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...
As a young boy, a fire broke out in the home of the Maggid of Mezeritch. After safely evacuating, he stood with his mother, watching the flames consume their home. His mother began to cry. The young boy tried to comfort her. “I’m not crying over the...
The Rebbe Rayatz once said at a farbrengen that it’s impossible to have a proper comprehension of Chassidus, the inner mystical dimension of Torah, if one does not have a chush in Naginah, a sensitivity to song. Now Rabbi Chatche Faigen, the legendary...
There’s a story told with one of the esteemed disciples of the Alter Rebbe. It was towards the end of a lengthy private audience in which he had discussed his service of Hashem in great detail. His learning, his davening, his spiritual character. The Alter Rebbe...
They tell the story of a businessman who had come upon hard times. He was pressed for a large sum of cash. He finally finds an old friend who’s willing to lend him the money. They meet at the penthouse office of his friend. With an attache case full of cash, the...
