Category: Stories about the Rabbi

Courtesy: Dr. Aryeh Cohen) The Hassidic Master Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev teaches that Amalek is those who prey on the weakest amongst us as […]

(Courtesy: Doug Lipman) One day, an innkeeper came to Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev. “Rabbi,” he said. “Is a man permitted to defend his property?” The […]

As Jews, we look for meaning in everything that happens in our lives, and it is in that light that I would like to suggest […]

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev once sought to demonstrate the dedication of the Jewish people. On the morning of the third day of Passover he […]

                                                     (Adapted from the teachings of the Rebbe by Yanki Tauber) All that day, the holiest of the year, they had stood in the synagogue, fasting, […]

The story is told of the pious Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, who observed one of his congregants at prayer, mumbling incoherently. After the prayers […]

The people of Berditschev discover just how delicately the world hangs between good and evil… It was the first day of Rosh Hashanah in the […]

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev once met a Jew who was smoking on Shabbos. He said to the Jew, “Reb Yid, perhaps you forgot that […]

                                                                   Courtesy: Admiel Kosman This Hasidic tale concerns a man who rushes around, tending to his business, until he is interrupted. In his unforgettable book, Antoine […]

Courtesy: Rabbi Jan R. UhrbachThe Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons – Rosh Hashanah, 2001 In the early days of the Hasidim, there happened to be […]