Ba’al Shem Tov: From the Heart
Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s trilogy on the Ba’al Shem Tov, Or Yisrael, vol. 2, p. 206. Once the entire congregation was reciting Psalms in the...
Category : Stories
Ba’al Shem Tov: From One End of the World to the Other
Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s Or Yisrael (vol. 3, pp. 167-171), a three-volume anthology of stories of the Ba’al Shem Tov with commentary. In the holy...
The Ba’al Shem Tov: Manifestation of Shechinah in Simplicity
The holy Rebbe Rayatz once said: I will tell you a story about the holy Ba’al Shem Tov, about one of the three times that...
The Ba’al Shem Tov: Fear of Heaven
(Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s book on the Ba’al Shem Tov, “Or Yisrael” Vol. 3, p.72). Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s book on the Ba’al Shem Tov,...
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,...
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: Your Soul will Teach You
Translated and excerpted from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s book on the Ba’al Shem Tov, Or Yisrael vol.II, p.188....
The Ba'al Shem Tov: No Such Thing as Coincidence
Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s book, “Or Yisrael” Part 2, page 129. Once the Ba’al Shem Tov was visiting the holy congregation of Nemerov, and...
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...
The Ba’al Shem Tov’s Gift of a Dry Sukkah
The Ba’al Shem Tov requested something of his brother-in-law, Rabbi Gershon of Kitov, who fulfilled his request. “What can I give you in return for...
