R. Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apt

After many long minutes, the Rebbe finally lifted his head from his arms and said solemnly: "You can go home. Your wife just gave birth to a baby boy..."

“Charity” is commonly regarded as a basic tenet of Judaism. But in fact, the term tzedakah means something else entirely.

“My pockets are practically empty,” the man said. “I only have one coin left.”

“Why are you worrying?” chuckled the rabbi. “Heaven directs everything, and there isn’t a person alive who knows what needs to happen or when.”

Moshe was known to frequent the local watering holes, whiling away entire nights in a drunken stupor.

The man blinked tears from his eyes. "I lease an inn from a local duke, and the business… it’s bad."

A group of drunken peasants burst through the front door, and...began to wreck the house.