Stories
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
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
Ba’al Shem Tov: From One End of the Worl...
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 Shec...
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
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’s Secret Marriage Ma...
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
Rabbi Yisrael Ba’al Shem Tov and the Hidd...
Rabbi Yisrael Ba’al Shem Tov was born to his parents, Eliezer and Sarah, on the 18th of Elul 5458 (1698). When he was a small
