Today, with refrigerated shipping and guaranteed worldwide delivery it is relatively easy to get a Lulav and Etrog set almost anywhere (for a price, of […]
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THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER
Question:In the Torah, the Yom Tov is called Chag HaMatzos. Why do we call it Pesach? Answer:Reb Levi Yitzchok of Bardichev explains it in the […]
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Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev had the biggest sukkah in the city. It had to be big. After all, it had to have room for […]
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Retold by Doug Lipman The cantor of Berdichev had taken to brooding about his position. In almost any other house of prayer – the distressed […]
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‘ Levi Yitzchak was once visiting the supernal realms. While there, the Satan mounted a massive assault against the Jewish people. He and his helpers […]
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A wealthy cattle merchant was in a dilemma. He had many head of cattle to sell, but the market bottomed out. He went to R’ […]
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abbi Levi Yitzchak once visited the Chozeh of Lublin. The Lubliner brought him some coffee and wanted to pour the coffee into the cup first and […]
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Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev in the Ukraine, used to say that he had discovered the meaning of love from a drunken peasant. The rabbi […]
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Courtesy: Rabbi Shraga Simmons What is the reason we eat this matzah? Because when the King of Kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, revealed […]
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Courtesy: Lawrence Kushner The story is told of Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev that once on Kol Nidre, the holiest night of the year when […]
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