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Water and Hay
From the Chassidic Masters "Fools!" cried the coachman. "Do you think that I gave you to drink so that the hay you devour should be more tasty...?"
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The Miracle Chassid
By Yanki Tauber At a wayside inn, a dozen chassidic merchants were warming themselves at the fire. The conversation soon turned to the greatness of their rebbes, as each extoled the virtues of his miracle-working master...
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A Rebbe's Education
From the writings & talks of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch When I was 11 years old, my father gave me the manuscript as a gift. "This is a chassidic kiss," he said, "in time I will explain"
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The Rebbe's Trance
By Tuvia Bolton When the Chassidim heard the story they took up a collection and bought her a round-trip train ticket with enough money for a month's room and board. Two days later there she was, standing bewildered in the Warsaw train station with her old suitcase and ...
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Father Prays
From the diary of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch Father is standing with his face to the wall, praying. But I do not understand: Why is he entreating more than all other worshippers? Why does he need G‑d’s mercy more than other people?
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The Lamplighter
Told by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch "The flame is not yours," said the Rebbe, "you are just its carrier. The lamp is ready to be lit -- you need only touch it with the flame." "Should I grab him by the throat?" asked the Chassid. "By the throat, no," replied the Rebbe. "By the lapels, yes"
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Playing At "Rebbe-Chassid"
By Yanki Tauber
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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..."
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