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All is in Hashem’s hands and is for the good

Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov called his students together and said to them, “Come, I will show you what it means to welcome guests with real love and a joyful heart!”

The Maggid Brought Him Back

In the times of the Maggid of Mezritch, an unfortunate incident occurred. There was a woman who had a son who had a crazy idea enter his mind.

Why Reb Moshe Yisroel Did Not Go Home

Reb Moshe Yisroel, was the head of the jewish court in Reivitz and Klementov.

Stories of Reb Yitzchak of Vorki

The holy Reb Yitzchak of Vorki shared that when he was a young man he suffered a great deal of anguish from his wife’s words. However, he suffered silently.

The Passover Miracle

When Chassidic master Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Spira (known as the Bnei Yissaschar after the book he authored by that name) was ten years old, his father took a position as a teacher in a distant town.

Moshe The Tavern Keeper’s Kaparot*

It was the evening before Yom Kippur. One of the Chasidim of Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev approached the Rebbe and asked if he could be present when the Rebbe does kaparot*.

Reb Meir Hagadol And The Baal Shem Tov

Once, in the early days of the tzadik Reb Meir Hagadol* (the grandfather of the well-known tzadik R’ Meir of Premishlan), he came to a certain city. During his stay there, he was invited to a seudat mitzvah (a mitzvah meal) in honor of the brit milah (circumcision) of one of his followers.

A Match Made In Heaven

The Rav of Skolye once spent Shabbos at the home of Reb Baruch of Mezibuzh, the grandson of the Baal Shem Tov. While they were at the table together, Reb Baruch asked his guest to retell a story of the Baal Shem Tov. This is the story he told.

How A Simple Jew Saved A Town By His Pure Tehillim

In the days of the Baal Shem Tov, a certain Jewish community was once decreed to be destroyed, G-d forbid.

How The Baal Shem Tov Saved A Village On Lag BaOmer

Two weeks before Rosh Hashana in 1734, when he turned 36, Reb Yisrael, the Baal Shem Tov, was revealed as a holy man and the leader of the Chassidic movement.

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