Enlight How not to get dirty Rebbe Meir from Przemysl and Rebbe Israel from Ruzhin were bosom friends. At the same time, it was difficult to imagine people more different. Meir lived in poverty. He never allowed an extra penny to... Hasidic Parables Parables
Enlight leaf One spring, Rabbi Shalom Ber from Lubavitch took his family to a country dacha. While walking with his son and future successor, Rebbe Joseph Isaac, Shalom Ber pointed to the sprouts of wheat sproutin... Hasidic Parables Parables
Enlight See or Believe Rebbe Meir was a student of Rebbe Mordechai of Lechovichi. And he had a business partner - Rabbi Gershon, an ardent misnaged (opponent of Hasidism). Meir continually invited him to visit his rebbe-men... Hasidic Parables Parables
Enlight Boatman The owner invited a craftsman to paint the boat. While working, the boatman noticed a hole in the bottom, fixed it, finished painting, received the money and left. And the next day the owner of the bo... Hasidic Parables Parables
Enlight Show me One day a woman came to Rebbe Shalom with some personal problem. “I did everything I could, rabbi,” she complained, stating the essence of the problem. “Now everything depends on the grace of God, and... Hasidic Parables Parables
Enlight Wealth and wisdom One man asked the Baal Shem: —What is more important and valuable: wealth or wisdom? The questioner had his own thoughts on this matter. So the Baal Shem laughed and said: - Of course, wisdom is more ... Hasidic Parables Parables
Enlight Appetite of the Righteous One day, Rebbe Avigdor Halberstam, brother of Rebbe Chaim of Tsanz, was invited to Shabbos with a man famous for his wealth, but not at all for his meekness. It was known that this man was very rude t... Hasidic Parables Parables
Enlight Lord, good night Rebbe Fischl of Strichov performed the same kind of ritual every evening - he invariably drank a glass of vodka before going to bed. First, he blessed the filled glass to the top, then drained it to t... Hasidic Parables Parables
Enlight Horse logic One day a man came to Rabbi Meir from Przemysl for advice. He complained bitterly that he had a competitor in the city who could take him around the world. —Have you ever noticed that a horse, approac... Hasidic Parables Parables
Enlight Required attribute In one Hasidic community they were celebrating Shabbat, and the chief rebbe’s glass broke. His wife brought a broom and swept away the fragments. “Put away the broom,” the rabbi told her, “otherwise m... Hasidic Parables Parables
Enlight Alphabet of sadness One day one of the grandsons of Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch fell into deep despondency. His friends noticed this and, to shake him up and cheer him up, they asked: - Why are you so sad? “Aleph-... Hasidic Parables Parables
Enlight Stone chowder One day, a rich merchant came to Dov Ber, the Maggid (Jewish traditional preacher) from Mezhirich. The Rebbe was just eating a modest meal with his disciples, and the merchant joined them. “Tell me,” ... Hasidic Parables Parables
