Jewish stories for children of all ages

The Rabbi and the dry cake

Rashid comes home hungry and finds that his dinner is not ready, so he threatens his wife Fatima with divorce unless she can make coffee before he finishes his dry cake and they end up relying on the Rabbi's wisdom when Rashid's impatience gets the better of him.

Davening with the Baal Shem Tov

A talmid of the Baal Shem Tov learns that every single action of a Rebbe has cosmic significance.

The jars of honey

When a wealthy widow entrusts her fortune to a neighbor after hiding it in jars of honey, she soon finds her trust is misplaced, until a shepherd boy saves the day with his wisdom.

Wedding gift from the Baal Shem Tov

When the Baal Shem Tov must raise 200 ruble to marry off an orphan girl raised in his home, he simply sends Leib Kreminer out to "take care of the matter" and the money is soon on the table in time for a joyous simcha.

The King’s dream

A cruel decree against the Jews causes the King to experience years of exile and torment until he finds himself back in his former kingdom, but without his former hatred for his Jewish subjects.

The wise merchant and the greedy thief

A merchant hides his money in a safe place while traveling on business, but when the money is stolen, the merchant relies on his wits rather than the authorities to recover his bag of gold coins.

A visit from Eliyahu haNovi

Yaakov owns a distillery and relies on his expert supervisor Moshe to take care of the business while Yaakov learns, but it turns out Moshe knows a lot of Torah also.

The Lord (and the lord) will help

Rabbi Dovid Firkus is given a lesson in emunah, and a wealthy merchant is given a lesson in the power of a Tzadik.

The Czar walked in his sleep

The Czar orders his ministers to draw up a plan for stopping all Jews from learning and upholding the Torah, but they are very surprised when their very best effort is thrown into the fireplace by the Czar himself!

Siddur’l

The boys in cheder love it when old Shmuel drops by at the end of the day as he always has an inspiring story for them, this time about his first day in the Czar's army after being kidnapped at a tender age.