A chasid facing serious health issues once entered into a private audience with the Rebbe. He explained his medical situation and how the doctors were planning on performing surgery. He asked the Rebbe for a blessing that the surgery go well. The Rebbe turned to the...
There’s a story told of a poor Jewish villager who saved up all year to buy an esrog. It was a mitzvah that he held very dear. Every week, he’d put away a few rubles to be able to afford the nicest esrog possible. That year, there was a shortage on...
Isidor Rabi, the Nobel laureate in physics, was once asked, Why did you become a scientist rather than a doctor, lawyer, or businessman, like the other immigrant kids in your neighborhood? His answer was profound. “My mother made me a scientist without ever...
A traveling Hasidic master, along with his entourage, found themselves stranded in the forest. Shabbos was approaching and they had no place to stay. In the distance, they saw a home, and with a prayer on their lips, they knocked on the door. To their relief, it was a...
There’s a story told in the Gemara about Rabbi Yochanan, who in the course of his teaching described a certain wave in the ocean, which was extraordinarily high. Upon hearing this, one of his students scoffed at the idea. It seemed fantastical and not factual....
