Retold by: Doug Lipman One day, Rabbi Levi Yitzhak entered the House of Study in Berdichev. At the pulpit was a guest preacher, one of […]
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THE RABBI’S SMILE
Retold by: Doug Lipman Rabbi Levi Yitzhak sent for a wealthy man who lived in his town of Berdichev. When he arrived, the rabbi implored […]
Continue readingTHE KADDISH OF LEVI YITZHAK
Courtesy: Ed Remler I came across the following story in an article entitled Observations and Reflections on the History and Meanings of the Kaddish in […]
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(Courtesy: Rivy Poupko Kletenik) The legendary Reb Levi Yischak of Berditchev, while walking, saw a Jewish wagon driver donning tefillin while fixing a broken wheel. […]
Continue readingTISHA B’AV AND SHABBAT HAZON
(Courtesy: Rab Mark Ankcorn) In making sense of Tisha B’Av and Shabbat Hazon, let’s turn to the teachings of the Kedushas Levi, Rabbi Levi Yitzhak […]
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“Establish your throne with kindness, and you shall sit on it in truth” [Rosh Hashanah prayer]. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev explained this with his […]
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(Courtesy: Melissa Moskowitz ) The guilt we experience as a result of breaking God’s Law does not enable us to keep from breaking it again. […]
Continue readingRECONCILIATION IN THE EVERYDAY
(Courtesy: Maurice Friedman) We must work for reconciliation among the peoples, between the races, between labor and management, but we must also work for it […]
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(Courtesy: WORDS OF WISDOM, WORDS OF WIT by Shmuel Himelstein) R’ Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev once arrived in a town very late at night. Seeing […]
Continue readingTHE TRANSFORMATION OF ZEV THE MISER
From Holy Brother: Inspiring Stories and Enchanted Tales about Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach,by Yitta Mandelbaum, Jason Aronson Publishers. (Courtesy: Rabbi Uziel Weingarten) There was a time […]
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