Ahavat Yisrael

“I filled my car with diesel fuel instead of regular, and now it won’t start!”

“Suddenly, I saw an angel walking toward me. It blocked my way forward, and began to drag me back out of Gan Eden!”

Out of nowhere a well-dressed, kind-looking woman appeared. She smiled and said, “I can lend you the money, and you can pay me back at your convenience . . .”

"I hereby give you as an absolute gift, for now until eternity, my complete portion in the world to come. If I have any reward waiting for me in paradise, it's yours."

"Very well," sneered the commandant. "Don't sign. You will be in this prison for eight more years. And we'll see how your G‑d will help you…"

"What is hateful to you," said Hillel, "do not do to your neighbor. That is the entire Torah..."

He schemed to denounce Reb Sender's supplier to the authorities. The tea would then be confiscated and Reb Sender would have to bear the loss...

He imparted a lesson not through speaking, but by listening to a story, a story he knew firsthand...

It was the first book, and at that time the only one, that contained the teachings of the holy Baal Shem Tov, and now the opponents of Chassidism were plotting to destroy it . . .

When it is winter and it's freezing cold, there are two things one can do: One can build a fire, or one can wrap oneself in a warm coat