Shorts
A Knowing Ignorance
Said Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov: One who finds an immense treasure … his distress is greater than his happiness.
Read MoreA Day in the Life of an Old Man
A lifetime of seeking and achievement, of trials and triumphs, did not diminish Abraham’s thirst for life.
Read MoreDay in the Life of an Old Man
It is Abraham’s greatness that as he grew old, he continued to enter into his days.
Read MoreThree Lovers of Israel
Three great Chassidic leaders were famous for their ahavat yisrael (“love of a fellow Jew”): Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, and Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov.
Read MoreThe Rebbe’s Budget
Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin had a smart answer for a skeptical business man.
Read MoreHide and Seek
A kind and caring word will achieve what the most profound arguments and the most glaring truths will not.
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“You collect books to sell them to the world,’ replied the sage, ‘so all the world knows about them. My books are for myself.”
Read MoreThe Years of his Youth
Not only did Abraham rush to fulfill the divine will with speed and alacrity, he also brought all the energy, passion and commitment of his youth to the deed.
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