Shlomo's Stories: Selected Tales

What can I say? I'm a huge Shlomo Carlebach fan. When I was acting as Shliach Tsibur for my middle school students for mincha, I would read one of these stories to them at the end of our service. The students were spell-bound and always found a way to connect the story to Tefillah. These stories connect us all. I cannot recommend a book more strongly.

Shlomo was a very controversial person. See my comment under my handle "richardmgreen" at the above mentioned website. I find these stories hard to take literally and I'm wondering if Shlomo believed in them literally. I don't and I always wondered what he believed and why he told these stories.

Shlomo was also a great storyteller. His stories inspire and strengthen the faith of the listener. No matter what it is he always manages to infuse it with his own special feeling and spirit his own love of people. Now that he is gone these stories too like his music his niggunim his many students of which the highest of the highest in my opinion was his holy joker Dovid Hertzberg continue to warm the hearts of the Yidden and bring them closer to Hashem.

My mother gave me this book my first year in college when i was homesick. Now, even as a senior, i read myself a story before bed. The tradition of hasidic story telling which Carlebach continues and the enthusiasm and warmth with which he does so is inspiring and good for the spirit. This is a book i read to myself, my friends, my love, and will read to my children. This book is a great way to bring Jewish themes into your home and experiencing life the way the hasidic masters once did. They deal with aspects of life and love such as poverty, marriage, heaven, the Sabbath, integrity, honesty and more. Bring your soul to a higher place. L'Chaim!