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G-d's Nourishment
Told by the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Dressed in the clothes of a simple wayfarer, the Baal Shem Tov would travel from town to town and from hamlet to hamlet, asking questions | |
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Pushcart Prophet
From the Chassidic Masters
"No, no," came the impatient reply from within. "Everything is in perfect condition. There's no
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The Master Key
By Rabbi S.Y. Zevin
Finally, the great moment arrived. It was the morning of Rosh Hashanah, and Rabbi Ze'ev stood on the reading platform in the center of the Baal Shem Tov's synagogue amidst the Torah scrolls, surrounded by a sea of tallit-draped bodies. 6 Comments | |
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A Bundle of Greens
By Yerachmiel Tilles
One day, arrived in Taranow. This was before the Chassidic master had revealed himself to the world, and he appeared as a simple itinerant, but with a gift for telling stories... 5 Comments | |
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Popular Names
From the writings & talks of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
As they walked, they came across a group of children playing in the sand. The Baal Shem Tov went over to them and said to the nearest one, "What is your name?" 1 Comment | |
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The Ladder
By Eliezer Steinman
Their leader spotted a beautiful bird perched atop a tall tree. "Come," he said to his disciples, "I wish to capture this bird, so that we may delight in her song and gaze upon her wondrous hues" 3 Comments | |
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The Prayerbook
By Yanki Tauber
"Perhaps I can help you," said the Baal Shem Tov. On small slips of paper he wrote, in simple Yiddish, "morning prayers," "addition for Mondays and Thursdays," "for Shabbat," and inserted them in the innkeeper's siddur 2 Comments | |
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A Pound of Candles
By Rabbi S.Y. Zevin
The young prodigy overheard the exchange between the rabbi and the wagon
driver. He could scarcely believe his ears. A pound of candles to atone for violating the holy Shabbat? 5 Comments | |
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The Baal Shem Tov's Previous Life
From the Chassidic Masters
Late one night, there was a knock on his door. On his threshold stood an old man with a long white beard and a countenance as radiant as the heavens 2 Comments | |
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The Singing Heart
From the writings of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
The Baal Shem Tov told them to shut their eyes and not open them until he tells them to. Then he placed his right hand on the shoulder of the disciple to his right, and his left on the disciple sitting there. The
circle was closed... 2 Comments | |
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Herschel Goat
From the writings & talks of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
"When I was a young man of twenty," the Baal Shem Tov began his story, "shortly after being accepted in the society of hidden tzaddikim, several of us came to the city of Brody..." 2 Comments | |
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The Dancing Jews
By Eliezer Steinman
The Baal Shem Tov was once asked: "Why do Chassidim burst into song and
dance at the slightest provocation? Is this the behavior of a sane person?" 1 Comment | |
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The Two Way Mouth
As told by Yanki Tauber
The Baal Shem Tov did not tell them where to go, nor did they ask; they allowed divine providence to direct their wagon where it may, confident that the purpose of their trip would be revealed in due time | |
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Burning Ice
From the Chassidic Masters
The Baal Shem Tov loved light. So his disciples always made sure to have many candles burning whenever they expected their master... | |
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The Shepherd
By Yitzchak Buxbaum
The Baal Shem Tov was once shown from heaven that a certain simple man called Moshe the Shepherd served G-d, blessed be He, better than he did... 4 Comments | |
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A Whisper in Time
By Yerachmiel Tilles
As the procession approached the location for the chupah they were encountered by a solitary Jew in a wagon, a stranger that no one recognized.... | |
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The Baal Shem Tov's Mysterious Journey to Leipzig
By Tuvia Bolton
A tall thin man, wrapped in a black cloak, suddenly appeared at the open door. He looked silently around the room, walked to a corner and just stood there, staring at the Baal Shem Tov | |
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Hidden and Revealed
By A. H. Glitzenstein
The holy beggar's face was transformed. His eyes began to glow with a divine light, and his coarse features assumed a sublime grace... | |
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The Reincarnated Prince
By Tuvia Bolton
For two hours every day he would lock himself in his room and no one, not even the King himself, was allowed to enter or disturb him in any way. It was on this condition that he accepted the task of teaching the prince... 6 Comments | |
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The Baal Shem Tov in Heaven
By Yitzchak Buxbaum
It was the first, and at that time the only, book that contained the teachings of the holy Baal Shem Tov, and now the opponents of Chassidism were plotting to destroy it... 5 Comments | |
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