Stories / Inspiration

Truth is stranger--and more incredible--than fiction, as this book attests. By age seven, Aharon Margalit had already suffered a terrible trauma which rendered him mute, and was lying in a sanitarium, completely paralyzed by polio. His mother's indomitable efforts to save him from paralysis are insp..

Tangled Relationships. A Fragile Newborn. A True Account. "Dovi, you know I don't mean to do that. Its just the way things have always been with my father. It's easier that way - less drama, less fighting." Dovi nearly choked. "Easier for whom? Easier for him? It's certain..

100 Rabbinical Tales of the Holocaust The Jewish People are an eternal nation. While we have flourished and prospered during many golden ages, our true mark of greatness lies in the way we face our challenges, struggles, and difficult times. If during these painful moments we can still cling to..

Written by best-selling author Miriam Cohen, A Daughter of Two Mothers is the incredible, true account of a handicapped widow's forced separation from her infant daughter, the years of longing and searching, the legal battle, and the subsequent destruction brought by the Nazis. Open this b..

Four years, against immeasurable odds, he'd worked for this moment. Now he had to choose between his future- and his Torah life Could anyone save this crumbling marriage? The Rebbe had a way... Their grandfathers had hated each other. Now she needed their family's chesed. Could old grudg..

True stories of hidden Tzaddikim, famous leaders and simple Jews. A masterful adaptation of historical writings. Timeless tales to educate and fascinate today's young readers...

Three hundred years ago the Jewish community of Eastern Europe was slowly braking apart, threatening it's very foundation. Read about a secret society that set out to repair the rift. Timeless tales to educate and fascinate today's young readers. Once Upon a Journey are true stories of hidden ..

In our often turbulent world, where challenges arise all the time, we need something that will lift us up, encourage us, and keep our spirits high.We need chizuk for the heart...Rabbi Binyomin Pruzansky knows how to find stories that give us that chizuk, that strengthen our hearts. Stories..

A man in white... A stranger at the Kotel...A mysterious doctor... A life-saving dream... The 57 stories in this volume are all about modern-day encounters with Elijah the Prophet - Eliyahu Hanavi. In a moment of need, a stranger appears, offers help, and then disappears, sometim..

In Story Bites: Short Stories to Savor, you will be regaled with entertaining and thought-provoking stories for the entire family. With dozens of stories, author Dovid Zaklikowski engages the readers with tales of heroism and goodwill. Divided into eightsubjects – kindness, deeds, challeng..

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Rough-hewn and unpretentious in his Russian cap and bushy white beard, Reb Mendel Futerfas was a legend in his own time. He endured eight years in the Soviet Gulag and a seventeen-year separation from his family--punishment for his work in Chabad’s clandestine network. Released from the Soviet Union..

A wonderful collection of stories on mitzvos for rabbeim and teachers to tell over to their students...

Tales of great individuals and ordinary people who displayed unparalleled heroism, extraordinary kindness and tremendous love for Hashem.The best esrogim go missing, an entire bedroom is filled with feathers, Reb Chaim dresses up as a Rebbe, Moshe Cossack promises matzah for Pesach, there is a potat..

Nechama Werdiger has had a long and fascinating life.Growing up under the Soviet Union’s harsh antisemitism, she endured the war years as a child in Uzbekistan where thousands of Jews sought refuge from the Holocaust.She and her family managed to escape to Poland and France before arriving in 1949 i..

Reb Dovid Feinstein was born to one of the greatest poskei ha’dor of his time, Rav Moshe Feinstein zt’l, and he himself was a phenomenal masmid and ilui. Yet Reb Dovid carried his incomparable yichus and many accomplishments lightly, with a sweetness and humility that only emphasized his Torah ..

An Israeli child is born in a Ukrainian bomb shelter -- and United Hatzalah brings her home under fire ...A United Hatzalah volunteer scales a 12-foot-wall – and is the first to respond to the tragedy of Meron ...Eli Beer, founder of United Hatzalah, slips and breaks his leg racing to an emergency -..

Real Lives. Real Challenges. Real Inspiration.• Even her youngest sister was married before her. So what did she gain as an “older single”?• He was haunted by the demons and dysfunction of his upbringing. How did he escape the sadness?• Everyone called their profoundly deaf daughter a “miracle child..

The Power of Perseverance: The Story of Rabbi Yehuda Simes Nobody asked me. Nobody! I had not been in a massive auditorium listening to an authoritative voice challenging the crowd: "We are looking for volunteers. Who here would like to be the wife of a quadriplegic?" I did not hop up and down, maki..

Click here to see sample pagesThe incredible story of the Jewish people’s slavery and redemption from Egypt is so much more than just our history. It is a step-by-step guide to understanding ourselves, breaking free of our inner barriers, and reaching our fullest potential.Weaving together classic&n..

Two towns diverge...see the stories emerge. A former shoplifter is desperate to fix his past. The mitzvah of kibbud av saves a man’s life. An erev Shabbos kabbalah prevents a major disaster.Popular author Zev Roth has done it again! In this captivating collection of extraordinary true stories, a ros..

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Contains sensitive material. Mature audienced recommended. Whatever It Takes is a collection of true stories of courage and hope, as told by Rabbi Shea Hecht, a communal leader for forty years in the Crown Heights community of Brooklyn, New York. Rabbi Shea grew up under the tutelage of his emi..

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Wondrous Ways of the Tzaddikim is just that - a wonderful collection of stories of great Jewish figures, all inspiring, entertaining, and educational for Jews of every age.This collection of stories comes from across the spectrum of Am Yisrael; from east and west, from centuries past and m..

Incredible True Stories of Real Visits from the Next WorldWe all know people who left this world.But did anyone come back?Perhaps for a last-minute request, a quick final message, or to partake in a loved-one's simchah... Does that really happen?We've all heard stories of "I saw So-and-so in a ..

Incredible stories of emunah, hashgachah, miracles and courage as more than 1,700 United Hatzalah volunteers rescue and treat the wounded on Simchas Torah, October 7th, 2023.As soon as they learned of the horrific Hamas attacks in the south, more than 1,700 United Hatzalah volunteers dropped everyth..

Hashgachah Pratis: It’s All About ConnectionWe call it “hashgachah pratis”—the understanding that Hashem is continuously in our lives, and not just in historic events and obvious miracles. Hashgachah pratis tells us that Hashem is with us in traffic jams, in hospital wards, and while we’re waiting f..

Do you have an ahavas Yisrael story? We do, too. Brick by Brick is a heartwarming anthology whose contributors span the breadth of Klal Yisrael. Here are real stories by real people—hopeful, entertaining, loving, raw, introspective, painful, aspirational, and poignant.Listen..

Now THAT’S A Story ...... About Ahavas YisraelHe was a special needs teen. He missed Simchas Torah because of a mistake he made. Two days later, the shul did the hakafos for him all over agaln ... with flags, candies, and even a band!.... About ShidduchimShe’d let her younger sister “skip” ahead, ne..

An inspiring anthology that strengthens emunah and bitachon"Nachman." Someone tears through the fog of my dream, trying to break its spell. "It's Shabbos morning," the voice says. The dream moves further away, and the voice becomes clearer, closer. "And Simchas Torah. There's davening..

Nachman Seltzer's third collection of stories in the Moments Series is just as inspiring, intriguing, and all-around entertaining as his first two collections. He introduces us to a most astounding assortment of individuals whose stories range from selfless giving to profound commitment, from unrese..

PEEK INSIDE!Adopting a Chinese baby leads an American professor and his wife to the discovery of their own Jewish heritage. An absorbing, true story to read and re-read...

Upon the Altar of Kiddush HashemCan we begin to enumerate the instances of tremendous kiddush Hashem that occurred during the dreadful days of the Holocaust? The bachurim who sang Ani Ma’amin on their way to the gas chambers…the tzaddikim who made a brachah of..

“When I was a kid, I wanted to be the center of attention. I’m still that way.”In Growing Up, renowned author, talmid chacham, and psychiatrist Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski presents an insightful perspective on how many of us, at the core, are still young children at heart. Through inspiring stories..

In the 1990s, Mrs. Nava Ben Moshe discovered the power of hafrashas challah to touch women’s hearts and change their lives. Since then, she has organized challah bakes for thousands of women.Mrs. Ben Moshe has literally hundreds of stories about the power of hafrashas challah -- and no one tells tho..

Shh... Did You Hear That?A woman’s heartfelt prayer on Kol Nidrei night soars to the heavens, in an earnest attempt to save her daughter from a devastating future. Will she succeed?At the age of eighty, a spirited Floridian woman makes a fresh start and does the unthinkable, causing a ripple effect ..

Many people among us are certain they've "made it" materialistically, yet in their hearts they sense that their wealth, prestige, travels and pleasures cannot fill the empty hole inside them. As a result, they set out on a quest to find the true significance of their lives.Along the journey, certain..

Although Jenna Maio grew up near Orthodox Jews in the Five Towns of Long Island, New York, she might as well lived worlds apart. A secular American Jew determined to save the world through environmental law, Jenna's dream comes true when she is accepted to an Ivy League law school. But on a trip to ..

What do you get when the chairwoman of a Bikur Cholim organization signs up for a chaplaincy training course and becomes a hospital chaplain?You get Rachel Stein at her best, brimming with stories, anecdotes, and inspiration culled from this not-your-ordinary line of work. Rachel will be the first t..

In the winding alleys and archways of Jerusalem’s Old City, heartbeats away from the Kosel, is the legendary Heritage House Women’s Hostel. A place for tired travelers to stumble onto, lay down their packs, and get their bearings. The place for sojourners to begin inner journeys that may transform t..

Stories that speak to us. Stories that are us!Captive Audience is a collection of fictional stories. Which means that the stories are not true. Except that they are. Kind of.Dov Haller knows people. He knows how they feel, how they think. And if his characters and their situations – entertainin..

Peek Inside!“There is a secret panel beneath the carpet in my bedroom. Under a hidden floorboard, there is money and a cache of diamonds, for emergencies like this. If you see that I am delayed returning, you will take Mamme and the rest of the family, along with the hidden valuables, and cross the ..

Real people, real problems.A newlywed’s bizarre stringencies are worrying his kallah.A bachur must pursue treatment, but his father disagrees.A mother wants to hide her daughter’s mental illness and find her a shidduch.A young man’s nightmares are taking over his life.An angry ER doctor is a te..

Her shidduch was progressing marvelously...until everything ground to a halt.Their teenage son was stuck without a yeshivah, and they were left groping in the dark.Their baby suddenly stopped thriving-and no one knew why.No one has the perfect life; we all have our roadblocks. Yet if we vi..

My first words as a mother were, "Don’t drop him.” It was as if I knew, even before I held my first child, that I wouldn’t be able to hold onto my children.We were the family who lost half our children; over a ten-year period, four of our eight children died, as infants, from a rare mitochondrial di..

Struggle. Growth. Terror. Compassion.Suffering. Tears. Faith.It was a long, long year....For days, the headlines screamed about the unprecedented attack. Terror, unfortunately, had become all too common, but to invade a peaceful synagogue, to brutally use guns to shoot men clad in tallis and tefilin..

In a masterful synergy, Dr. Dovid Lieberman blends Torah wisdom with psychological principles, and offers a proven system to reduce friction and enhance the most challenging of relationships. If you are tired of all the anxiety, stress, and turmoil that result from a family feud, workplace disagreem..

An assortment of delicious stories about life's challengesEvery single day of our lives we are confronted with choices.Big ones, little ones and medium-sized ones.Many times we don t even realize we re making them.Other times we need help making the right ones.This collection of short stories by pop..

A car breakdown on a dark and freezing highway leads to an unbelievable (except that it happened) encounter...A man behind the pizza counter teaches a fantastic lesson in chesed and Divine Providence...A basket of laundry in a rent-controlled project has the smell of Gan Eden....Take a look at the w..

A moving account of survival and faith from Israel Meir Lau, a Holocaust survivor and former Chief Rabbi of Israel, with forewords by former President of Israel Shimon Peres and the bestselling author of Night, Elie Wiesel—both Nobel Peace Prize laureates. One of the youngest survivors of ..

"From now on this is going to be your name: 68818".Everything had been taken from him except his name. Now they were taking that too.Who was the boy behind the number? As you discover 68818 in this gripping Holocaust memoir, you may just discover yourself, as well.This poignant, gripping account of ..

It was dark and cold, and we were working, exerting ourselves, hacking boulders, dragging stones, and running back and forth. We worked all night without receiving a morsel to eat or drink. But each night at midnight, the same act of chessed repeated itself: the slave laborers on the other side of t..

The incredible true story of one young girl alone escaping the Nazis“I’m scared,” Rachel said. “And if I’m scared they’ ll know something is wrong and they’ ll figure out that I’m Jewish and they’ ll turn me in.”Father sat down on a bench and asked Rachel to sit down next to him. “I know you’re scar..

While the Angels of Death sent their parents to the gas chambers, an Angel of Life rescued and raised hundreds of Jewish children.In this gripping tale of altruism and self-sacrifice, masterful author Malky Weinstock tells the incredible story of Yona Tiefenbrunner, the legendary Belgian Jew who sav..

When Sudy Rosengarten's parents-in-law decided to spend their final years in Jerusalem, Sudy, her husband, and children made the extraordinary decision to uproot themselves from their home and community, and accompany them. Thus began a journey not only over the ocean, but into the past, as Sudy coa..

Dr. Vladimir Zelenko OBM Was a well-known name within many Orthodox Jewish circles.A beloved family doctor and member of Hatzolah, he is a Lubavitcher chassid who works primarily in the Satmar community of Monroe.How did an irreligious Russian-American young man become frum and c..

That exalted time of the week when we escort the Shabbos Queen, as we would accompany a human king or queen when they depart from our city. We sit down to a special meal, where it is customary to share stories of tzaddikim and be inspired by their lofty ways. In Stories for Motza’ei Shabbos, you wil..