Category: Stories about the Rabbi

It was erev Rosh Hashanah in Berdichev. The spirit of holiness hovered in the air. Each heart was throbbing with the thought of the imminent […]

(Courtesy: Tuvia Bolton) It was well past midnight on the first night of Passover, and the great Chassidic master Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev had […]

Retold by: Doug Lipman Once, a distraught man came to Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev. Standing in the rabbi’s study, he said, “Rabbi, my business […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

(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. […]

(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 […]

“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 […]

(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. […]