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| The Palace and the Pigeons
By Tzvi Freeman
The precious jewels had been spread to the farthest reaches of the globe. How would the king recover that which was most dear to him? | |
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| Work
By Yanki Tauber
Why must everything be so difficult? Couldn't G-d have designed our lives so that we wouldn't need to encounter disappointments, challenges and toil every step of the way? | |
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| Blintzes
By Tuvia Bolton
He stopped before the huge glass window and gazed at the rich people sitting in the plush warm room talking and laughing while eating delicious cheese blintzes... | |
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| Life After Death: A Parable
By Maurice Lamm
Suddenly the world convulses. Upheaval. Writhing. A crushing, staccato pounding. One brother disappears into the turmoil. The second brother bewails the tragedy--the death of a perfectly fine fellow. Why didn't he take better care? Why did he fall into the abyss? | |
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| The Dancing Jews
By Eliezer Steinman
The Baal Shem Tov was once asked: "Why do Chassidim burst into song and
dance at the slightest provocation? Is this the behavior of a sane person?" | |
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| The Fireman
A Parable
He ran to the nearest hut and set fire to its straw roof. The fire began to spread very quickly. "Don't be alarmed!" cried the lad. "Now watch me" | |
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| Rocks and Diamonds
By Shimon Posner
"Oh, you little boy," said the man, resting his free hand on the little boy's shoulder. "You don't know what it's like to have to schlep rocks. When you'll be big like me you'll be happy with a little oven, too" | |
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| The Splattered Gem
Told by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
Rabbi Schneur Zalman saw these events as a reflection of what was transpiring Above. He regarded his arrest as but the earthly echo of a Heavenly indictment against his revelation of the most intimate secrets of the Torah... | |
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| Cholent
By Yanki Tauber
"Why have they stopped crying?" wondered the villager. "Are they no longer hungry?" Then he remembered the cholent | |
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| A Tale of Two Birds of Paradise
By Tzvi Freeman
Perhaps it was the oils of the black bird's feathers that refracted the light of the sun into so many rainbows. Perhaps it was the mystery of her absolute blackness, or the contrast she held against the bright morning sky. All that could be said is that it was a beauty as indefinable as black is dark | |
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| The King's Gift
By Yaakov Paley
Just as the sun had sighed its last rays, the king and his guards sighted a small bright cottage, whose light bravely defied the dusk of an already darkened valley... | |
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| A Million Little Cables
By Tuvia Bolton
"This was all good and well," explained the old navy diver, "when the ship had been under for a month or so. After that it would begin to rust and the hooks would bring up only huge chunks of iron, leaving the rest of the ship behind" | |
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| Beggars at a Wedding
The day of the wedding arrived. Hundreds of beggars took their places around
tables laden with the best and the tastiest food money could buy. But then
tragedy struck | |
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| First Class
By Naftali Silberberg
"Sir, you have a first class ticket," wondered the conducter. "Why you are lying under a bench in a third class car?" | |
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| The Cat
By Yanki Tauber
Everyone has a right to an opinion. It is inevitable, however, that certain opinions will carry more weight than others | |
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| The Artist
"Your Majesty," said the artist. I humbly ask that you make no judgment of my work until fifteen minutes after it is unveiled." An unusual request, but the king nodded in agreement | |
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| The Man on the Junk Heap
By Tuvia Bolton
Once upon a time there was a fabulously rich man who was miserable. He took up music, sports, travel, even meditation; but nothing seemed to help. With no other choice he went to a wise man for advice... | |
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| Diamonds and Fish
As told by Yanki Tauber
Once upon a time there was a poor man who heard about a faraway land where diamonds were as plentiful as dust -- one need only bend down and fill one's pockets | |
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| Needles
From the writings of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
Though motivated by an inner love and a sense of concern for the spiritual health of one's fellow, these rebukes often come in the form of a pricking needle | |
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| The Cry of the Shofar: Two Parables
By Eli Friedman
A King had an only son, the apple of his eye. The King wanted his son to
master different fields of knowledge and to experience various cultures, so he
sent him to a far-off country... | |
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