Articles of Jewish belief, with anecdotes to enforce belief
(Please note-I am not going into here into proofs for Jewish belief, although there are many. I just want to bring examples I have read or heard about which are very interesting, some of them mind-boggling)
1. There are countless stories of the "holy spirit" of big tzadikim. This is to say, supernatural knowledge.
A. I was once sitting on a bus, reading a book about the previous Rebbe of Belz, Rebbe Aharon ztz"l. A man sitting next to me told me a story that he saw with his eyes. He and a friend used to come from Binei Brak to Tel Aviv motzei shabbos (Saturday night) to come to the Belzer Rebbe. (He used to continue his Shabbos third meal well into the night, with his chasidim. This friend had been married for several years, but had not yet been privileged with children. After the meal, the Rebbe went back to his room and passed by him. He turned to him, and asked if he puts on tefilin. (This is by a religious Jew a rhetorical question). He answered, of course he does. After the Rebbe passed, the chasidim told him that the Rebbe never says a word without meaning, and he had best check his tefilin if it was kosher. Sure enough, there was a mistake in the word, (livonechuh- to your son) He got his tefilin fixed, and within a year, became a father!
By the way, many, many such stories are known about the Belzer Ruv, ztz"l, but for sure many more have been buried. The Belzer chasidim knew who their Rebbe was, and they deliberately did not talk much about his wonders. The Rebbe himself hinted at his preference for these things not to be publicized in his lifetime. There are books in Hebrew about him, and I could add myself much more to that already written. My his merit protect us and all the Jewish people always.
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