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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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 The
Ascent Story Weekly Mailing list is now in its 27th year! It is
updated on this site by Tuesday and emailed by Wednesday (including a
printable PDF option).
Sign up today!
(For informtion on
the hard-cover and soft-cover story collections of Y. Tilles, look
to the right of the photo.
To join his
WhatsApp stories group, see directly below)
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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:
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a
different Audio, Video and Print story each Saturday
night!
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Join "TillesTells", or for more about the group,
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CURRENT
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1487 |
"Morning,
And G-D Will Know"
With a quaking heart,
he entrusted his money to the hotel manager. "If the man wasn't honest,
a half-year's work far from home would be for naught," he worried
to himself.
Why This Week?
The apt title of the story is a quote from this week's Torah reading,
Korach [in Israel, next week outside of Israel], Num. 16:5
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LAST week's Story
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1486 |
"Life
in a Dark, Damp American Cellar".
One day in the early
1900’s on the Lower East Side of New York City, a wealthy Jewish
businessman was shocked to see two fair colored, young Jewish boys covered
in black soot.
Why This Week?
Towards the end of the Torah Portion, Shelach -- studied and read
publically this week in Israel, but not till next week outside of Israel
– we learn the seriousness of the intentional violation with full
knowledge of those activities forbidden to be carried out on the weekly
holy Day of Rest.
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NEXT week's Story
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1488 |
"An Identical
Condition"
He agreed for the
rabbi to write to the Rebbe on his behalf, but insisted that he add a
few words of his own at the end. These were: “Rebbe! My pains are
unbearable! Please pray that I should die quickly and painlessly.”
Why This Week?
Wednesday night - Thursday, Tammuz 3, is the 32nd yahrzeit of The
Lubavitcher Rebbe.
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