With KGB spies all around him, a man gives up his own tefilin so a Soviet Jew can have the mitzvah: A sparkling gem of chessed A broken couple finds comfort in the warmth and music of one of the Torah world's most popular singers: A brilliant jewel of chessed His friend couldn't afford vacation this year, so Shimon quietly paid the costs, never dreaming that his act of kindness would save his son's life: A golden moment of chessed From chavrusas for the homebound to shoes for the poor from soup kitchens to 'tantzers' (dancers) entertaining sick children to help with mental health issues: A glittering collection of chessed organizations started by 'people like us.' Rabbi Paysach Krohn, the globe-trotting 'American Maggid,' has given us so much wisdom, inspiration, and encouragement in his bestselling books. Prozac, My Niece's Catholic WeddingДЇrom All Time Best Selling Authour and Rabbi Comes Total Chessed. The lessons will transform your life.Д«uddhism, Judaism, and the Great Cheerio Fiasco, Eat, Pray, Love, Then What? My Five Weeks with Cancer, My Son the Doctor-Murderer, God vs. The tales in this book will make you laugh - and cry. The lessons derive from a dizzying variety of sources:ДЄ Hassidic Rebbe in Jerusalem, A guru in Varanasi, A Kabbalist in rural Israel, Girls at a Calcutta orphanage, A clown, A Maharaj's palace in the foothills of the Himalayas, Her 90-year-old mother-in-law, A cat on a dangerous military mission, A totally paralyzed author of 8 books The tales collected in this book span the breadth of Sara Yoheved Rigler's colorful, adventure-filled life. She went to Jerusalem and started studying what she called, 'the world's most hidden religion: Torah Judaism.' Then her spiritual journey took a hair-pin turn.

She spent 15 years living in an ashram and practicing and teaching meditation. Sara Yoheved Rigler, author of the bestseller Holy Woman, made her first, year-long trip to India while still in college.

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