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Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev’s grandchild married the grandchild of the famous rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. “Now that we are related by this […]

(Courtesy Doug Lipman) Rabbi Levi Yitzhak walked down the main street of Berdichev, greeting all who passed him. To some he gave compliments; to some […]

(Courtesy Doug Lipman) One day in the synagogue, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev seemed to be observing a group of his Hasidim as they prayed. […]

The Shabath meant and means many things. It was a protest against slavery. One day in seven, every individual shared the same freedom, breathed the […]

One year, when the first day of Rosh Hashanah occurred on Shabbat, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev ascended the podium in the center of his […]

There is a story about the Hassidic master Levi of Berdichev. He used to walk home from synagogue through the marketplace to see first-hand the […]

Finally, the self-denying attitude of Hasidism is seen in the following analysis of the self by Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev. This beautiful piece of […]

In the city of Berdichev lived a man whose avocation was redeeming Jewish captives from Jail. Many of these poor folk were simply held for […]

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 […]

This story happened, not on Yom Kippur Eve, but instead it happened late one Yom Kippur afternoon in the synagogue of Berdichev. The famous Rabbi […]