The Chassidic Story Project with Barak Hullman - A Chassidic Story Every Week

Two stories of Lubavitcher Rebbes this week. The first is with Rabbi Teitz who is tasked with a special mission from the last Lubavitcher Rebbe on his 22nd trip to the Soviet Union and the second of Rabbi Neminov's secret train to the Rebbe Rayatz. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-secret-train-to-the-rebbe. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon...

A community of Sadigora chassidim take coins given to them by their rebbe and make them into a special menorah to be lit every Chanukah. The lighting is auctioned off to the highest bidder and Reb Baruch, a poor tinsmith, makes a special bid. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/reb-baruchs-bid. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. H...

Two stories this week about the Alter Rebbe in honor of Yud Tes Kislev. The first is about a Chassid who the Alter Rebbe sends to deliver a large amount of cash and the second about what new idea Chassidus brought to the world, as told by the last Lubavitcher Rebbe. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/when-the-alter-rebbe-chopped-wood-on-yom-kippur. To become a part of this proj...

A wealthy Jew from Warsaw picks up a poor Chassid on his way to visit the great Rebbe Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk. Afterwards his life is turned upside down and only 10 years later does his learn why. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/a-blessing-in-disguise. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://has...

Naftali, a poor chassid of Reb Meir of Premishlan, comes to his rebbe for advice on how to pay for his daughter's wedding. Reb Meir gives him a single ruble and tells him to take the first business deal that comes his way and Hashem will take care of the rest. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/a-share-in-the-world-to-come. To become a part of this project please go to https://...

Two stories this week. The first is about a Chabad shaliach in Berkeley trying to help a young woman reconnect with her Jewish roots and the second about the level of a great tzaddik, Reb Nachum of Chernobyl. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-rebbes-promise. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https...

The Rebbe Reb Tzvi Kaminker's Rebbetzin had the ability to remove the pains of childbirth and ensure a healthy baby and mother just by being present at the birth. When she does a favor for the Pasha of Jerusalem he offers her money for saving his daughter's life, but she asks for something worth much more. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-holy-rebbetzin-kaminker. To becom...

Two stories this week, the first about Reb Hillel of Paritsh helping Jewish tavernkeepers keep their taverns closed on shabbos and the second about the sweetest rebbe, Reb Hershele of Riminov and his new kapote. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/closed-for-shabbos-and-the-riminovers-kapote. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hea...

Two stories this week, the first about a group of Transylvanian non-Jews that after 600 years of keeping shabbos and kosher finally convert to Judaism and about a couple that gets a special blessing from the Tosher Rebbe, Reb Feivush, for children. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/what-it-means-to-be-a-jew-and-reb-feivushs-blessing. To become a part of this project please go...

The local tailor who was an outcast in Koretz for not keeping shabbos or kosher is given the honor of a great tzadik at his funeral. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-funeral-of-the-drunken-tailor. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

In 1950 a group of religious men keep the mitzvah of Shmita when most of the country is not. Having no choice they plant what they can and wait to see what Hashem has in store for them. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/what-shall-we-eat-in-the-seventh-year. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://h...

A rabbi in Argentina tries to help a woman change her mind regarding marrying a non-Jew with the help of another rabbi who can't sleep at night. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-rabbi-who-couldnt-sleep-at-night. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

The Baal Shem Tov saves a family from debtors prison and asks the husband of the family to tell them what happened while they were there. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-unholy-spirits-full-stomachs. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

A chassid of the Tzemach Tzedek (the 3rd Lubavitcher Rebbe) is sent on a secret mission to send a message to a cruel Poritz that is causing suffering to the Jews and non-Jews alike. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-rebbe-says-its-time-for-you-to-change. Other stories for this time of year: https://hasidicstory.com/category/selichot-story/ To become a part of this project...

Two stories this week. The first is a story told by Reb Shlomo Carelbach about a former religious officer in the IDF who wants nothing to do with being Jewish and the second about the soul of a chicken that comes to the holy Baal Shem Tov asking for help. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-solider-the-zayde-and-the-doomed-chicken. To become a part of this project please go...

Two stories this week. The first is about what happened when someone unintentionally wore the Alter Rebbe's streimel and the second about Professor Velvel Greene making a promise that was too hard to keep. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-alter-rebbes-streimel. To become a part of this project please go to www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://h...

Two stories this week. The first is about a maggid (traveling preacher) who comes to the town of Reb Shmuel Munkis to help the local Jews do teshuva during the month of Elul and the second about the power of renewal with a story about Reb Shlomo Carlebach. These two were stories I heard from my late teacher, rabbi and mentor, Reb Sholom Brodt whose yahrzeit is on Yud (10th) Elul. I wrote a book ab...

Two stories this week. The first is about Reb Dovid of Lelov before he became know as a great tzadik delivering a special message and the second about the great Sanzer Rebbe and his son Reb Baruch at the 3rd meal on the holy shabbos. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/reb-dovid-of-lelov-delivers-a-message. To become a part of this project please go to www.patreon.com/barakhullm...

Two stories this week. The first is about Rabbi JJ Hecht and an Israeli who ends up in a church in New York and the second about what is a Chassid with the Rebbe Reb Mordechai of Lechovitch. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/you-need-a-neshama. To become a part of this project please go to www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com. To he...

An agunah (a woman who can't get a divorce) comes to Reb Yitzchak of Neshchiz for a bracha. He promises that Hashem will help on the way back home and she waits to see how the bracha will come true. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/hashem-will-help-on-the-way-back-home. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories...

The amazing story of how the Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Aharon Rokeach and his brother, Mordechai, the Rabbi of Bielgory escaped the Bochnia ghetto to survive the Holocaust. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-generals. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Meir decides to work three days a week instead of six and use the extra to time to learn Torah. His wife pressures him to work more but he maintains his faith in Hashem to provide for them. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/honest-meir-and-the-honeycomb. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasid...

Insight as to how the Riminover Rebbe understood a simple passage from Rashi by telling us a story from before he was the rebbe and another short story about the Zidochover Maggid and chickens for shabbos. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/empty-pots-for-shabbos. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at http...

A rabbi in the Bronx tells how the Rebbe Rayatz and the last Lubavitcher Rebbe advised him on how to deal with major problems in his shul. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/nobody-may-sit-in-that-chair To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

A chassid of the Baal Shem Tov is invited to spend shabbos with the Rebbe in Germany but along the way they encounter many mysterious events that only become clear after many years. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/a-chassids-mysterious-shabbos-with-the-baal-shem-tov. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories a...