Jewish Stories

It was only a short time before Sukkot, and in all of Berdichev there could not be found a single etrog. The Tzaddik, Reb Levi Yitzchak, and...

A parable from Rabbi  Israel Baal Shem Tov : A King had an only son, the apple of his eye. The King wanted his son to master different fi...

It happened in Berditchev. On the first day of  Rosh Hashanah , during the repetition of the  Shacharit prayer. In the  shul  of the great ...

Once, on the eve of Yom Kippur , a young Torah scholar ( avrech ) arrived in the town of Yaroslav. It was just before the start of Kol Nid...

At his grandson's circumcision celebration, the great Chasidic master, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1740-1810), recounted the fol...

The town of Berdichev was buzzing with the news of the death of a certain very wealthy Jew. The townspeople, however, didn't shed a tear...

At his grandson's circumcision celebration, the great Chasidic master, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1740-1810), recounted the foll...

One year Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev spent a long time in search of a man who would be worthy of blowing the shofar in his shul. Rosh Ha...

A fierce looking man ran out of the house, his eyes burning with murderous rage at the coach full of Jews. In his hand he carried a revolv...

The last rays of the sun had already disappeared, marking the end of the "Fast of Esther," and the beginning of the holiday of Pu...

Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev walked over to one of the congregants and extended his hand. The man had just concluded the Amida prayer, a...

The high holidays were approaching. Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev and Reb Yisrael of Koznitz were planning their service in the upcoming ...

A well-known preacher once came to Berdichev before Rosh Hashana and requested permission from the head of the community to preach. "I...