R. DovBer, the Maggid of Mezeritch

"In Vilna one was taught how to study," recalled the Rebbe. "In Mezeritch one could learn how to pray..."

The day of the wedding arrived. Hundreds of beggars took their places around tables laden with the best food money could buy. But then tragedy struck . . .

Can a person be as grateful for his troubles as he is for his joys?

How a late night prayer-service saved a lost soul that had fallen to the depths.

The Maggid announced: "There is a Jew who does not have matzah, and I cannot search for chametz until we find him."

For many years the inn had provided his family a decent living, but recently, the landlord had greatly raised the rent and it was straining his bottom line.

Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin, referred to as the Heiliger Ruzhiner, “the holy one of Ruzhin,” was royalty of the Chassidic movement.

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The constellation of Chassidic heroes is crowded with great men. Less well known are the great women, whose influence has rarely been documented.