The Chassidic Story Project with Barak Hullman - A Chassidic Story Every Week

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a young man who decides to leave being a religious Jew at the time of the enlightenment and the second about every person have their particular mission in this world.

This is the link the article I mentioned at the end of the podcast where I answer some of the difficult questions being asked about Israel: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/10-difficult-questions-10-easy-answers/

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Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/each-person-has-their-shlichut.

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Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

This week I have two stories for you, the first about the Vorker Rebbe before he became rebbe when his rebbe, the Seer of Lublin advised him to become a simple teacher even though he was very wealthy and the second about a great Torah teacher that got a gift from the Tzemach Tzedek.

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Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-wealthy-jew-who-became-a-melamed.

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Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

This week I have two stories for you, the first about the Lubavitcher Rebbe asking his Shluchim in Tzfat to print the Tanya in Lebanon during the 1982 war and the second a story about Reb Shlomo Carlebach and the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

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Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/a-tanya-in-beirut-mamish.

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Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

This week I have two stories for you, the first about a desperate father calling Rabbi Chaim Drizin erev shabbos to help find his daughter and the second about a Cossack's horse and Reb Mendel Futerfass in the Gulag. To my loyal listeners, I only realized after spending many hours editing that I'd already recorded this story. After hundreds of stories, it was bound to happen. My apologies if you've heard it already.

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Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/theres-nothing-like-a-cossacks-horse.

My piece in the Times of Israel, Simple Answers to Difficult Questions: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/simple-answers-to-difficult-questions/ where I answer, What is a proportionate response to terrorism? and other questions.

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Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

This week I have two stories for you, the first about an elderly chassid that moved to Jerusalem to be buried there and then shockingly came back and the second about why the Vorker Rebbe didn't get upset when his friend always said bad things about his rebbe, Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa.

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Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/why-did-zelig-come-back.

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Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

This week I have two stories for you, the first about the Rebbe Maharash and small children saying Tehillim together and the second Reb Boruch of Mezibuz tells Reb Leibush about his grandfather, the Holy Baal Shem Tov.

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Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/here-and-there.

To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

This week I have a new story for Sukkot and then the stories from previous years. There won't be an episode next week, but after, bezras Hashem, we'll keep on going forward!

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Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-bakers-and-other-sukkot-stories.

To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

One story this week about a couple where things don't work out as they planned and the Baal Shem Tov's unconventional way of solving their problem.

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Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-baal-shem-tov-helps-a-loving-couple-divorce.

To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

Two stories this week, the first about an orphaned boy who discovers he's a Jew and the second about the simple faith of a Jew from Morocco who gets a blessing from the Baba Meir, Meir Abuhatzeira, the first born son of the Baba Sali.

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Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-baba-meirs-blessing-to-an-illiterate-jew.

To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

Two stories this week for Chai Elul, the first about a chassid of the Baal Shem Tov that wants to leave Judaism and learn black magic and the second about how the scholars of Shklov's Torah questions were answered by the Alter Rebbe in a unique way.

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Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-power-of-a-tzadik-baal-shem-tov-and-alter-rebbe-stories.

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Mazal to to Michal & Yitzchak and thank you to the Moorvitch family for sponsoring this episode.

Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com.

Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas.

Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.