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

Birth on a Sifting-Bed and an Unexpected Name

The Tzemach Tzedek stood immobile with his face to the wall during the entire time of the delivery of his son, the Maharash.

Connection: Seasonal -- 2 Iyar --Tiferet sh'b'Tiferet--is the 184th anniversary of the birth of the Rebbe Maharash.

LAST Story

After 32 Years!

"When I arrived at the hall for the circumcision ceremony, I was amazed to find that instead of the average attendance of 30 people, there were a good 300 people milling about."

Connection: Weekly reading (in Israel) of Tazria-Metzorah -- the opening verses are about women giving birth, either to a boy or a girl.

NEXT week's Story

"Painful" Surgery

His son Dovid asked the doctors to describe to Rav Ovadia Yosef what the procedure would be like in order that he wouldn't be shocked when the pain began.

Connection: Seasonal -- month of Iyar -- The Hebrew letters of Iyarare also an anagram for "ani Hashem rofecha" - "I, G-d, am your healer."

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