Rebbe Zev Kitzes: A Foundational Tzaddik
Rebbe Zev Wolf Kitzes, among the most distinguished disciples of the Ba’al Shem Tov and his close companion, was born in the year 5455 (1695)....
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The Ba’al Shem Tov: The Power of a Rebbe
When the holy Ba’al Shem Tov lived as a hidden tzaddik, wandering from city to city and village to village, one of his sacred practices,...
He’s Coming Now: A Story for Rosh Hashanah
The holy fellowship of the Baal Shem Tov had a special house outside the city, where they would gather after every teaching the Baal Shem...
The Ba’al Shem Tov: Something Entirely Different
I heard from my father-in-law, the Gaon Rabbi Aharon Bernstein of blessed memory, who heard from the holy Rabbi Mordechai Tzvi Shmerler of blessed memory,...
The Ba’al Shem Tov: Reciprocal Divine Providence
The holy Rabbi of Kaminke related the following story: Once, a poor man came before the Baal Shem Tov seeking salvation from his poverty. The...
Melodies that Bring the Mashiach
When the Baal Shem Tov returned from his attempted journey to the Land of Israel, he passed through Hungary. He arrived in the town of...
The Ba’al Shem Tov: Seruliva
When the holy tzaddik, Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin, fled Russia and crossed the border into Austria, he arrived at a village and asked, “What is...
The Ba’al Shem Tov’s Secret Cave
In the year 5584 (1724), when the Baal Shem Tov turned twenty-six, an elderly man appeared to him—his teacher, the soul of the prophet Achiya...
The Ba’al Shem Tov: The Torah Comes Alive
Rabbi Dov Ber (later to be known as the Maggid of Mezritch) heard of the great holy Rabbi, the Ba’al Shem Tov; that many people...
Ba’al Shem Tov: Different From How You Know Me Now
I heard that the Ba’al Shem Tov said: “If the righteous redeemer [the Mashiach] will not arrive within sixty years, I will have to come...
