The Baal Shem Tov’s magnificent Ten Principles are the key to emuna, Chassidic thought, and to understanding how the universe functions. Nothing is devoid of Hashem…
The host despised Chassidim; he cursed at the Baal Shem Tov and his students. He ran through Kiddush then threw a few morsels of dry black bread in their direction...
The holy Baal Shem Tov departed from this world on Shavuot 5769 (1750). He is the father of the Chassidic movement and great-grandfather of Rebbe Nachman…
Vladimir Melnik, a tour guide from Breslev in the Ukraine, is also the caretaker of Rebbe Natan's holy gravesite just like his great grandparents were…
The couple didn't believe in the power of tzaddikim and miracle-working rabbis, but what could they do? Their daughter had suddenly became paralyzed…
The quiet tzaddik simply stood in the corner, pouring his heart out. I had been frozen, with no spiritual arousal at all, until I prayed in the same room with him...
Prior to World War II, hard times befell Poland and Rebbe Yitzchak was forced out of his job. His family was in shock, but he did not lose his calm demeanor…
In this, the last episode of our series, the Baal Shem Tov follows in the footsteps of Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai by destroying evil decrees against the Jews…
Before the Baal Shem Tov knew what was happening, people were coming from near and far, bringing sick members of their families to be cured by him…
Reb David of Mikolayov discovers that the Baal Shem Tov is a true and magnificent tzaddik and shares the secret with the people of Kitov…
The Baal Shem yearned again for life in a village, where he could go off by himself and study Torah and worship the Almighty in prayer, in complete solitude…
They stared at their teacher, drenched from his head to his heels; his shoes were torn and had holes in them, as though someone or something bit them with sharp teeth…
The Baal Shem Tov’s students felt a pang of jealousy. Why did Alexei – the non-Jewish shepherd - have the privilege of traveling with the Baal Shem Tov?
A secret letter is sent to Rebbe Geshon in the town of Brody, that the Baal Shem Tov is about to be revealed as the shepherd of Israel…
In this episode, we learn how Alexei became the loyal servant of the Baal Shem Tov and all about the miracles that happened while tending the sheep...
There was just enough time for the people to get their families and belongings out of their homes. And then every house went up in flames…
Night after night, while the village of Okup slept peacefully, Yisraelic and the Reb Moshe sat in the little synagogue by candlelight, learning Torah together...
Israel had trained himself to get up at this time every night, so that he could study for a few hours, in complete secrecy, the holy words of his beloved Zohar.