The Ba’al Shem Tov: Reflecting Divinity
(Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s book on the Ba’al Shem Tov, Or Yisrael, vol. 3, p. 70). Once when the holy Ba’al Shem Tov was praying,...
Category : Stories
The Unsuspecting Hidden Tzaddik
The Ba’al Shem Tov had a chassid by the name of Herschel. He was a simple commoner and excelled in his fear of Heaven. For...
The Ba’al Shem Tov’s Secret Marriage Match
Rabbi Avraham Gershon of Kitov was born to his father, Rabbi Ephraim, in Galicia. Rabbi Gershon was known as a Torah genius and great Kabbalist...
Rabbi Yisrael Ba’al Shem Tov and the Hidden Tzaddikim
Rabbi Yisrael Ba’al Shem Tov was born to his parents, Eliezer and Sarah, on the 18th of Elul 5458 (1698). When he was a small...
The Ba’al Shem Tov: Rejoice and Dance
When the Ba’al Shem Tov was ten years old, he was already a member of the cohort of hidden tzaddikim. When he was seventeen, he...
The Ba’al Shem Tov: A Baby from the Fake World
This story was told by Reb Refael Berchider, who heard it from the Maggid of Mezritch himself. He said that if he had not heard...
You Mean I Missed Him?
Translated and excerpted from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s book, ‘Or Yisrael,’ Volume 3 page 30. Rabbi Gershon of Kitov once asked the Ba’al Shem Tov to arrange...
The Key to Chassidut and Overcoming Confusion
The key to Chassidut and overcoming confusion Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s book on the stories of the Ba’al Shem Tov: Or Yisra’el: Volume 2 ...
Ba’al Shem Tov: Magical Mysterious Shoes
Magical Mystery Shoes A Ba'al Shem Tov story excerpted from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s book Or Yisrael Once the Ba’al Shem Tov went to rest...
