Friday, March 27, 2026

Herring for Breakfast in Moskve

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  When the wagon took flight, my Great, Great (multiplied by a large number) Grandmother Mruczek climbed into the Baal Shem Tov’s lap. He st...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Alexei's Doubts & The First Great Leap of Faith

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  Alexei had been instructed to proceed due east on the rutted road leaving his village. He held the reins and urged the horses forward in t...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Alexei and Mruczek Learn to Read

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 What plans that the mysterious traveling Yid might have for him were surely beyond Alexei’s imagination. As soon as the Baal Shem Tov was b...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Alexei's Inheritance, Mruczek the Cat and the Mysterious Traveler

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 Alexei was a young man when my Great, Great (multiplied by a large number) Grandmother Mruczek came to live with him. She was fairly young ...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

How Mruczek - The One Who Purrs - Came to Live with Alexei

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  I know that these stories I am about to tell you may sound like fantasies but these are indeed true histories. I know this because I liste...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

The Baal Shem Tov and the Cat

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  The world rests on the merit of 36 Righteous Men in each generation, from nearly the beginning of time and even now. The 36 are represente...
Saturday, August 9, 2025

Diaspora in the Stars; The Planet Birobidzhan Story

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This is the preface for   The Luftmenschen of Planet Birobidzhan    Tayere khaveyrim , dear friends, The Luftmenschen of Planet Birobidzhan ...