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on the Hasidic Stories Home Page
Updated as of Wednesday, September 5, 2001
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Home
- The top of each page now features the five main navigation links.
- Added August 2, 2001.
- Major re-design as of February 1, 2001.
- New look! Navigation bar on left side of each page.
- Near the top of the navigation bar, the title of the current page is shown, along with the path to reach it. For example:
"> Stories > The Baal Shem Tov > The Forgotten Story"
- It's now easier to read all the stories in order. Each story now has a link to "next story" and "previous story." No more going back and forth between the Stories page and each additional story.
- Features of the Month
- Updated monthly.
- Search
- Added February 1, 2001.
- Instructions updated June 1, 2001.
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Stories
Hasidic stories themselves, although ideally told in-person, nonetheless retain much of their power in printed form.
Links now appear on each story to "next story" and "previous story." No more going back and forth between the Stories page and each additional story. Added February 1, 2000.
- Two stories about listening. Added September 5, 2001
- Why did the rabbi keep listening, even though he knew the anwser? What about the rabbi who did not know the answer; was he any use?
- The Shortest Way
- The Perfect Advice
- Two stories about abundance. Added August 2, 2001.
- How can two holy men survive in the same small town? Is it trouble when a second shop opens up across the street from the store you own?
- The Horse's Reflection
- The Goose and the Rooster
- The Children Playing. Added July 9, 2001.
- The rabbi is trying to study. But how can anyone study, with all this laughing and shrieking? Rabbi Pesach Mendel (a fictititous rabbi) finds himself pondering a different holy text from the one he intended.
- Two stories about intention. Added June 1, 2001.
- What matters more, what you do or why you do it? A pair of stories about Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev, portraying his attitude toward intention in prayer:
- The Return
- The Cantor Who Lost His Voice
- The Prison. Added May 7, 2001.
- Two rabbis are imprisoned in a dark cell. Why won't one help the other? What does this have to do with styles of leadership? This traditional Hasidic story has been expanded and re-written by Sharon Humphries-Brooks.
- On Strike. Added April 2, 2001.
- Why won't the rabbi do his duties? Each person in the village asks him to bless the matzah, but he gives them all the same answer - except for one. This story features the fictional rabbi, Rabbi Pesach Mendel.
- The Wheat Doll. Added March 5, 2001.
- Why is the rabbi's wife dancing with a doll? What does her dancing have to do with the time the rabbi lost his temper? This story introduces Rabbi Pesach Mendel, a fictitious rabbi from the mind of Doug Lipman - and the lesson he learns from a doll.
- Hearing the Music. Added January 3, 2001.
- Why does the rabbi writhe when he hears the elderly former-cantor sing a prayer? An original story about Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.
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Articles
You can read articles about the background, interpretation, performance, and applications of Hasidic stories.
- Story Wrestling: Healing Through Telling Hasidic Stories. Added December 6, 2000
- Much has been written about the power of Hasidic stories for transforming the listener. But what about their effect on the one who tells them? Doug Lipman describes an ongoing experiment in healing.
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Resources
Available resources about Hasidic stories include:
- A Bibliography of Hasidic Stories and Storytelling
- A selected bibliography of traditional and contemporary sources.
- Links
- Many web sites include Hasidic stories or information relevant to their meaning, telling, or background. Here is a collection of links to the most useful and interesting sites.
- The Soul of Hope
- "The Soul of Hope" is a two-act Hasidic story with its own website, http://soulofhope.com.
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