Legendary scholar, educator, author and historian, Rabbi Berel Wein’s rabbinic career spanned Chicago, Miami and the Orthodox Union, before he founded Congregation Bais Tefillah and

The heilige Rebbe Yisrael of Rhizin—the great-grandson of the maggid of Mezritch—was known for his righteousness and expansive sense of holiness. Brilliant, beloved and deeply

On cold, Lower East Side winter mornings, Jew and non-Jew alike could be seen huddling in the warmth of the small foyer of the beis

Reb Mendel Futerfas was a legendary mashpiah, known for his incredible self-sacrifice and resilience in the face of Soviet persecution. With incredible resolve and inner

Rav Chaim of Volozhin was one of the important contributors to the development of Jewish thought and Torah study at the turn of the 19th

At a rabbinic convention in St. Petersburg, a very wealthy gevir—known for his open-hearted support of Torah institutions—approached the Chofetz Chaim, Rav Yisroel Meir HaKohen.

Reb Zev Wolf Kitzes was the Rav of Tulchin and later became one of the most dedicated disciples of the Baal Shem Tov. When Reb

There was great rejoicing when a shidduch was made between the families of the Rhizner Rebbe, Reb Yisroel Friedman, and the Riminover Rebbe, Reb Zvi

The holy Baal Shem Tov once praised a man who would smile, sing joyously and clap while reciting the serious vidui prayer. The local townsfolk