Reb Yitzchak Eizik was adamant. No matter what the circumstances, he would NOT desecrate the holy Shabbos! His friends could not believe what they were hearing. “This is impossible,” they said to him.
How Shabbos Saved A Life
Category: tzadikim
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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How Reb Elimelech of Lyzhansk kept his descendants righteous
Reb Eliezer of Dzikov, the son of Reb Naftali of Ropshitz, dreamt once that he was being shown to the Garden of Eden.
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Young Yisrolik Loved To Learn…
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Young Yisrolik loved to learn Torah. In fact, he quickly mastered all that his teachers had to offer him and instead spent his time learning alone in the town shul, often till late at night. Continue reading Young Yisrolik Loved To Learn…
R’ Shlomo Of Karlin…
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Before he left this world, Reb Shlomo of Karlin told his disciples that after his passing they should visit Reb Mordechai of Neshchiz and accept him as their Rebbe. Continue reading R’ Shlomo Of Karlin…
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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The Power Of Melava Malka
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A villager had married his daughter to a Chasidic scholar. After the initial period of adjustment to married life, the young son in law began to leave home from time to time to visit his Rebbe for Shabbos.
R’ M”M of Liska
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It was the custom of Reb Menachem Mendel of Liska* (father of the tzadik Reb Naftali of Ropshitz)) to sign his letters with his name and follow it with the epithet, ohev Yisroel – the lover of Jews. Continue reading R’ M”M of Liska
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