Category Archives: Stories of Tzaddikim

Someone once wrote an article in a Torah journal criticizing some Torah thoughts of R’ Isser Zalman Meltzer.  A concerned friend of R’ Meltzer’s came to him with a rebuttal of the arguments that were in the article.  R’ Isser … Continue reading →

Rabbi Yeruchem Levovitz related, “Someone once asked me how many times I turn from side to side in my bed at night before I finally fall asleep. At first I was surprised by the such a strange question. Then the … Continue reading →

Rav Yisrael Salanter, the founder of the Mussar movement, was once giving a Shiur in Gemara, and as he was delivering the lecture, a student asked him a question. The question was very strong, and negated the premise of the … Continue reading →

The very fact you know about someone who is in trouble means that in some way you are able to help. Otherwise, why would this knowledge have entered your world? Arik Sharon, when he was Israeli Minister of Defence, came … Continue reading →

During the Holocaust, the Bluzhever Rebbe was in one of the concentration camps and had already lost his wife and family.  It was coming close to Pesach and some people were able to get some flour and managed to make … Continue reading →

Dorothy Thompson, the celebrated American journalist, had wanted to include the Chofetz Chaim in her series of interviews with key European leaders between the wars. “Sorry, the Chofetz Chaim does not have time for interviews,” she was told. “Then let … Continue reading →

Do you want to know what my main battle with the Yetzer Hara is?  When i finish learning a sugya, with all the relevant Gemaros, mefarshim, and halachic rulings, I feel an extreme “laziness” not to channel all my thoughts … Continue reading →