The Ba’al Shem Tov: And Truth was Thrown to the Earth
Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s trilogy of stories of the Ba’al Shem Tov, Or Yisrael, Vol II, p. 120 The holy Ba’al Shem Tov said: The...
Category : Stories
Ba'al Shem Tov: Never Forget
Before his passing, the Ba’al Shem called for his disciples and told each of them how to continue and what would be their source of...
Ba’al Shem Tov: Candle and Connection
Connecting to the Deep Advice of the Tzaddik[1] Once a chasid of the Ba’al Shem Tov came to spend Shabbat with his illustrious Rebbe. When...
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...
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...
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: The Soulful Sigh
Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s Or Yisrael (vol. 2, p. 211), a three-volume anthology of stories of the Ba’al Shem Tov with commentary. It was...
