Category: Stories about the Rabbi

When he had reached a ripe old age, one of the respected citizens of the community of Uman sold all his belongings and set off […]

(Courtesy: Rabbi Yehudah Prero) The prayers on Rosh Hashanah differ from the rest of the year. Some passages appear unfamiliar, with words and sentences we […]

(Courtesy WUJS -Vorld Union of Jewish Student Everybody knows that the heilige Rav Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev and Rav Baruch of Medzhibozh were the very […]

(The Importance of Purity of Intent) By Simcha Rich Near a small village in Eastern Europe some 200 years ago, a young Jewish boy was […]

(Courtesy: Yrachmiel Tilles) As any old timer will tell you, Pinsk and Karlin are so near each other that they can almost be regarded as […]

By Rabbi Raymond Beyda Yitzhak’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water” Beresheet 26:19 The events surrounding the sale […]

by Jacob Yuroh Teshima, Doctor of Hebrew Literaturean extract from “Zen Buddhism and Hasidism, a comparative study” PRAYING Indeed, prayer is the high point in […]

on the day of his yahrzeit – 25 Tishrei (by a simple Jew) Whether a man really loves G-d can be determined by the love […]

(A Chasidishe Story ) Rav Abraham Joseph Twerski, in his book Generation to Generation tells the following story: One Tisha B’Av the Rebbe of Berdichov […]

(Courtesy of Rabbi Zalman Morozov – Montreal) The holiday of Pesach (Passover) is known by a variety of names. It is called: 1. “Chag HaMatzot” […]