Category Archives: Stories of Tzaddikim

One night as R’ Yosef Yozel Hurwitz, the Alter of Novardok, was sitting and learning in the house of solitude in the woods, his last candle burned out.  R’ Yosefl Yozel was very upset about the bitul Torah, but he … Continue reading →

The following is an excerpt from Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s book, Listening to God, regarding his last conversation with Rav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman before he passed away.  R’ Kahaneman was the Rosh Yeshiva and one responsible for re-establishing the Ponevezh Yeshiva … Continue reading →

A disciple of Reb Shlomo Carlebach zt”l related: I was in Synagogue praying the afternoon service, swaying in prayer religiously.  All of a sudden, I remembered that I hadn’t prayed the morning service or put on Tefillin that morning.  I … Continue reading →

When Rabbi Moshe of Korbin was seven years old, there was a severe famine in Lithuania. Poor people wandered from village to village in search of food.  Many of them flocked to the home of Rav Moshe’s mother, who readily … Continue reading →

Each motzei shabbos, I try to send out a story about a tzaddik to help inspire us.  Tonight, I want to send out a story about a tzaddik that I and some others that follow this blog are fortunate to … Continue reading →

R’ Elimelech of Lizhensk said, “I am confident of being admitted to Gan Eden.  The Heavenly Court will ask me, ‘Melech, did you study Torah adequately? and I will say ‘No.’ They will say ‘Did you daven properly?’ and I … Continue reading →

Rabbi Shalom Dovber (the Rebbe Rashab) once instructed his son (the Rebbe Rayatz) to travel to a particular place to help a particular chassid and businessman. When the Rebbe Rayatz returned, he told his father, “I have done everything you … Continue reading →

Thus did Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev journey from Pinsk to Mezritch to see the Maggid – the Rebbe Reb Ber. “Why undertake so arduous a journey?” he was asked. “I must see the Maggid.  You see, he knows there’s … Continue reading →