(Courtesy: Rabbi Oded Mizrahi) Rabbi Baruch of Mezibuz sat with his Hassidim in his Beit Midrash (study hall) and expounded on matters of Torah. Unexpectedly, […]
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HONEYMOON MEAL INGREDIENTS
(Courtesy: Ruth Gardin) It was Sivan of 5567/1807, and thousands of joyous Chasidim were anticipating the wedding that would unite two illustrious dynasties. The chatan, Yekusiel-Zalman, […]
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(Cortesy: Mayer Wise) The tzaddik Rabbi Yaakov Orenstein zt”l, the Yeshuos Yaakov, lived in the city of Yeroslav, in which the following story occurred (this […]
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(Courtesy: Rabbi Label Lam – Torah.org) When you go out to war against your enemy and HASHEM your G-d will give him into you your […]
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PSALM 23 The great Jewish philosopher and theologian Martin Buber collected in a book the stories of the Hassidim, those fervent Jews in Ukraine and […]
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(Courtesy: Dan Pine) Josiah Derby, a distinguished rabbi who could trace his lineage back more than 900 years, died Dec. 18 in Coconut Creek, Fla., […]
Continue readingLEVI YITZHAK & THE SHOFAR
(Courtesy: OzTorah by Rabbi Dr Raymond Apple) The sound of the shofar which was heard at Mount Sinai when the Torah was given “became louder […]
Continue readingTHE CANDLE OF CONTEMPLATION
(Courtesy: Rabbi Paul J. Kipnes)A Story(learned from Rabbi Cheryl Peretz)There is wonderful Hasidic story, told of a conversation between the rabbi and a member of […]
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The great Jewish philosopher and theologian Martin Buber collected in a book the stories of the Hassidim, those fervent Jews in Ukraine and Poland who, […]
Continue readingG-D SEES! A MORAL FOR OUR TIMES
Courtesy:Jewish Times ofSouth Jersey, by Rabbi Max Fox (Congregation Rodef Sholom) The story is told of the 18th Century Chassidic leader, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of […]
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