A Shoe that Fits
Our time is referred to as the heels of Moshiach. Therefore, G-d need not be too exacting.
Category: Stories
Before Daybreak
The darkness before the light.
Socrates and Avraham
The Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi once said: when Socrates died and came to the heavenly tribunal he requested that he be given a seat next to Avraham, our forefather. His claim...
Don’t Interrupt
The fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, would not allow people to speak to him when he was washing his hands for a meal. Although according to the strict legal parameters, only speech...
It’s All Luck
In a handwritten ledger of one of the chassidim of the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, a statement of the first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi is found:[1] “This...
Fear of Thunder
Once, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, recalled the following about his predecessor, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch:[1] Chassidim were wont to say that the Rebbe is more frightened from thunder—though he...
The Disclaimer
The famed chossid, Rabbi Yisroel Jacobson, recounted the following story: On the eighteenth of Elul, 5702, the (Previous) Rebbe spoke of a letter that he had received. In the letter, someone asked how it...
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...
