Chassidish Stories and Great Rabbis

The Sun Rises and the Sun Sets

Returned from the Next World

From the book The Father of Israel

"I’ve brought a family member here who experienced clinical death this week and saw the rabbi in the Heavenly Court above,” said the man. Rabbi Eliyahu didn’t appear to get excited about what he had just heard.

Making Flies Disappear

The absence of flies and mosquitoes in that room made such an impression that Mr. Weinberger even asked his tenant about it.

A Distressed Woman Prays

From the book The Father of Israel

Rabbi Eliyahu noticed a woman in her thirties, an immigrant from Morocco, sitting with a book of Psalms in her hand. So he requested that someone would ask her what she was doing there.

Ayatollah Khomeini’s Mikveh

From the book The Father of Israel

The rise of Ayatollah Khomeini to power caused a huge wave of anti-Semitism against Israel and against Jews in general. n particular, the Jewish women suffered. When they had to go to the mikveh, the non-Jews would harass and bother them, turning their lives into a nightmare.

The Rebbe’s Shtender

From the book The Father of Israel

The connection between Rabbi Eliyahu and the Lubavitcher Rebbe was wondrous. The two of them had a strong spiritual connection, and aside from the all the well-known connections between them, there were also many more, hidden connections.

Pay Attention to the Soul

What was the ethical will of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, of Blessed and Righteous memory, to his students and followers?

The Path of the Righteous is as the Light of Dawn

From the book The Father of Israel

Every time I aimed the camera in the direction of the Rav, a great light appeared. When I moved the camera away from the Rav, the light vanished, and so on and so forth.