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As told by Yerachmiel Tilles,
co-founder and first educational director of Ascent-of-Safed, originator and maintainer of this website, and managing editor of Kabbala Online. He has hundreds of published stories in many venues and in (at least) a half dozen languages. He tells them live in Tsfat (Safed) nearly every week, at his home on Friday evenings and at Ascent on Saturday nights.
To subscribe to his weekly email story, join his WhatsApp group for an additional audio story and video story,and/or to purchase any of his books, see the 3 announcements below.







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(For informtion on the hard-cover and soft-cover story collections of Y. Tilles, look to the right of the photo.
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The books of the

"Full Moon stories" series

by Yerachmiel Tilles

are available for purchase

in Jewish bookstores internationally,

and online on various booksellers' sites
(Google search on "Yerachmiel Michael Tilles" )


SAMPLE REVIEWS by:

Amazon Yanki Tauber Batya Medad Daniel Keren Rivkah Lambert Adler

 

 

The Ascent storyteller WHATSAPP GROUP

a different Audio, Video and Print story each Saturday night!

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CURRENT Story

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"The Disheartening Response of The Lubavitcher Rebbe"

"Although the [Lubavitcher] Rebbe was known to respond quickly, he stared silently at my wife for at least 20 seconds, paying no attention to me. His secretary thought something was wrong and started to pull my wife away!"

Why this week? In this week'S Torah reading, Vayeitzei, both Rachel and Leah utilize surrogate mothers to provide them children to raise.

LAST week's Story

1407


"Three Stips Before the Front Door"

The water from our well is not good. We only use it to water the horses and the garden.'

Connection:
Wells play an important role in this week's Torah reading (Gen. 26:17-32).

NEXT week's Story

1409

 

"The Curse and the Cure"

"What!" thundered the Rebbe. "You would also conquer the Queen with me in the house?!!"

Why this week?
Monday night - Wednesday, 9-10 Kislev, is the birth date, miraculous liberation date, and date of passing of the Mitteler Rebbe of Chabad.

 

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