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

Yehudah, a Chassid of the Seer of Lublin, loses his fortune and sues Hashem for it back. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/suing-hashem-for-a-fortune. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

An orphan is taken captive by the chief of police the day of the wedding and three great rebbes (The Alter Rebbe, Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev and Reb Mendele Vitebsker) have no choice but to go to Zeev the Miser for help. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/zeev-the-misers-rusty-old-penny. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hea...

A woman whose husband has disappeared comes to the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rashab hoping against all odds that he can help her. He tells her to go to Warsaw and then our story unfolds. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-rebbe-says-that-you-should-travel-to-warsaw. To become a part of this project please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Hear all of the stories at https:...

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...

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.

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://hasidi...

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.patre...

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....

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 a...

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.

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://hasidi...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:/...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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://hasidicstor...

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.

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.

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.