A Chassid once proudly shared with the chidushei harim, the first gerer Rebbe, his child’s advanced behavior. “My young son takes potatoes and rope and ties them around his arm and head as makeshift tefillin,” boasted the Chassid. “He walks...
Dr. Yaakov Brawer was a professor at McGill University of Montreal and would frequently lecture at Shabbatons in Brooklyn. It happened once that after speaking at one such Shabbaton, he wanted to daven minchahh with the Rebbe before he would travel home. His flight...
A student of Rav Yoshe Ber Solveichik shared how the Rav was once describing the halachik considerations of a couple adopting a child. He explained how the halachik challenges of yichud are navigated as the child grows up and contrasted his view, which allowed a...
Reb Moshe Feinstein was once attending an important rabbinical gathering when he excused himself, saying that he had an important matter to attend to. The driver wondered what was more important than this rabbinical conference. And Reb Moshe directed him to a wedding...
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...
