Category: Stories about the Rabbi

See not evil in others and good in yourself, but the good in the other and the failings in yourself. (The Berdichever Rabbi)

(Courtesy: Yrachmiel Tilles) Less than a week after the tzaddik Rabbi Levi Yitzchak moved to Berdichev in 1785 to serve as chief rabbi there, three […]

In the town of Berdichev, where the famous Rabbi Levi Yitzhak lived, there was a very poor shoemaker. As he had no money, he was […]

Adapted from the teachings of the Rebbe by Yanki Tauber There is a story about the famous Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev who, as a […]

(Courtesy: Mrs. Ruth Gardin) It was Sivan of 5567/1807, and thousands of joyous Chasidim were anticipating the wedding that would unite two illustrious dynasties. The […]

(Courtesy: Rabbi Shelton J. Donnell) In the face of a disaster of this magnitude our voice joins that of the prophet Isaiah, “A voice says, […]

(Courtesy: Temple Sinai, Newport News VA) This story happened, not on Yom Kippur Eve, but instead it happened late one Yom Kippur afternoon in the […]

(Courtesy: Rabbi Ysroel Ciner) Rav Abraham Twerski tells of the seeming animosity that existed between Rabbi Boruch of Mezhibozh and Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berdichev. […]

The Hasidic Rabbi, Levi Yitzhak of the Ukraine, said that he had discovered the true meaning of love and humility from a pair of drunken […]

(Courtesy: Yehoshua Rubin) Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev was known for his charitable acts. In fact, no one left his house empty-handed. A woman came […]