The Ba’al Shem Tov: When the Fox Forgot his Parables
The Midrash[1] relates the following parable: Once the lion, the king of the animals, became angry with all the animals. The animals consulted each other...
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The Ba’al Shem Tov: From One End of the World to the Other
In the book “Or Hameir” by Rabbi Ze’ev of Zhitomir, the disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch, it is written that once, the disciples of...
The Ba’al Shem Tov on Aesthetics
Keter Shem Tov, Section 76 All that we have discussed regarding aesthetics relates to the central innovation of a teaching from the Ba’al Shem Tov....
Ba’al Shem Tov: The Secret Blessings in Rebuke
Once, on the Shabbat of parashat Bechukotai, Rebbe Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl, who was suffering from many ailments, came to the Ba’al Shem Tov. In...
Ba’al Shem Tov: The Storyteller
Once the Ba’al Shem Tov came to the town of Shargorod early in the morning and stood with his wagon in the town square. When...
The Ba'al Shem Tov: Dangers on the Road
Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s trilogy of stories of the Ba’al Shem Tov, Or Yisrael, Vol. III p. 131. Once, when he was traveling with his...
Ba’al Shem Tov: Torah from Simple Jews
Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s trilogy on the Ba’al Shem Tov, Or Yisrael, volume II. P. 191. The hidden tzaddikim and the disciples of our master,...
Ba’al Shem Tov: The Wedding Presents that Descended to Reality
Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s trilogy of stories of the Ba’al Shem Tov, Or Yisrael, Volume III, p. 97. A Jewish innkeeper had two young orphans,...
Ba’al Shem Tov: All My Thoughts Are About You
Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s trilogy of stories of the Ba’al Shem Tov, Vol. II p. 124 The Ba’al Shem Tov said: Even if the bowl...
The Ba'al Shem Tov at University
A fascinating story about the Ba'al Shem Tov and clarifying sparks....
