The Hasidic Stories Home Page

This page is devoted to the appreciation and sharing of Hasidic stories. All are welcome.

This site includes stories, articles and resources. You can go directly to the latest additions to this site.

Features of the month: Every month, this page features an article or story by a contemporary storyteller, rabbi, or other authority on Hasidic stories.

This month's feature: Why did the rabbi keep listening, even though he knew the anwser? What about the rabbi who did not know the answer; was he any use? A pair of Hasidic stories about listening:

The Shortest Way
The Perfect Advice

Coming next month: Hasidism values joy. So what can a rabbi say to someone who is overcome with sadness? Rabbi Pesach Mendel (a fictitious rabbi) seems not to recognize the problem. Rather, he starts a strange story about a king and a beggar....

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STORIES

Hasidic stories themselves, although ideally told in-person, nonetheless retain much of their power in printed form. This collection includes stories by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Rabbi Gedaliah Fleer, Howard Schwartz, and others.

The stories are grouped according to the generation of the Hasidic rabbi around whom each story is told.

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ARTICLES

You can read articles about the background, interpretation, performance, and applications of Hasidic stories. The authors include Rabbi Gedaliah Fleer, Yitzhak Buxbaum, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Laura Simms, Rabbi Eliahu Klein, and others.

The articles are grouped according to their approach to Hasidic stories.

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RESOURCES

Available resources about Hasidic stories include:

A bibliography of Hasidic stories and Hasidism.
Annotated links to web sites include Hasidic stories or information relevant to their meaning, telling, or background.
The Soul of Hope is a Hasidic story with its own web site.

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