This week I have two stories for you, the first about the students of the Vilna Gaon who tried to fight the Enlightenment movement and the second about a woman's total faith in the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe.If you're enjoying these Chassidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply …

This week I have three new stories for you, the first about a simple Jew that is sent to buy an etrog for his entire community and ends up doing another mitzvah instead, the second about the sukkah of Reb Mordechai of Nadvorna and the third about the dancing of the chassidim of the Baal Shem Tov on Simchat Torah and then at the end I'll add all of …

This week I have two new stories for Yom Kippur, the first about singing Kol Nidre in Siberia and the second about a drunk water carrier in the shul of the Seerer of Lublin on Yom Kippur night, then stories from previous years. Gmar chatima tova to all of my sweetest listeners!If you would like to buy equipment for our IDF soldiers, the link to Not…

This week I have a new story for Rosh Hashana and then stories from previous years. Shana tova u'mtuka to all of my sweetest listeners!If you're enjoying these Chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support!Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hul…

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a simple tailor that goes to the Apter Rov asking for a blessing for parnasa (livelihood) and gets stuck in a dilemma. The second is about the Rebbe of Toldos Aharon on vacation in Europe and finds himself without a minyan for Rosh Chodesh Elul. Plus a bonus story from the archives at the end…

This week I have two stories for you for Chai Elul, the 18th of Elul which is the birthdays of both the Baal Shem Tov in 1698 and the Alter Rebbe in 1745. The first story is about a father with eighteen sons. He sends they off and asks them to come back five years later to share what Torah ideas they learned and the second about the Alter Rebbe put…

This week I have three stories for you, the first is about a simple farmer that comes to the Alter Rebbe before Rosh Hashana and has no idea what a Rebbe is or does, the second about the power of praying at the time of lighting the candles for Shabbos and the third a story about Reb Meir Refaels and how he became a chassid of the Alter Rebbe.If you…

This week I have two stories for you, the first about a Torah scholar and his wife running out of food and money and what happens after the husband finds a silver coin and the second about a Jew that gets involved in Native American culture in the 1970s and eventually finds his way to Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld.If you're enjoying these Chasidic stories,…

This week I have one long story for you about a wealthy miser that goes on a very long spiritual journey.If you're enjoying these Chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support!Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-man-in-white-and-smel…

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a wealthy Jew who doesn't believe in tzadikim or Rebbes, but his wife goes to Reb Meirl of Premishlan for a blessing for children and the second a story about Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz and he power of prayer If you're enjoying these Chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy …

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a wealthy Jew who disagrees with his rebbe and goes to find another that will see things like him and the second about a great rabbi in Jerusalem disagreeing with Rabbi Shmuel of Zichlin. If you're enjoying these Chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.c…

This week I have three stories for you the first about a young Yisrael Abergel who comes to a hidden Tzadik in Yafo that tells him he can speak with souls that have been reincarnated into animals, the second about a miser who won't help the Jews in the Land of Israel and the third about a girl near Melbourne who wants to convert to Judaism. If you'…

This week I have two stories for you the first about a wealthy Jew that comes to the Baal Shem Tov to ask for a blessing for a child, but it comes with a condition that the child not touch the ground until he's 4 years old and the second about the great rabbi and scholar, Rabbi Shmuel Shtrashun, the Rashash who made a grave mistake and the effects …

This week I have two stories for you the first about a chassid who made a business deal that went really wrong and came to his rebbe, Reb Dovid Tzvi of Neushtadt for advice and the second about a chassid of the Sadigora Rebbe who ended up going to the Lubavitcher Rebbe for advice on a business deal.If you're enjoying these Chasidic stories, please …

This week I have two stories for you for Yud Beis and Yud Gimmel Tamuz, the festival of liberation of the Rebbe Rayatz, the first is about a chassid of the Rebbe Rayatz who is arrested by the NKVD secret police and goes to the Rebbe for advice and the second is about the hesitations of Rebbetzin Tzviyah Eliyahu about her husband becoming the chief …

This week I have two stories for you for Gimmel Tamuz, the yahrzeit of the last Lubavitcher Rebbe, the first is about the miraculous birth of someone who never met the Lubavitcher Rebbe and the second about a promising yeshiva bocher who tried to lie to the Rebbe.If you're enjoying these Chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coff…

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This week I have three stories for you, the first is about a simple chassid of the Shpoler Zayde who has his life saving stolen by a Russian solider and goes to the Tzadik for help, the second about an undercover unit in the IDF deciding to wear tzitziot and the third about Reb Mordechai Dov of Hornisteipl who needed to have surgery to remove a sor…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a wealthy Jew who comes to the Chasam Sofer for a loan and the second about the Rebbe Maharash before he was rebbe and a very insistent woman who wanted a blessing for children.If you're enjoying these Chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhul…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a wedding dowry and the controversy that it creates and the second about a very insistent milkman who finds a bag of coins in the street.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about how the Maggid of Mezritch came to find out if the Baal Shem Tov is truly holy or just does miracles and the second about a special chevruta of two Torah scholars and one of them having doubts about Hashem's existance.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to bu…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a Misnaged (an opposer to the Chassidim) who came to Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk to determine whether he was really a tzadik or a big fake and the second a story I heard on shabbos when a Haredi rabbi was asked by an injured former solider why Haredim like him don't have to serve in the IDF.If …

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a wealthy Torah scholar who insists that the Baal Shem Tov teach him the secret of understanding the birds' speech and the second about an unlikely Chassidic minyan in the middle of nowhere in Italy.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. http…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a German Jewish businessman who comes to Reb Yishochor DovBer of Radoshitz (known also as the Saba Kadisha) for a blessing to heal his son who has been deaf since birth and the second about Rabbi Yaakova Landa, a close Chassid of the Rebbe Rashab who asks the rebbe for an unual request.If you…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a Jewish businessman falsely accused of stealing who comes to the Shpoler Zayde for a blessing not to have to go to jail and the second about the love Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe had for his wayward son.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://k…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about Rabbi Asher Zeev Werner of Tiberias who can't figure out how to pay for his yeshiva's expenses until he has a dream and the second a gift given by Rabbi Meir Shapiro to a young boy that does wonders.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. http…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about an old Torah scholar in Tzfat who asks for a crazy blessing from the Baba Sali and the second about a wealthy Jew in Toronto who needed help from the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullma…

This week I have two stories for you and then all of the previous Pesach stories from past years, the first story this week is about a chassid of the Baal Shem Tov who comes to visit his grandson, the Rebbe Reb Baruch of Mezibuz just before Pesach and the second about a wine merchant who wants to get a Kosher for Pesach certification from Rabbi Yec…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about an Agunah, a Jewish woman stuck in her marriage because her husband can't or won't give her a divorce, who comes to the Tzemach Tzedek for help and the second about Reb Mendel Futerfas and Pesach in the Gulag.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a co…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a visiting beggar that spreads a rumor that gets him invited to the wealthiest Jews homes and the second about the Apta Rav having divine inspiration that contradicts the Torah.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhul…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a visit to the Gerer Rebbe's Tish in Jerusalem and the second about Reb Naftoli of Rophshitz collecting tzedakah for poor Jews.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support!A…

This week I have one long Baal Shem Tov story for you and then all of the previous Purim stories. Enjoy. Gut Purim, my sweetest friends.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support!Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hu…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a simple Jew who the Baal Shem Tov sees has a holy fire burning above him and tries to understand why and the second is about a young boy with crooked legs that gets a bracha from the last Lubavitcher Rebbe.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coff…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a spice merchant that gives Reb Leib Sarah's a loan and gets back much more than he could imagine and the second a couple that hosts is tested by Heaven.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a chassid of the Rebbe Mordechai of Nadvorna who is asked to do a favor for a gentile woman and the second about the Rebbe Maharash visiting the fanciest casino in Paris.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Th…

This week I have two stories for you, the first about a simple woodchopper who gets a bracha from Reb Moshe Lieb of Sassov and the tzadik's bracha can never be stopped and the second about a desperate tavern owner that comes to Reb Zusha for help.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi…

This week I have two stories for you, the first about a Chassid of the Rebbe Rashab who is down on his luck but discovers a lost wallet and the second about a wealthy Jew who makes a special reminder for himself to remember to remain humble and a third very short story about the last Lubavitcher Rebbe.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, plea…

This week I have a two stories for you from the archives since I'm recovering from the flu and couldn't record this week, the first is about a woman who gives tzedakah to the Pressburg yeshiva to say kaddish for anyone who doesn't have someone to say kaddish for them and the second about a wealthy Chassid delivering a letter for Baal Shem Tov.If yo…

This week I have a two stories for you, the first is about a Misnaged that hated the Baal Shem Tov, but has no choice than to go to him and the second about the son of the Pnei Yehoshua being an ignoramus.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appr…

This week I have a two stories for you, the first is about a high ranking KGB officer who comes looking for the local mohel and the second about a chassid of the Rebbe Rashab hoping for a miracle to get out of being drafted into the Russian army.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.…

This week I have a few stories for you about the Baba Sali, the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Reb Meir Abehsera and the power of tzadikim. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support!Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman…

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a kind couple that hosts the Chernobyler Rebbe every year, but this year the rebbe refuses to come to their house and the second about a nobleman who became sick and got a blessing from the Rebbe Maharash of Lubavitch.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to bu…

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a poor Jew who needs to marry off his daughter and comes to the Kosover Rebbe for advice and the second about a wealthy couple that weren't blessed with children and come to the Radzyminer Rebbe for advice.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffe…

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a special guest at a brit mila for a couple that was married for 20 years and didn't have children before and the second a story that I heard from my rabbi of blessed memory, Reb Sholom Brodt, about a Jew that survived the Holocaust and did everything he could to avoid keeping Torah or mitzvo…

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a top student of the Chofetz Chaim who makes him promise to never break shabbos and the second about a generous wealthy Jew helping a poor orphan couple to get married.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Than…

This week I have one long Baal Shem Tov story about a wealthy couple that is blessed by the Baal Shem Tov to have a son that he promises to raise as his own.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support!Also available at https://so…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a Chassid of the Mittler Rebbe that asks for help but the Rebbe apparently made a mistake and the second about a broken bottle of oil used for Chanukah, then I have four other Chanukah stories for you from previous years.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a Chassid of the Mittler Rebbe that becomes a wagon driver because the rebbe told him so and the second about the horses of the Baal Shem Tov who came to think that they were angels.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/bar…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a genius Torah scholar who has questions that no one except the Baal Shem Tov can answer and the second from the Six Day War in 1967 with Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu and the Cave of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in Hevron.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to bu…

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a young man who decides to leave being a religious Jew at the time of the enlightenment and the second about every person have their particular mission in this world.This is the link the article I mentioned at the end of the podcast where I answer some of the difficult questions being asked a…