Rav Nosson Kamenetzky, the son of halachic and spiritual giant Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky, wanted to investigate his family roots. He traveled back to the Lithuanian town in which his father had served as Rav, and it was there that he learned an astonishing fact. Although...
In the early years of Jewish immigration to America, it was terribly hard for Yidden to keep Shabbos. Many would need to find a new job every Monday morning after being fired for not showing up to work on Shabbos. One such individual once approached Reb Moshe...
Martin Neimoller famously said after World War II, “First they came for the socialists, and I didn’t speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came...
They tell the story of a man who received a knock at his door one afternoon. It was a meshulach collecting money for his family. He needed to marry off his daughters. There was an illness in the family and he needed to raise five hundred thousand dollars. The man,...
The Medrash in Shir Hashirim tells us about Rav Chanina, who was a very poor man. As he observed the masses making their way towards Yerushalayim with their many gifts and korbanos, he felt terrible that he had nothing to offer or bring to the Beis Hamikdash. From the...
eb Chaim Brisker was once attending a Talmudic lecture when the lecturer quoted an idea in the name of tosfos. Immediately, Reb Chaim objected, “There is no such tosfos in all of Shas.” Everyone in the crowd started to ooh and ah at Reb Chaim’s...
