Category: Stories about the Rabbi

(Martin Buber, Tales ot the Hasidim, The Early Masters) “An unbeliever once expounded to the rabbi of Berditchev that even the great old masters had […]

(Adapted from the Hasidic Soul, told by: Yehoshua Rubin) Teshuvah means return, return to your most essential self. How do we return? That is a […]

Told by: Joseph Telushkin When the nineteenth century Hasidic rebbe Levi Yizchak of Berditchev sent out invitations to his son’s wedding, he wrote that it […]

In heaven on Yom Kippur, there was more at stake than the souls of two sinners. By: Samuel H. Dresner Two thieves were brought before […]

Here’s an inspiring story about Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev, the 18th century Chassidic leader. He was known as “the defense attorney of the Jewish […]

(Courtesy: Doug Lipman) It was the holiest day of the year in Berdichev. All the hasidic Jews were gathered in one synagogue, waiting for their […]

Adapted by: Yrachmiel Tilles from the rendition in A Treasury of Chassidic Tales(Artscroll), as translated by my esteemed colleague, Uri Kaploun. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of […]

Selected by: Yrachmiel Tilles from the rendition in A Treasury of ChassidicTales (Artscroll), as translated by the incomparable Uri Kaploun. Rabbi Baruch of Mezhibuzh, sometimes […]

(By: Shel Krakofsky) Needed some cheering up the other day. Took a quick stroll downtown. It was dark and raining. Went looking for Gene Kelly […]

(Recorded by: Rabbi Shlomo Zevin) It was only a short time before Sukkot, and in all of Berdichev there could not be found a single […]