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

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a Misnaged (an opposer to the Chassidim) who came to Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk to determine whether he was really a tzadik or a big fake and the second a story I heard on shabbos when a Haredi rabbi was asked by an injured former solider why Haredim like him don't have to serve in the IDF. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please ta...

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a wealthy Torah scholar who insists that the Baal Shem Tov teach him the secret of understanding the birds' speech and the second about an unlikely Chassidic minyan in the middle of nowhere in Italy. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply ap...

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a German Jewish businessman who comes to Reb Yishochor DovBer of Radoshitz (known also as the Saba Kadisha) for a blessing to heal his son who has been deaf since birth and the second about Rabbi Yaakova Landa, a close Chassid of the Rebbe Rashab who asks the rebbe for an unual request. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take...

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a Jewish businessman falsely accused of stealing who comes to the Shpoler Zayde for a blessing not to have to go to jail and the second about the love Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe had for his wayward son. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreci...

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about Rabbi Asher Zeev Werner of Tiberias who can't figure out how to pay for his yeshiva's expenses until he has a dream and the second a gift given by Rabbi Meir Shapiro to a young boy that does wonders. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply ap...

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about an old Torah scholar in Tzfat who asks for a crazy blessing from the Baba Sali and the second about a wealthy Jew in Toronto who needed help from the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Al...

This week I have two stories for you and then all of the previous Pesach stories from past years, the first story this week is about a chassid of the Baal Shem Tov who comes to visit his grandson, the Rebbe Reb Baruch of Mezibuz just before Pesach and the second about a wine merchant who wants to get a Kosher for Pesach certification from Rabbi Yechezkel Landau of Prague. If you're enjoying these...

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about an Agunah, a Jewish woman stuck in her marriage because her husband can't or won't give her a divorce, who comes to the Tzemach Tzedek for help and the second about Reb Mendel Futerfas and Pesach in the Gulag. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I...

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a visiting beggar that spreads a rumor that gets him invited to the wealthiest Jews homes and the second about the Apta Rav having divine inspiration that contradicts the Torah. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support!...

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a visit to the Gerer Rebbe's Tish in Jerusalem and the second about Reb Naftoli of Rophshitz collecting tzedakah for poor Jews. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hu...

This week I have one long Baal Shem Tov story for you and then all of the previous Purim stories. Enjoy. Gut Purim, my sweetest friends. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/feibish-the-holy-thief. To become a part o...

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a simple Jew who the Baal Shem Tov sees has a holy fire burning above him and tries to understand why and the second is about a young boy with crooked legs that gets a bracha from the last Lubavitcher Rebbe. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I d...

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a spice merchant that gives Reb Leib Sarah's a loan and gets back much more than he could imagine and the second a couple that hosts is tested by Heaven. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https...

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a chassid of the Rebbe Mordechai of Nadvorna who is asked to do a favor for a gentile woman and the second about the Rebbe Maharash visiting the fanciest casino in Paris. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also a...

This week I have two stories for you, the first about a simple woodchopper who gets a bracha from Reb Moshe Lieb of Sassov and the tzadik's bracha can never be stopped and the second about a desperate tavern owner that comes to Reb Zusha for help. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate...

This week I have two stories for you, the first about a Chassid of the Rebbe Rashab who is down on his luck but discovers a lost wallet and the second about a wealthy Jew who makes a special reminder for himself to remember to remain humble and a third very short story about the last Lubavitcher Rebbe. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https:...

This week I have a two stories for you from the archives since I'm recovering from the flu and couldn't record this week, the first is about a woman who gives tzedakah to the Pressburg yeshiva to say kaddish for anyone who doesn't have someone to say kaddish for them and the second about a wealthy Chassid delivering a letter for Baal Shem Tov. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take...

This week I have a two stories for you, the first is about a Misnaged that hated the Baal Shem Tov, but has no choice than to go to him and the second about the son of the Pnei Yehoshua being an ignoramus. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available athttps://sou...

This week I have a two stories for you, the first is about a high ranking KGB officer who comes looking for the local mohel and the second about a chassid of the Rebbe Rashab hoping for a miracle to get out of being drafted into the Russian army. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate y...

This week I have a few stories for you about the Baba Sali, the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Reb Meir Abehsera and the power of tzadikim. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/keeping-kosher-is-harder-baba-sali-stories. To b...

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a kind couple that hosts the Chernobyler Rebbe every year, but this year the rebbe refuses to come to their house and the second about a nobleman who became sick and got a blessing from the Rebbe Maharash of Lubavitch. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Tha...

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a poor Jew who needs to marry off his daughter and comes to the Kosover Rebbe for advice and the second about a wealthy couple that weren't blessed with children and come to the Radzyminer Rebbe for advice. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I de...

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a special guest at a brit mila for a couple that was married for 20 years and didn't have children before and the second a story that I heard from my rabbi of blessed memory, Reb Sholom Brodt, about a Jew that survived the Holocaust and did everything he could to avoid keeping Torah or mitzvot. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, plea...

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a top student of the Chofetz Chaim who makes him promise to never break shabbos and the second about a generous wealthy Jew helping a poor orphan couple to get married. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also ava...

This week I have one long Baal Shem Tov story about a wealthy couple that is blessed by the Baal Shem Tov to have a son that he promises to raise as his own. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/baal-shem-tov-story-t...