Author: jspunberg

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 […]

                                                     (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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

                                                                   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 […]

Courtesy: Rabbi Jan R. UhrbachThe Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons – Rosh Hashanah, 2001 In the early days of the Hasidim, there happened to be […]

(From Fear to Faith) Rabbi Janet Marder – Erev Yom Kippur 5765 – September 24, 2004 Belief comes hard to many contemporary Jews. We have […]

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 […]

Once Rabbi Levi Yitzhak was asked : “Why is the first page number missing in all the tractates of the Babylonian Talmud? Why does each […]