The Ostrovsker Rebbe was once honored to speak at a rabbinic convention. The Ostrovsker Rebbe proceeded to deliver an intricate and elaborate pilpul, mesmerizing the rabbis in attendance. After his speech, Reb Chayim Ozer, the Rav of Vilna and leader of the...
A donkey once fell into a pit. Try as he might, the owner could not get him out. The man resigned himself to losing his donkey, and he started to fill up the pit with dirt to bury it. At first, the donkey whined and cried, but it soon fell silent. And after shoveling...
Parashat Vaera Rabbi Levitansky was one of the pioneer Chabad rabbis on the West Coast in the 1960s. He was instrumental in launching the Camp Gan Israel for Jewish kids in Southern California. Years after he passed away, his son was once stopped on the street by a...
It is told that when the Israeli government captured Adolf Eichmann, yemach shmo, they deliberately chose a sephardic officer to be on guard. They feared that if the guard would be an Ashkenazi, he would not be able to control himself and would hurt or kill Eichmann...
Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to Congress. However, due to race related politics, she was assigned to the Agricultural Committee, a role that seemed designed to diminish her influence and impact. Shirley was dejected. She felt like her political...
