Stories of Tzadikim

Reb Hillel Paritcher was a baal avodah and dedicated chassid of the Alter Rebbe and his successors. A Chasidic master…

Rebbe Yaakov Yitzchak, the Chozeh or ‘Seer’ of Lublin zy’a was a wondrous light of righteousness and Torah scholarship, kedusha…

I’ll tell you a maiseh. One of the great Chassidic Rebbes was the holy Kotzker Rebbe. The Kotzker generally did…

I’ll tell you a maaseh. One of the great Chassidishe Rebbes was the Rebbe Reb Bunim from Peshischa. In his…

Everyone in the town of Sassov knew that, for some reason, the great Tzadik Reb Moshe Leib Sassover never showed…

I’ll tell you a maaseh. One of the great Tzadikim was Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. He was a student…

In honor of the 198th yahrtzeit of Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa, 12 Elul The Rebbe Reb Simcha Bunim of…

I’ll tell you a maaseh. When the Baal Shem Tov first revealed himself, the very mention of his name evoked…

Reb Bunim of Peshichsa did not follow the “standard” pathway to becoming a Rebbe. Before he became Rebbe, he was…

I’ll tell you a maaseh. There were two Yidden living in the city of Utepsk. One’s name was R’ Shmuel…

I’ll tell you a maaseh. The Rebbe Reb Zusha and Reb Shmelke of Nickulsburg were two of the greatest Chassidim…

Usually, we share stories about Tzadikim, but amech kulam Tzadikim — every Yid is a big Tzadik. So I’ll tell…

One of the great Tzadikim was Reb Elimilech of Lizhensk. There are countless stories brought down in seforim testifying to…

Reb Herschel Lisker (who was the Rebbe of Reb Shayele of Kerestir) had a close relationship with the heiligeh Komarana,…

Let me tell you a maaseh. There was once a Yid named Avremele, whose son became very sick. Avremele was…

I’ll tell you a maaseh. There was a Yid, we’ll call him Yankele, who lived and worked in the city…

The Tzadik Reb Moshe Lieb Sossover was a student in the yeshivah of the Rebbe Reb Shmelke of Nickolsberg. Once,…

I’ll tell you a maaseh. A chassid once went to his Rebbe, the Chozeh of Lublin, and asked him whether…

Reb Herschel of Zitichov was once sitting by his Lag Ba’omer tish, and he shared the following gematria with his…

The heiligeh Komarna Rebbe, in his sefer Heichal Habrocha, relates the following story that he witnessed. It once happened that…

One of the great Tzadikim, Reb Michel Zlochivor, had many Chassidim, including a devoted follower, Moishe. Wherever the Rebbe went,…

One of the sons of the Chozeh of Lublin was once traveling and stopped at an inn overnight. The next…

In honor of the yahrtzeit of Rav Aryeh Levine zt”l Reb Aryeh Levine zt”l loved Jews in the deepest way.…

In honor of the 200th yarhtzeit of Rav Yehoshua Heshel of Apta, 5 Nissan The Apter Rav was known by…

In honor of the 238th yahrzeit of Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk When Reb Shlomo Bobover zy”a was a young bochur,…

Everyone knows that one of the many areas in which the great Tzadik, the Chofetz Chaim, stood out, was his…

I’ll tell you a maaseh. One of the great Chassidim of the Yid Hakadosh of Peshischa was the Rebbe Reb…

In honor of the 166th yaartzeit of the Kotzker Rebbe, Rav Menachem Mendel Morgenstern ZY”A, 22 Shvat The Sfas Emes…

The story goes that the great tzadik and posek Rav Chatzel Shinievar once came to visit a small town, and…

In honor of Yud Shvat, the day the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rav Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn passed away (in the year…