This week I have three stories for you. The first is the power of a good friend, the second how the Lubavitcher Rebbe saw what others could not and the last a meeting between a simple water carrier, a Torah scholar and the Baal Shem Tov.

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Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos

I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter




The Power of a Good Friend

This week I have three stories for you. The first about the Alter Rebbe when he was a young many giving advice to a simple innkeeper, the second about Baba Sali building a mikvah in the Sahara Desert during the summer and the last about Reb Mendel Futerfas in the Gulag.

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Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/why-are-you-so-happy

To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos

I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter



Why Are You So Happy?

This week I have three stories for you. The first about the Hazzan family being asked to send their religious children to school on Shabbos in the Soviet Union, the second about lumber merchants who need the Shinover Rebbe to pray for rain and the third about a stubborn Israeli policeman who encountered Baba Sali.

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Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-chalk-the-logs-and-the-frozen-policeman

To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos

I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter

The Chalk, The Logs and The Frozen Policeman

This week I have three stories for you. The first about a blessing the Rebbe Rayatz gave and how it found its way home, the second about the Lubavitcher Rebbe's concern for Jewish prisoners on Chanukah and the last a meeting of Ambassador Yehuda Avner and the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

If you're enjoying these Chassidic 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/i-gave-you-the-match

To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos

I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter

I Gave You The Match

This week I have three stories for you. The first takes place at a tisch of the first Belzer Rebbe, where a single piece of fruit changes everything. The second follows a chassid of Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl who sets out on a long business journey carrying two etrogim — one for his Rebbe, one for the holy Ruzhiner. And the third is a story of the Baal Shem Tov, told on a wedding day, when a debt of one thousand rubles arrives at the worst possible moment.

If you're enjoying these Chassidic 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/the-blessing-inside-the-curse

To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos

I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter

The Blessing Inside of the Curse

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a young Jewish man in Leon France who was determined to marry the love of his life and the second about a Jew that came to the Sfas Emes for a blessing to get out of the Czar's army.

If you're enjoying these Chassidic 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/like-your-life-depends-on-it

To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos

I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter

Like Your Life Depends On It

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about an unexpected encounter with the Chofetz Chaim and the profound blessing he receives. The second is about Rabbi Simcha of Bubraka, a brilliant scholar who didn't believe in Chassidic Rebbes but his mother did. Then at the end I added some Purim stories from previous years.

If you're enjoying these Chassidic 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/shabbos-is-the-source-of-blessing

To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos

I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter

Shabbos Is The Source of Blessing

The Deeper the Darkness The Greater the Joy

This week I have three stories for you. The first is about a melamed that searches for the Rebbe who he met in Heaven, the second about a ruble that the Tzemach Tzedek lent to a melamed that no one would take and the third an unexpected scene of drunk goyim in the presence of a Tzadik.

If you're enjoying these Chassidic 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/the-unwanted-ruble

To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos

I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter


The Unwanted Ruble

This week I have three stories for you. The first is about a Chabad rabbi in Ukraine who drives to a remote village to photograph gravestones and stumbles into something he never expected. The second is about Reb Moshe Leib of Sassov and a man at an inn who everyone has written off as lost. The third is about three boys at a bus stop late at night with no ride home.

If you're enjoying these Chassidic 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/the-hidden-tzaddik-and-the-candle-of-truth

To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos

I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter



The Hidden Tzadik and The Candle of Truth

After a terrible tragedy happens to a baby his parents learn to make a vessel for receiving a bracha (blessing).

Blessings Are Like Rain

The Chassidic Story Project with Barak Hullman