Category: Stories about the Rabbi

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 are not […]

Courtesy: Rabbi David Eliezrie The famed Chassidic master Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev was in the need of a Chazzan, a cantor to lead the […]

Courtesy: Rabbi Paul Kipnes ) Our ancient teacher, Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev (1740-1810) illuminates the contradictory emotions welling up inside of a suffering Rebecca […]

In the Haggadah we read Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev talking about the fourth son, the one who “did not know how to ask” — […]

Courtesy: Rechav L’Neshama Chazal tell us that the Mikoshesh Eitzim who was killed in Bais Din for being Michalel Shabbos was a tzaddik. Why did […]

Courtesy: Revach L’Neshama The famed Chassidic master Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev was in the need of a Chazzan, a cantor to lead the High […]

(Courtesy: My morning meditations) When you awake in the morning, learn something to inspire you and mediate upon it, then plunge forward full of light […]

(Courtesy: Rabbi Gil Steinlauf ) We Jews have a lot to be proud of. We have a long and ancient history. We have been beacons […]

(Courtesy: Chabad.org, written by Chana Lewis)A Brief Biography Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1740-1809) is one of the most beloved of chassidic leaders. Hundreds of […]

In a particular town (Berdichev) in Russia, there lived a rich doctor who had a special quality: He served free all the needy and did […]