Cousins and Blood Brothers
An expensive carriage stopped outside the Baal Shem Tov's home. The first thing to emerge?…
Author: Reb Arie
A chaplain, spiritual director, and educator, Arié Chark (“Reb Arie”) is Rector at The Metivta of Ottawa.
A strong sense of personal mission has led Reb Arie to convene various civil society projects under the auspices of The Metivta of Ottawa, including the Ottawa Roundtable and the Abrahamic Chaplaincy Board.
A Light Shines On A Dark World
A certain talmid went to visit his master, Rabbi Israel's brother-in-law, Rabbi Avraham Gershon of…
Satan’s Plan
The Satan saw our heilige Yid, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, doing mysim toivim, good…
Is There A Solution?
The Heilege Yid, our Rabbi Yisroel Ben-Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov, once confronted a challenging…
Rabbi Gershon’s Meditation
Rabbi Gershon's Letter “My family and I are coming to see you,” Rabbi Gershon Kitover…
Before The Besht
Before the Baal Shem Tov was the Besht... Israel was called to his father Eleazer's…