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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 19

December 24, 2008

Today’s chapter is the story of Hannah and her Seven Sons. This is an incredibly sad story associated with Chanukah. (In fact, I could not keep entirely from crying at the end.) With that in mind I have also included a happier Chanukah story that I recorded last year of Herschel and the Hannukah Goblins. [...]

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 18

December 24, 2008

Today we continue the daily story from an adaptation of Aggadot Yehuda Ha Makkabi, which tells the history leading up to Chanukah, as well as the story of the Miracle of Chanukah. Today’s story is about the Antiochus’s challenge to Eleazar the Priest. This story comes from Legends of Judah The Maccabeeby S. Skulsky

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 17

December 22, 2008

Today we continue the daily story from an adaptation of Aggadot Yehuda Ha Makkabi, which tells the history leading up to Chanukah, as well as the story of the Miracle of Chanukah. Today’s story is about the Antiochus’s first actions to attempt to crush out Judaism. This story comes from Legends of Judah The Maccabeeby [...]

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 16

December 21, 2008

Today we continue the daily story from an adaptation of Aggadot Yehuda Ha Makkabi, which tells the history leading up to Chanukah, as well as the story of the Miracle of Chanukah. Today’s story is about the Hellenizers. This story comes from Legends of Judah The Maccabeeby S. Skulsky

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 15

December 20, 2008

This week we have something a little different. In honor of Chanukah we will be reading a daily story from an adaptation of Aggadot Yehuda Ha Makkabi, which tells the history leading up to Chanukah, as well as the story of the Miracle of Chanukah. Today’s story is about the rise of Antiochus Epiphanes. This [...]

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 14

December 13, 2008

During the time of the Alter Rebbe, the first Lubavitcher Rebbe, there were many who opposed the teaching of Chassidus, that is, Jewish Mysticism. Some of these opponents trumped up charges that resulted in the Alter Rebbe’s arrest. This week we hear some stories from the first imprisonment of the Alter Rebbe. This story comes [...]

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 13

December 6, 2008

This week we hear the story of a student of the Baal Shem Tov and the directive that the student was given to follow after the Baal Shem Tov’s death. This story comes from Volume 3 of Extraordinary Chassidic Tales, an unfortunately out of print series of books.

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 12

November 22, 2008

This week is Thanksgiving in the USA. So this week we have a story of Herschel of Osteropol and a goose dinner…or foot to be specific. Story is based on the book The Adventures of Herschel of Ostropol retold by Eric A Kimmel.

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 11

November 15, 2008

This week we read an unusual story about Reb Shmuel Munkis, involving sorcerers, whisky and a trip to Liozna. This story comes from the Early Chassidic Personalities series book on Reb Shmuel Munkis, by Rabbi Sholom D. Avtzon

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 10

November 8, 2008

This week we read a story about Herschel of Osteropol a common character in the folklore of Eastern European Jews. His stories always have a bit of wit and cleverness. This telling of the story is based on the one found in the book The Adventures of Herschel of Ostropol retold by Eric A Kimmel

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