Three things
The holy Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vorki, enumerated three things that a chossid must know: “How to dance while sitting, how to be bent over while standing and how to cry out in...
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Fast or Slow
Once, the Chassidic mentor, Rabbi Shmuel-Gronem Estherman, repeated the following conversation that took place between the fourth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn, and a chossid of Polish orientation: “Why is it that Chabad chassidim...
A Golden Shovel
The Chassidic mentor of the original Tomchei Temimim in Lubavitch, Rabbi Shmuel Gronem-Estherman, recalled the following story: Once, a certain Jew came to the famed scholar and chossid, Rabbi Yitzchak of Homel, telling him:...
Waking Like a Lion
The holy Rebbe, Reb Zushe of Anipoli, once asked and answered the following question: In the Code of Jewish Law, Laws of Waking in the Morning, it states (Orach Chaim, 1:1): “One should strengthen...
Pesach – Relating the Story
The Power of the Pesach Story
Pesach – Matzah and Chametz
Why Eating Matzah & Nullifying Chametz are limited to the holiday of Pesach.
Like a Blanket
Once, when a certain chossid desired to move to the Land of Israel, his Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel of Ruzhin, told him the following allegory: The Land of Israel is akin to a down blanket....
Bending Down
Someone once asked the Maggid of Mezritch, Rabbi Dov Ber, the following question: “The verse (Tehillim, 85: 12) states: “Truth will sprout from the earth.” If truth is indeed within everyone’s reach, why is...
Truth Covers the World
The Ba-al Shem tov once explained the famous aphorism that says, “With truth, one is able to traverse the entire world.” He elaborated as follows: “When one arrives at a place and speaks the...
Fools and Truth
Rabbi Hillel of Paritch was wont to say: “Though I don’t love fools, a person who is not particularly clever is closer to the truth. (Shmuos V’Sipurrim Vol. 3 Pg. 230)
