Episodes

  • Better Than the Original

    Better Than the Original
    Jul 2 2025
    This week I have two stories for you for Gimmel Tammuz. The first is about a couple that turns the Rebbe for advice on having children and the second about Raphael Nouril who came closer to Rebbe by painting his portrait. If you're enjoying these Chassidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/better-than-the-original. To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com. Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas. Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman. My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter
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    27 mins
  • Never Make Promises You Can't Keep

    Never Make Promises You Can't Keep
    Jun 25 2025
    This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a desperate Rosh Yeshiva who blesses a wealthy Jew with a child in exchange for a large donation and then goes to the Frierdiker Rebbe for help when his blessing doesn't come true. The second is a well known story about Yaakov Ish Tam, a story told by the Tzemach Tzedek when his house was being rebuilt after a fire. If you're enjoying these Chassidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/never-make-promises-you-cant-keep. To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com. Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas. Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman. My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter
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    21 mins
  • Can I Tell You About Hashem's Bookkeeping? (Baal Shem Tov story)

    Can I Tell You About Hashem's Bookkeeping? (Baal Shem Tov story)
    Jun 18 2025
    This week I have two stories for you. The first is about couple that gives up wealth for a child but then comes to the Baal Shem Tov asking for help and the second a short story about Reb Zusha who helps a wealthy Jew see what true wealth is. If you're enjoying these Chassidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/can-i-tell-you-about-hashems-bookkeeping-baal-shem-tov-story. To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com. Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas. Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman. My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter
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    21 mins
  • A Match Made in Heaven

    A Match Made in Heaven
    Jun 11 2025
    This week I have three stories for you. The first is about a wealthy Jew that buys an unknown cargo for a fortune, the second about the Baal Shem Tov and his unique way of inspiring two Jews and the last from just after October 7th and how a pair of tziziot saved lives. If you're enjoying these Chassidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/a-match-made-in-heaven. To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com. Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas. Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman. My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter
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    29 mins
  • A Blessing Instead of a Curse

    A Blessing Instead of a Curse
    Jun 4 2025
    This week I have three stories for you. The first is about Reb Yonasan Eibeschutz who gave up his entire wedding dowery to save a fellow Jew, the second about a father and son during the Holocaust and the father's disobeying the Nazi's orders, and the third about the Six Day War and Rabbi Aryeh Levin's blessing for Nasser. If you're enjoying these Chassidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/a-blessing-instead-of-a-curse. To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com. Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas. Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman. My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter
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    26 mins
  • Jealousy into Generosity (Shavuot Stories)

    Jealousy into Generosity (Shavuot Stories)
    May 28 2025
    This week I have two stories for you the first is about the Shpoler Zeide who wants a Poritz and his friends to really hear the Ten Commandments and the second a story Reb Meir of Premishlan would tell every year on Shavuot about Rabbi Shimshon Meir Wertheimer of Vienna and a simple wagon driver that saves a stranded king but then wants to punish his fellow Jew. If you're enjoying these Chassidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/jealousy-into-generosity-shavuot-stories. To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com. Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas. Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman. My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter
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    33 mins
  • The Short Long Way

    The Short Long Way
    May 21 2025
    This week I have three stories for you the first is about a fish merchant that loses all of his money and gets cryptic advice from the Tzemach Tzedek to go to Berlin, the second about the Kol Aryeh and the Sanzer Rebbe and how a mitzvah is saved for a person's salvation and the last three short stories about Lubavitcher Rebbes and time. If you're enjoying these Chassidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/the-short-long-way. To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com. Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas. Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman. My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter
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    29 mins
  • Where Miracles Begin, but Don't End

    Where Miracles Begin, but Don't End
    May 14 2025
    This week I have three stories for you the first is about obstacles that got in the way of bochurim getting to Meron on Lag BaOmer, the second about the power of forgiveness and the third about the Mittler Rebbe on Lag BaOmer. If you're enjoying these Chassidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support! Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/where-miracles-begin-but-dont-end. To become a part of this project or sponsor an episode please go to https://hasidicstory.com/be-a-supporter. Hear all of the stories at https://hasidicstory.com. Go here to hear my other podcast https://jewishpeopleideas.com or https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas. Find my books, Figure It Out When You Get There: A Memoir of Stories About Living Life First and Watching How Everything Falls Into Place and A Shtikel Sholom: A Student, His Mentor and Their Unconventional Conversations on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman. My classes in Breslov Chassidus, Likutey Moharan, can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@barakhullman/videos I also have a YouTube channel of ceramics which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@thejerusalempotter
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    27 mins