Chasidic/Kabbalah Stories

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"Festivals of the Full

Moon"

(Under the Full Moon" vol 2 -

holiday stories)

is now available for purchase

from ASCENT online and in Tsfat,

the publisher in Jerusalem (Koren);

Jewish bookstores internationally,

and on Amazon in both hardcover and Kindle editions.

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Book 1 of Yerachmiel Tilles's 3-volume set,

"Saturday Night, Full Moon", is also available for purchase on

our KabbalaOnline-shop site, and through Koren, on Amazon, etc.

SAMPLE REVIEWS by:

CURRENT Story

Do Not Disturb…Unless…

His wife had been very sick, almost at death's door, and he had traveled to Sochatchov to seek the Rebbe's blessing and advice.

Connection: Seasonal-109th yahrzeit of the Avnei Nezer rebbe.

LAST Story

Inside the Holy of Holies

Reb Leib Sarah's, one of the greatest of the Baal Shem Tov's disciples and himself a person of renown, asked his rebbe for permission and blessing to settle in the Holy Land, his heart's desire. The Besht's reply was negative.

Connection: Seasonal -- The 4th of Adar (this year: Shabbat, Feb 9) is the yahrzeit date of Rabbi Leib Sarah's.

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