During the funeral procession of ר׳ מרדכי רקובה, while people were walking somberly, ר׳ בונים מפשיסחא, to everyone’s surprise, broke out in laughter. When asked how he could laugh at a time like this, ר׳ בונים explained: “ר׳ מרדכי just told a joke on his way to גן עדן. A מלאך asked ר׳ מרדכי
A מתנגד said to a חסיד: "Look at the difference between us. When we finish the תפילה, we immediately learn a פרק of משניות and say קדיש דרבנן. But you, the חסידים, before אשרי ובא לציון are finished, you're already drinking a לחיים." "You're right," responded the חסיד. "But it's only natural. Your תפילה is
It is stated in yesterday’s דף that: בדרך שאדם רוצה לילך, בה מוליכין אותו. That is the source for שושבינים from the דברי סופרום.
We are taught in קוהלת that us אוהב כסף לא ישבע כסף. This was proven by King Midas, who loved money so much and was so greedy that he wished that everything he touched would turn into gold. His wish was granted. Everything he touched turned to gold. Even a simple loaf of bread.
The בני יעקב in פרשת וישלח responded to שכם and חמור his father 'במרמה.' This, רש״י explains, means בחכמה. But did they really need this חכמה of getting them to undergo מילה in order to overcome them? The בני יעקב were גיבורים. Rather, the חכמה in getting them to undergo מילה was to eliminate
Mrs. Goldberg was in shul one שבת wearing a 12 carat flawless diamond ring. The women around her couldn't help but notice it and remarked how stunning it was. "Yes," she said. "But it comes with a curse." "What is the curse?" they asked. "Mr. Goldberg."
The הגדה tells us: רבי יהודה היה נותן בהם סימנים: דצ״ך עד״ש באח״ב. Why are סימנים necessary? Is it so difficult to remember ten מכות? Apparently, it is designed to teach that מכות without סימנים aren’t מכות.
“Michael, why did you break the window?” a neighbor asked. “What? You think I broke the window?” Michael replied. “Of course,” the neighbor said. “I have five people who say they saw you break it.” Michael calmly answered: “What’s five? I can bring a hundred people who can say that they didn’t see me break
When רבי יהושע לייב דיסקין was a child, his father wanted to impress upon him the meaning of ה׳ אחד. The little boy told him that he knows that ה׳ is אחד. When his father asked how he knew, he responded: “We learnt מלא כל הארץ כבודו. Therefore, since His honor fills the entire world,
A man was once asked why people are quick to do חסד for the rich, but not for the poor? He answered: "Because it says נוצר חסד לאלפים."
