The Chassidic Story Project with Barak Hullman

251

Reb Shayala's Fake Rebbe and The Amshinover and the Cossack

May 19, 2021

13:28

Two stories this week, the first about Reb Shalaya of Kerestir's Fake Rebbe and the second of the Amshinover chassid who runs into a Cossack in the forest erev shabbos. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/reb-shayalas-fake-rebbe-and-the-amshinover-and-the-cossack. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

252

How Shabbos Saved Rabbi Gurevitz

May 12, 2021

11:03

A chassid of the Frierdiker Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, ends up in Siberia with a seven year sentence. Even though he was asked to work on shabbos he refused. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/how-shabbos-saved-rabbi-gurevitz. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

253

The Power Of A Story Of A Tzadik

May 5, 2021

11:49

Chaim ends up in the hospital after a car accident and a stranger shows him the power of a story of the great tzadik Reb Shayale of Kerestir and a short story from Reb Dovid'l of Tolna. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-power-of-a-story-of-a-tzadik. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

254

How Reb Meir Refaels Became A Chassid Part 2

Apr 28, 2021

14:02

The second story of how the leader of the Jewish community of Vilna--home of the greatest opposers of the Chassidim--Reb Meir Refaels was completely convinced to become a devoted Chassid of Reb Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/how-reb-meir-refaels-became-a-chassid-part-2. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

255

How Reb Meir Refaels Became A Chassid Part 1

Apr 21, 2021

13:00

Story one out of two about how the leader of the Jewish community of Vilna--home of the greatest opposers of the Chassidim--Reb Meir Refaels became a devoted Chassid of Reb Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/how-reb-meir-refaels-became-a-chassid-part-1. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

256

Challah That's Sweeter Than Wine

Apr 14, 2021

11:30

Two stories this week. Reb Yudel in the Old City of Jerusalem tries to help a fellow Jew who can't afford a lifesaving surgery and a story about a Chassid of the Alter Rebbe who experiences a miracle three times in a row. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/challah-thats-sweeter-than-wine. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

257

A Blessing With A Condition

Apr 7, 2021

10:41

Shlomo has wealth but no children. He comes to the Baal Shem Tov asking for a blessing, but it comes with a condition. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/a-blessing-with-a-condition. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

258

The Seder In The Communist Party Hall

Mar 30, 2021

11:49

A young Chabad Chassid puts together a Seder in the Russia five years after the fall of the Soviet Union. Everything is going smoothly until he mentions the coming of the Moshiach. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-seder-in-the-communist-party-hall. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

259

Why Do Your Blessings Come True?

Mar 23, 2021

10:30

The Apter Rav travels from Mezibuz to Russia to find out why the blessings of a simple innkeeper come true. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/why-do-your-blessings-come-true. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

260

Shimon The Butcher's Secret Tzadik

Mar 17, 2021

10:24

When Reb Meir of Premishlan was a boy he collected tzedakah and to save time made a deal with Shimon the Butcher. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/shimon-the-butchers-secret-tzadik. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

261

A Pound Of Candles

Mar 10, 2021

10:20

When a wagon driver unintentionally breaks shabbos, he can't understand why his teshuva is not being accepted until he visits the Baal Shem Tov. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/a-pound-of-candles. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

262

Please Rebbe, Tell Me Who Went Bankrupt

Mar 3, 2021

11:05

The Sanzer Rebbe comes to a wealthy Jew to collect tzedakah for another wealthy Jew who went bankrupt. The wealthy Jew wants to know who he's giving the tzedakah to. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/please-rebbe-tell-me-who-went-bankrupt. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

263

When Wine Enters, The Secrets Come Out

Feb 24, 2021

10:59

Baruch Mordechai gets a special blessing at his bris on Purim by the Chassam Sofer. The secret is only revealed 70 years later in the holy city of Jerusalem. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/when-wine-enters-the-secrets-come-out. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

264

How Will You Answer The Heavenly Court For Your Actions?

Feb 17, 2021

10:18

Two short stories this week. One about a poor melamed who comes to the Sanzer Rebbe for help to marry off his daughter and the other about the power of halachic rulings. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/how-will-you-answer-the-heavenly-court-for-your-actions. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

265

The Depressed Tailor's Brachos

Feb 10, 2021

12:56

Two tailors end up in a situation where they can help a fellow Jew. One gives his life savings and his life takes a new direction. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-depressed-tailors-brachos. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

266

The Onion Peddler's Daughter

Feb 3, 2021

12:19

Gedalia is a Torah prodigy. He grows up in the house of the Baal Shem Tov. When the Rebbe suggests the daughter of a poor, illiterate onion peddler as a shidduch for Gedila, everyone is confused as to why. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-onion-peddlers-daughter. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

267

A Thousand Gold Coins

Jan 27, 2021

9:32

The Apter Rav's son is getting married but even though the wedding date is getting closer, he's not making any preparations for the wedding. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/a-thousand-gold-coins. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. See all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

268

Don't Reveal To Anyone Who I Am

Jan 20, 2021

10:49

The Seer of Lublin loses his holy vision at a crossroads and let's Hashem take him and the Chassidim where they need to go. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/why-would-the-alter-rebbe-send-you-to-me. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. See all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

269

How The Baal Shem Tov Captured My Soul

Jan 13, 2021

11:13

Reb Meir's chevruta Reb David one day disappears. Rumors are that he became a chassid of the Baal Shem Tov. Years later the two meet and Reb Meir asks Reb David what happened. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/how-the-baal-shem-tov-captured-my-soul. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. See all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

270

Why Would The Alter Rebbe Send You To Me?

Jan 6, 2021

10:02

A simple chassid comes to the Alter Rebbe of Chabad to get a blessing and advice on how to get a permit to print Jewish holy books. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/why-would-the-alter-rebbe-send-you-to-me. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. See all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

271

Who's Telling The Truth?

Dec 30, 2020

10:21

A perfume merchant and oil merchant in Prague both claim that money is theirs. The king needs to figure out who's telling the truth. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/whos-telling-the-truth. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman.

272

The Wheel

Dec 23, 2020

19:55

A wealthy Chassid loses everything and gives his last pennies to his rebbe. This is the story his rebbe told him. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-wheel. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman.

273

Bringing Light To The Darkness

Dec 16, 2020

11:14

A Chassid in Bergen Belsen tries to figure out how he can light a Chanukah menorah in the darkest of all places.

274

Itche Der Shiker And The Rosh Yeshiva

Dec 9, 2020

12:16

A Rosh Yeshiva tells the story of how a decision he made as a young bocher in Europe affected his entire life.

275

Five Times More

Dec 2, 2020

11:54

A diamond merchant travels from Israel to New York for business. At a farbrengen of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Rebbe tells him to give much more tzedakah than he planned.

276

Hashem Takes Us Where We Need To Go

Nov 25, 2020

9:03

A wealthy businessman who visits his old Melamed every year asks the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek if he should visit the Melamed this year too. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman.

277

The Seer Of Lublin Hosts A Fellow Jew

Nov 18, 2020

13:59

The Seer of Lublin is pained that because he's a famous Rebbe he can't host a fellow Jew like everyone else.

278

The Room Where All Of My Treasure Is

Nov 11, 2020

12:18

A chassid of the Rebbe Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov comes asking for advice on how to get out of poverty. He's sent to a wealthy Jew to learn where his treasure is hidden.

279

Make A Run Of Kosher Wine

Nov 4, 2020

14:53

A Jew's soul cannot get rest because his son left a life of Torah and mitzvot. He asks the Baal Shem Tov in a dream to help.

280

The Bankrupt Chassid And 50 Cups Of Coffee

Oct 28, 2020

11:18

A Chassid of the Amishover is down on his luck and comes to the rebbe for advice. What happens next surprises even the rebbe.

281

You're Not Bankrupt If You Know How To Pray

Oct 21, 2020

9:00

The Seer of Lublin tells one of his closest students, Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa that he will go bankrupt this year.

282

Faith In The Rebbe

Oct 14, 2020

13:07

Two women, one who believes in the power of Tzadikim and Rebbes and the other that doesn't, head to the Ruzhiner Rebbe for a blessing, but their requests get mixed up by the Rebbe's secretary.

283

Three Days To Make It Rain

Sep 30, 2020

10:17

There's a drought in Jerusalem in 1655 and the Jews of Jerusalem are given three days to make it rain or be expelled from the city.

284

Reb Dovid Lelover's Special Kol Nidre

Sep 23, 2020

9:36

Reb Dovid Lelover has his most special Kol Nidre on Yom Kippur in a surprising way.

285

Reb Yoel Chaim Weissfish's Shofar

Sep 16, 2020

10:36

Reb Yoel Chaim Weissfish is famous for his shofar blowing. When he passes away in 1913 he leaves the shofar to his two sons. This is the story of Reb Yoel Chaim Weissfish's Shofar.

286

The Holy Feivish The Lowest Of The Low

Sep 9, 2020

17:13

Feivish The Lowest of the Low becomes a Chassid of the Baal Shem Tov for just 3 days. This is his story.

287

If Not Higher

Sep 2, 2020

9:21

The famous story by I.L. Peretz about a Litvak that comes to the court of the Nimirover Rebbe during Selichot. The Rebbe is missing and when the Litvak asks the Chassidim where he went, they said that the Nimirover Rebbe ascends to heaven during Selichot. The Litvak wants to see if it's true.

288

Never Leave Your Son For The First Six Years

Aug 26, 2020

14:31

The Baal Shem Tov gives a blessing to his chassid Noach to have a child, but it comes with the condition that he and his wife never leave their son for the first six years.

289

I Stole The Money

Aug 19, 2020

12:31

When Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch of Chortkov discovers 500 gold coins missing, he knows who stole it.

290

The Soviet Government Vs Rabbi Schneerson

Aug 12, 2020

12:57

Two witnesses are called in a court case brought by the Soviet government against the Lubavitcher Rebbe's father, Reb Levi Yitzchak Schneerson for helping his fellow Jews.

291

The Lubavitcher Rebbe Will Be At The Wedding

Aug 5, 2020

11:59

Shlomo and his wife received a bottle of vodka from the Lubavitcher Rebbe for "the wedding" but they had no children and didn't know whose wedding it was for.

292

Celebrating Shabbos on Thursday Night

Jul 28, 2020

11:29

The rabbi of Yanov gets lost in the forest for weeks and mixes up when shabbos starts. He refuses to change his mind until his old friend, the Rebbe Reb Shmelke of Nikolsburg comes to town.

293

Open A Hat Store In Kovna

Jul 22, 2020

11:51

A Jew down on his luck is convinced to see the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rashab who gives him the advice to open a hat store in Kovna.

294

A Shepherd Teaches The Baal Shem Tov How To Serve Hashem

Jul 15, 2020

11:57

The Baal Shem Tov is given a vision of a young Jewish orphaned shepherd boy who can teach him how to serve Hashem with all of his heart.

295

A Beggar Teaches Rava A Lesson

Jul 8, 2020

8:17

The great Amora Rava is taught a lesson about Hashem's ways by a beggar coming to his home.

296

I'm Giving You The Poritz's Village

Jul 1, 2020

12:58

A couple of orphans get married and a few surprise guests at the wedding give them some very special gifts.

297

Freddy The Dog And The Lubavitcher Rebbe

Jun 24, 2020

12:02

A story for Gimel Tamuz. A taxi driver ends up at the Ohel and davens for his dog, Freddy, to be healthy. What happens next surprises everyone. Become a part of the project at https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman and https://hasidicstory.com.

298

Send The Letter Back To The Sender

Jun 17, 2020

6:59

A childless couple comes to get a blessing from Reb Meir of Premishlan. When their child is born they send a letter to Reb Meir thanking him, but Reb Meir refuses to accept the letter. Become a part of the project at https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman and https://hasidicstory.com.

299

Part 1 - The Silent Rebbe Reb Menachem Mendel Of Vorka

Jun 10, 2020

11:43

This is Part 1 of the stories of The Silent Rebbe, Reb Menachem Mendel of Vorker. The rabbi of Biala could not understand why anyone would want to be a Chassid of a Rebbe that was silent almost all of the time, until one day he was brought to a farbrengen of Vorker Chassidim.

300

Part 2 - The Silent Rebbe Reb Menachem Mendel Of Vorka

Jun 10, 2020

13:57

Part 2 of the stories of The Silent Rebbe, Reb Menachem Mendel of Vorker.