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December/January 1996/1997 Steve Herzig

Tzedaka: It Is More Blessed to Give

A story is told of the rabbi of Nemirov. His followers, all Hasidim, stated emphatically that every night their rabbi went up to heaven. Another Jewish group, Mitnaggedim (opponents), ridiculed the Hasidim about this belief. One particular Mitnagged thought the idea so preposterous that one night he decided to hide under the bed of the rabbi to confirm firsthand the impossibility of such a thing.

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Steve Herzig is the Vice President of North American Ministries and a Bible teacher for The Friends of Israel.

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