Author: jspunberg

Moshe Zvi Giterman of Savran (1775-1837), the Savraner Rebbe, was an influential Hasidic Rebbe in Ukraine whose following numbered in the thousands. His father, Rabbi Shimon Shlomo […]

One year on Yom Kippur, the holy Rebbe Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, zy”a, was shown that his days were drawing to an end. He prayed […]

Details: A commentary on the Torah, Holidays, Moadim, Tanach, Gemara, Midrashim and Pirkei Avot by the famous Chassidic rabbi, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1740-1810)

Title (English)    Bakasha leMotze Shabbat Title (Hebrew)    בקשה למוצאי שבת Author    [Hasidic – Liturgy] R. Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev City    Jerusalem […]

                                          (Courtesy: Ticcun, written by Rabbi Or N. Rose)             The holiday of Shavuot (observed this year on May 22-24, the 6-7 of Sivan) is a celebration of both […]

Among the Hassidic masters, Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchov stands out as one who truly perfected these practices. Known for his extreme love for the […]

  (Courtesy: Yisrael Yaacov Klapholz ) Rav Avraham Yehoshua Heshel, the holy rabbi of Apta, once told his wondrous tale to a large assembly of chassidim […]

  “The life of Sarah” This Torah portion – “The Life of Sarah” actually begins with the death of Sarah –Judaism’s first matriarch. The parsha goes […]

(Courtesy: Rabbi Marc D. Angel) When the Talmud cannot answer a question definitively, it sometimes uses the word “Teiku”.  This is understood to be an […]

In Kedushat Levi, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev offers some striking insights into this week’s Torah portion of Chukat, riffing off of the first verse in […]