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The Palace and the Pigeons

I wrote this to a young Jew who told me he was on his way to India: Once there was a king whose palace had been ransacked by the wild hordes. For the...

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The Old Man on The Island

For many years, Rabbi Zeev Kitzes, one of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov’s senior disciples, yearned to travel to the Holy Land. Finally, the long...

Coming In for a Landing

Coming In for a Landing

On a recent excursion into Los Angeles I was mesmerized by a stunning sight in the nighttime sky. (Fortunately, I was not the driver!) There were...

The Beautiful Bride

The Beautiful Bride

 distraught young woman came to Rabbi Israel, the Maggid of Kozhnitz. “Rebbe, help me,” she said. “My husband has deserted me...

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

One bright, sunny afternoon, I sat watching my two children playing a lively game of hide and seek. My younger daughter Shira was the first to be the...

G-d will be Proud of Us

G-d will be Proud of Us

If you ask someone coming out of church on a Sunday, “Do you believe in G-d?” the worshipper is shocked. “What type of question is...