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...
Category : Spiritual Masters
Preparing for Selichot with Rebbe Michel of Zlotshov
* based on a shiur given on Motza’ei Shabbat 26 Elul 5773 Notes taken during class, not reviewed nor edited by HaRav Ginsburgh 1....
Rabbi Simchah Bunim of Peshischa: Loving Lowliness
Rabbi Simchah Bunim Bonhardt of Peshischa (Przysucha) was a disciple of The Holy Yid, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowitz of Peshischa. Both were disciples of the...
The Tzror Hachaim of Selish: Torah, Shoes and Salvation
Rabbi Shmuel Shmelkeh Klein was born in 5565 (1805) to his mother Pessil and his father, Rabbi Yosef. He was named after his uncle, the...
The Holy Or HaChaim: Keeping the Fire in Purgatory Off
Rabbi Chaim Ben-Atar, known as the holy Or HaChaim for his famous commentary on the Torah, was born in 5456 (1696) in Morocco. Even as...
12 Tamuz: The Rebbe Rayatz
Click here for Rabbi Ginsburgh's fascinating class on the 12th of Tamuz. ...
Ba’al Hahafla’ah: Worldly Matters for Tzaddikim?
Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz, known as the Ba'al HaHafla'ah after his series of books by this name on the Talmud and Shulchan Aruch, was born in...
The Rebbe’s Children
This is a story about one of the shluchim (emissaries) of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. It took place in the days when international travel was complicated...
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu: A Flash of Wisdom that Prevented Intermarriage
Rabbi Mordechai Tzemach Eliyahu was born on 21 Adar A 5689 (1929) to Rabbi Salman Eliyahu, a Kabbalist and disciple of the Ben Ish Chai,...
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vurke: Love, Fear and Deep Connection
Rabbi Mordechai Menachem Mendel Kalisch, ‘the Silent Rebbe’ from Vurke (Warka, Poland), was born in 5579 (1819) to Rebbe Yisrael Yitzchak, the founder of the...
