זבחים מח
How do you grill a chicken? You ask it tough questions.
זבחים מז
A poor חסיד came crying to his רבי. “I went from town to town for the past few months collecting money for my daughter’s wedding,” he said, “and now I don’t know where I hid it.” The רבי told him to return to his house and walk around it seven times and to say איזהו
זבחים מו
R’ יעקב יוסף of Polnoye, one of the greatest חסידים of the בעל שם טוב, begged him to give him extra sensory perception, the ability to read other people’s minds. The בעל שם טוב granted his request. ר׳ יעקב יוסף went to the market, met a man and kissed him on the brow. Then he
זבחים מה
R’ מרדכי גיאורגו לאנגר traveled from Prague to Belz, where he arrived on a Friday afternoon. Seeing his strange attire, a חסיד of ר׳ ישכר-בר רוקח mockingly said that perhaps he’s the משיח. Another חסיד responded that we have a tradition שאין משיח בא בערב שבת עם חשיכה. Overhearing this, ר׳ ישכר-בר said: “Let him
זבחים מד
Rabbi Solomon received a phone call from a man identifying himself as an IRS agent. “Rabbi,” he asked, “is Daniel Gold a member of your congregation?" Yes, the Rabbi responded. “Did he donate $50,000 to the congregation building fund last year?” the agent asked. “He will.”
זבחים מג
When a pregnant woman came to ר׳ אברהם יהושע השל, saying that she had miscarried several times and needed a ישועה so that she doesn’t do so again, the רב lifted his shirtsleeve and asked her to smell his skin. Surprised, the woman asked how that would help. The רב explained that in אבות
זבחים מב
Mordechai and his wife Ruth went to a kosher restaurant on Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn and ordered steak and fries. They were served with fantastically tasty, giant steaks which were the best they had in years. They were so excited about their meal that they told their friends Abe and Rita about it. Abe
זבחים מא
Which category of קרבנות is unique and is like a bellybutton? The חטאת. It is the only קרבן offered on both the outer מזביח and the inner מזביח. Like a bellybutton, there is an outie and an innie.
זבחים מ
We see in מסכת סנהדרין at 98b that there is a four way מחלוקת about the name of משיח. Some say his name is מנחם; some say שילה, some say ינון and some say חנינא. What they all have in common is that the first letter of each name, when combined, forms the word משיח.
זבחים לט
On the Yahrzeit of his father, a חסיד went to a בית כנסת of מתנגדים and served as the בעל תפילה. When he said ויצמח פורקניה ויקרב משיחיה during קדיש, a murmur arose in the Shul. After the תפילה, he turned to the מתפללים who had made negative and hurtful comments and said "ויצמח פורקניה