Category: Stories about the Rabbi

Courtesy: Rabbi Shraga Simmons What is the reason we eat this matzah? Because when the King of Kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, revealed […]

Courtesy: Lawrence Kushner The story is told of Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev that once on Kol Nidre, the holiest night of the year when […]

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 […]