Category: R’ Yosef the Teamster

The previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, The Holy Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch, wrote that the book Pokayach Ivrim-“He Who Opens the Eyes of the Blind,” was most likely written for the benefit of a specific...

When he returned home he was approached with the proposition to marry the daughter of Rabbi Nesanel Soifer (The Scribe), who had been widowed. She was young and owned and operated a grocery store....

Several weeks passed and Rabbi Yosef was already becoming accustomed to his new profession. His route was from the city of Beshenkovitch to all the surrounding towns. He made it his rule never to...

Now, the Chassid, Rabbi Yosef of Beshenkovitch also longed to go to Lubavitch. However, for various reasons he was unable to do so. Thus, much time passed and he had still not gone to...

His heart opened with a rush of memories, like an overflowing fountain. He remembered his wife and children. Who knows if they are still alive or how they earn their livelihood. How much anguish...

Now, in the meantime, when Rabbi Yosef realized the seriousness of Shlomo Leib’s condition, he took it upon himself to fast day and night for two consecutive twenty-four hour periods ending with the commencement...

On Shabbat an officer of the Count’s court arrived in a coach hitched to two stallions. He bore a letter from the young prince stating that since Shlomo Leib is still weak, his advice...