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As told by Yerachmiel Tilles,
co-founder and first educational director of Ascent-of-Safed, originator and maintainer of this website, and managing editor of Kabbala Online. He has hundreds of published stories in many venues and in (at least) a half dozen languages. He tells them live in Tsfat (Safed) nearly every week, at his home on Friday evenings and at Ascent on Saturday nights.

To subscribe to his weekly email story, join his WhatsApp group for an additional audio story and video story,and/or to purchase any of his books, see the 3 announcements below.



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(For informtion on the hard-cover and soft-cover story collections of Y. Tilles, look to the right of the photo.
To join his WhatsApp stories group, see directly below)

The books of the
"Full Moon stories" series
by Yerachmiel Tilles

are available for purchase
in Jewish bookstores internationally,

and online on various booksellers' sites
(Google search on "Yerachmiel Michael Tilles" )

SAMPLE REVIEWS by:

Amazon Yanki Tauber Batya Medad Daniel Keren Rivkah Lambert Adler

 

 

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a different Audio, Video and Print story each Saturday night!

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CURRENT Story
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"The Jew on The Damascus Pharmacies Football Team"

Even though I am not Chabad like you are, I once did a very big favor for the Lubavitcher Rebbe. I bet you would love to hear the story, wouldn’t you?”

Why This Week?
Moshe selecting and sending twelve men to spy the Land of Israel is the opening topic of this week’s Torah reading, Shelach; this week’s story opens with a Jew who was a successful spy for Israel outside the Land.

LAST week's Story

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""Preserving Heavenly Protection"

“I summon you to a Torah trial before the Heavenly Court, for you shamed me.”

Why This week? In the final episode in this week’s Torah reading, Baha’lote’cha, Miriam speaks words to shame her younger brother, Moshe (although solely to her older brother Aharon, not publicly like in the above story.

NEXT week's Story

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"The “Still Small Voice” in Political Activism"

The Lubavitcher Rebbe said to Senator Jacob Hecht, “Your top priority should be to get the Jews out of Russia.” Then the Rebbe emphasized: “The key is 'quiet diplomacy.'

Why This Week? Sunday, June 29, is Gimmel Tammuz, the 31st yahrzeit of the Lubvitcher Rebbe.

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