he is interrupted. In his unforgettable book, Antoine […]
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Courtesy: Rabbi Jan R. UhrbachThe Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons – Rosh Hashanah, 2001 In the early days of the Hasidim, there happened to be […]
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(From Fear to Faith) Rabbi Janet Marder – Erev Yom Kippur 5765 – September 24, 2004 Belief comes hard to many contemporary Jews. We have […]
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No one could get Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev angry. No matter what anyone did, he would always find something nice to say. He believed […]
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