(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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HOSPITALITY
(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 […]
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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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A Jewish woman is accused of gossiping and is taken befor the Rabbi. She insists she has done no wrong. She just stated her opinion […]
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(Courtesy: Rabbi Amy Eilberg) Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev brings us a remarkable teaching about newness and birth, as he reflects on the verse, “Hashiveynu […]
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(Courtesy: Rabbi Yosef Benarroch) It is told that before Rosh Hashanah the great Hasidic master Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev was searching for the appropriate […]
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(Courtesy:Rabbi Lewis Eron) Once, during the holy season of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Hasidic master Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev, paused in his […]
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(Adapted by Yrachmiel Tilles from “From My Father’s Shabbos Table”) A well-known preacher once came to Berditchev before Rosh Hashonah and requested permission from the […]
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By Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev Where I wander – You!Where I ponder – You!Only You everywhere, You, always, You.You, You, You.When I am gladdened – […]
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At the festive meal following a circumcision, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir, the “Chidushei HaRim” of Gur, once asked a certain chassid to tell a story he […]
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