Jewish stories for children of all ages

A poor innkeeper is delighted to participate in the mitzvah of "Pidyon Shivuyim" with the Baal Shem Tov, and he's even more delighted when his new regular customer pays for his mashke with a small, rusty coin of little value...or is it perhaps worth more than meets the eye?

Avraham guards and keeps the Shabbos, so is it any surprise that the Shabbos should guard and keep Avraham when he is wrongfully accused of conspiring against the Czar?

The Prime Minister knows that Rabbi Adam Baal Shem spends most of his days alone in his humble hut learning and davening- how on earth will he be able to host the King? A surprise awaits, but it won't be a good one for the Prime Minister!

Meir and his family are Marranos conducting a secret midnight seder in Spain during the time of the Inquisition, during which their loyal servant, who turns out to be not so loyal after all, discovers that the Guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.

Boruch shares an incredible story at his seder table of his capture by bandits and his miraculous release, only to find out later that one of his guests knows the story very well indeed.

A wine merchant tells an amazing story at the wedding celebration of his youngest child, and the guests finally learn the secret of his special wine.

Rabbi Eliezer travels from Mainz to learn in Regensburg with his late father's relative, Rabbi Yehudah HaChossid, despite his father's wishes to the contrary. While he doesn't merit to learn directly from Rabbi Yehudah, he is rewarded for his diligence with a remarkable experience.

The Jews of Saragossa face danger when the King asks to look inside the Sefer Torah cases, but Eliyahu HaNavi has already made sure that everything will be just fine and the danger lands on the one who tried to make the Jews look bad in the King's eyes.

The Prime Minister's envy of the Rabbi's friendship with the King leads him to propose a little test of the Rabbi's sincerity by banning wine at the Seder, but the Rabbi follows the Torah's ways and everyone except the Prime Minister is quite happy with the outcome.

A humble hide-stripper can't think of anything special about his life until the Rabbi assures him that he certainly has something he can be proud of, and then he remembers something very special indeed.