Prayer and Wealth
There was once a chossid of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe that posed to him the following question: “There are times when I do not have time to pray at length, is it therefore possible...
Category: General Stories
Reb Yisroel the Joyful
During the lifetime of the Bal Shem Tov there was an individual who lived in the town of Lubavitch by the name of Reb Yisroel “the Joyful.” He would often say that “’a mitzvah...
Choose Life
By Rabbi Dovid Markel The great sage Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg (1215-1293) was arrested by the non-Jewish authorities as a way to extort the Jewish community for 23,000 marks of silver. Rabbi Meir...
Becoming a Simple Jew
By Rabbi Dovid Markel Once[1], the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch said: “When Moshiach comes, he will spend his time talking to the simple Jew’s of innocent self-sacrifice. These Jew’s...
Praying From the Siddur
By Rabbi Dovid Markel There was once a chossid of the fourth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, that had a private audience with the Rebbe in which he requested that the Rebbe...
The Language of the Beast
The chossid R. Gershon Ber of Pahar was a remarkable individual. He had an incredible grasp of Chassidic thought, and was extremely concise in his speech. Though a great Torah scholar who surely understood...
Food for the Angels
It was the custom of the chassidim of the second Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch, to pray quietly and gently, singing Chassidic songs as they prayed. One of these chassidim, though he did...
Like a Child
By Rabbi Dovid Markel On the last Rosh HaShana of R. Nachman of Breslov’s life he was extremely sick. (He passed away soon after, during the intermediate days of Sukkos.) His grandchild Yisroel...
A Broken Heart
By Rabbi Dovid Markel In a town near the city of Premislan there lived a rich Jew who was—as wealthy people are want to be—both opinionated and obstinate. One year, he unequivocally informed...
G-d’s Livelihood
By Rabbi Dovid Markel Before the holy Baal Shem Tov revealed himself to the world, he would travel incognito from city to city and from village to village. His holy practice was that...
