
Walking with God: A Baseball Story
A story from the world of baseball reveals how wisdom, humor, and Torah can appear in the most unexpected places.

A story from the world of baseball reveals how wisdom, humor, and Torah can appear in the most unexpected places.

A tiny sparrow, mocked by a war horse, insists on doing its small part to hold back the darkness.

Rabbi Mark Novak Hanukkah Rap: If You’re a Macabee Then You’re a Hammer

Adapated from Eli Wiesel z’l in The Gates of the Forest

Rabbi Jack Moline told us this story under the chuppah at our wedding, adapted for us from Sefer Tanchuma

A well known folk tale with a sweet ending inspired by R’ Zalman Schacter-Shalomi tz’l

Story of the Japanese King Solomon, we learned this story form Joel ben Izzy

Adapted from I.L.Peretz’s story originally written in Yiddish


A Swiss border guard stops the same traveler month after month, always suspicious of what he carries. Each time, he searches carefully — but something still doesn’t sit right.
R’ Zalman tz’l teaches that a good maisa – a good story – is one where the heart surprises the mind.
Please feel free to use these stories in your teaching and in your holy conversations. I welcome your gentle comments.
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