The Ramak: Rabbi Moses Cordovero: Don't Doubt the Holy Ari
Rabbi Moses Cordovero was born in the year 5282 (1522) to Rabbi Yaakov. His birthplace is unknown, though his family name attests that his lineage...
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Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu: Doctor’s Orders
Rabbi Mordechai Tzemach Eliyahu was born on the 21st of Adar I, 5689 (1929), to Rabbi Salman Eliyahu, a Kabbalist and disciple of the illustrious...
Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk: Don’t Give Up, Just Love
Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk was born around the year 5500 (1740), to his father Rabbi Moshe, who was among the disciples of the Ba'al...
What Our Children Reveal About Us
The Ba’al Shem Tov had two children, a boy and a girl. His son was Rebbe Tzvi and his daughter was the famous Odel. Few...
Rebbe Shmuel of Slonim: The Extortionist and the Fourth Revolution
Rebbe Shmuel Weinberg of Slonim was born in 5610 (1850) to Rabbi Yechiel Michel Aharon, son of Rebbe Avraham, the founder of Slonim Chasidism. He...
The Ba’al Teshuvah’s Longer Shorter Path
In the long winter Friday nights of 5784, HaRav Ginsburgh dedicated part of the classes he taught to Keter Shem Tov, the anthology of the...
Male and Female in Every Word of the Torah
Beginning in 5779, HaRav Ginsburgh dedicated one of his weekly Shabbat classes to the anthology of the Ba’al Shem Tov’s teachings, Keter Shem Tov. In...
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,...
Divine Providence (Part 3): The Ba’al Shem Tov’s Teachings from the Garden of Eden
Click here for the other chapters of this article. Divine Providence While Walking We now turn to the Addendums to the collection of teachings from...
