Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Story of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev

B"H

The Baal Shem Tov said that a man is there where his thoughts are.

Once Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev went to a person in his synagogue one day, rights after the prayers, and gave him a very warm "Shalom Aleichem"!

Startled, the man said "But I've been here the whole time."

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak answered, "But during the prayers your mind wandered to Warsaw where you were thinking of your business. Now that your prayers are finished, you have returned here to Berditchev."

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