In honor of my dear father’s a’h birthday 3rd Cheshvan, whose MM stories are the inspiration for these stories.
The Baal Shem Tov would visit a certain village annually where he would be the guest of a certain rich man who lived in this city.
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Tale Of The Baal Shem Tov Told By The Alter Rebbe
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The Alter Rebbe, author of the Tanya, while still a student of the Maggid of Mezritch, heard his master relate a tale of his master, the holy Baal Shem Tov. Before the Baal Shem Tov became famous it was his custom to wander from town to town and village to village dressed as a simple villager.
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Hachnosas Orchim
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The Baal Shem Tov once gathered a select group of his students and announced to them: “Come, I will show you a true ‘machnis orach’ – someone who sincerely and with his whole heart welcomes guests into his home.”
Two Great Tzadikim Traveling To Their Rebbe
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Once the two Tzaddikim, R’ Yaacov Yosef of Polonye, the “Toldos“, and Reb Nachman of Horodenka, were travelling to Mezhibuzh to spend Shabbos with their Rebbe, the Ba’al ShemTov.
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R’ Ze’ev Kitzes
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One year, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov said to Rabbi Ze’ev Kitzes, one of his senior disciples: “You will blow the shofar for us this Rosh Hashanah. I want you to study all the kavanot (Kabbalistic meditations) that pertain to the shofar, so that you should meditate upon them when you do the blowing.” Continue reading R’ Ze’ev Kitzes
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