Name: The Alexander Rebbe's Passports by The Chassidic Story Project with Barak Hullman in The Chassidic Story Project
Duration: 8 min 21 s
Description: What does a Chassid do when the Polish police catch him with a stash of passports in 1939? He goes to his rebbe, of course.

The Chassidic Story Project with Barak Hullman. I'll be bringing hundreds of Chassidic stories back to life through my podcast broadcast direct from the holy city of Jerusalem, Israel. These stories transcend all boundaries and denominations. They are pure, simple and deeply Jewish. This is wholesome Jewish content for the whole family.

The Chassidic Story Project is free and open to the public. If you'd like to be part of this project, please go to: https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman where you can get exclusive stories and more.

The Chassidic Story Project

This week I have three stories for you the first is about a young Chabad chassid serving on an Israeli air force base that gets in trouble for teaching Torah to the kids there, the second about the Baal Shem Tov and a dowry that he owes and the third about a simple yid learning a powerful lesson from Reb Mordechai of Chernobyl about parnasa.

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/exactly-when-its-needed.

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

Exactly When It Is Needed

This week I have three stories for you the first is about a young bochur in Hungary during WWII and the promise made 30 years before by Reb Shayele Kirester, the second about the Rambam and the third about Reb Yosef Tumarkin and an unusual request in the mikvah on Friday ever Shabbos.

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-deitchel-sends-his-regards.

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 Deitchel Sends His Regards

This week I have three stories for you the first is about a poor melamed who wants a blessing from the Ruzhiner Rebbe for wealth, the second about the naming of the Rebbe Maharash and the third how the Baal Shem Tov prepared the knife for shechting (slaughtering).

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-water-carrier-of-polotzk.

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 Water-Carrier of Polotzk

This week I have two stories for you the first is about the Shpoler Zeide who wants a Poritz and his friends to really hear the Ten Commandments and the second a story Reb Meir of Premishlan would tell every year on Shavuot about Rabbi Shimshon Meir Wertheimer of Vienna and a simple wagon driver that saves a stranded king but then wants to punish his fellow Jew.

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/jealousy-into-generosity-shavuot-stories.

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


Jealousy into Generosity (Shavuot Stories)

This week I have three stories for you. The first is about a wealthy Jew that buys an unknown cargo for a fortune, the second about the Baal Shem Tov and his unique way of inspiring two Jews and the last from just after October 7th and how a pair of tziziot saved lives.

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/a-match-made-in-heaven.

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

A Match Made in Heaven

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a desperate Rosh Yeshiva who blesses a wealthy Jew with a child in exchange for a large donation and then goes to the Frierdiker Rebbe for help when his blessing doesn't come true. The second is a well known story about Yaakov Ish Tam, a story told by the Tzemach Tzedek when his house was being rebuilt after a fire. 

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/never-make-promises-you-cant-keep.

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


Never Make Promises You Can't Keep

This week I have two stories for you for Gimmel Tammuz. The first is about a couple that turns the Rebbe for advice on having children and the second about Raphael Nouril who came closer to Rebbe by painting his portrait.

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/better-than-the-original.

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

Better Than the Original

This week I have two stories for you. The first is a special mission that the Baal Shem Tov sends two of his chassidim on and the second about a tikkun for the holy Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh.

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/three-lifetimes-one-soul.

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

Three Lifetimes, One Soul

This week I have three stories for you. The first is about the Chernobyler Rebbe and a wealthy man who was offered a deal he simply could not refuse, the second the Baal Shem Tov showed the chassidim Elijah the Prophet and the third Rebbi Nachman's teaching about the Baal Shem Tov's lulke (pipe) and his brilliant strategy for outwitting the yetzer hara.

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/a-deal-i-could-not-refuse.

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

A Deal I Could Not Refuse

This week I have three stories for you. The first is about Rabbi Shloima Poupko and a doctor who insists there will be a funeral on Monday, the second about the bed of the Seer of Lublin, and the third with the Sanzer Rebbe and a poor Jew who has great Mazal.

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/what-are-you-really-asking-hashem-for.

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

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