Chasidic Stories

as told by Yerachmiel Tilles

co-founder and associate director of Ascent-of-Safed, and chief editor of this website (and of KabbalaOnline.org). He has hundreds of published stories to his credit, and many have been translated into other languages. He tells them live in Tsfat (Safed) at Ascent and other places nearly every Saturday night.
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#641

Something In The Air

I decided to drive to a nearby city, one with, unlike Tsfat, eating establishments that would be open despite it being the Sabbath.

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#640

The Purim Code

Rabbi Michoel-Dov Wessmandl asked me, "Did I ever tell you how many letters there are in the Book of Esther?"

Connections (2): Seasonal -- the festival of Purim; Weekly Reading (30:23)

 

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#642

In Place of a Temple Offering

"Leave out my 'Rebbe' and your 'Rebbe' and come with me," excalimed Rabbi Moshe-Leib of Sassov.

Connection: Weekly Reading -- the offerings

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