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How do we know there is no life on the moon? Because there are no חב״ד shelichim there.

A Jewish woman lived next door to a משומד. Every day as she davened and said תהילים, he would harass her and argue that her prayers were worthless. But she kept on praying. One day, she ran out of groceries and didn’t know where she would get the money to put food on the table.

A village butcher who sold chickens would travel to town to consult the רב whenever he had a question about the kashrut of his poultry. One particularly cold and windy day, as the butcher was getting on his horse, a customer asked where he was going on such a blustery day. The butcher explained that

A woman came with her husband to the רב and asked for a גט.  “My husband has ממש become a גוי,” she complained.  “Immediately after having meat for lunch, he asks me to make him a coffee with milk.”  “Is that true?” the רב asked the husband.  “Yes,” the man admitted.  “I know that it

A dishonest man would obtain money from unsuspecting people by attaching himself to צדיקים and having some of the respect which they earned rub off on him. In the manner of the גדולים at that time, he would sign his name with the seemingly modest title הקטן. This prompted one of his victims to say:

An עם הארץ who became wealthy purchased a seat at the כותל המזרח in shul near the רב. One שבת, he turned to the רב and asked: “Could you explain why קריאת שמע says ונתתי עשו בשדך. How did עשו get into קריאת שמע?” The רב smiled and said: “It’s simple: עשו was very wealthy,

R’ אברהם יעקב פרידמן of Sadigurah observed that a person can learn דרך הקודש from the train, the telegraph, and the telephone. The train teaches that a person must be זריז and not be late even a moment, because, as the saying goes, even if you’re just a minute late, you’ve missed the train. The

The Mendelsohns were extremely upset when they learned that their housekeeper was planning to quit. “I’m pregnant,” she announced, and everybody knows I don’t have a husband.” But the Mendelsohn family provided a solution. “We’ll adopt the baby,” they told her, “and you can stay right here as always.” All went well for the next

A רבי told his students "We were put on earth to help others."  One of the boys raised his hand and asked "What are the others here for?"

When a new immigrant came to Israel, he wanted to rent a second floor apartment. The landlord told him that the apartment was already promised to a woman, but the ground floor apartment was available. The newcomer responded: “היא למעלה והוא למטה אינו דרך ארץ.”