23 Heshvan 5787 Parashat Chayei Sara

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בית הכנסת מרן הבית יוסף Beit Knesset Maran HaBeit Yosef

סיפורים ומסורות

Stories & Traditions

Mystical encounters, folk legends and history from the life of Maran and his synagogue. Each story is marked as a documented account, a tradition, or a folk legend.

MysticalDocumented account

The Voice on Shavuot Night

Two friends resolve not to sleep on the night the Torah was given. At midnight a voice speaks from the mouth of Rabbi Yosef Karo — and tells them to go up to the Land of Israel.

7 min read

MysticalTradition

The Lion and the Master

The master of the revealed Torah meets the master of the hidden — at an engagement party, and over a lesson he could not stay awake for.

3 min read

MysticalTradition

The Room Beneath the Synagogue

Below the prayer hall, tradition says, is the small house where the Maggid came to Maran by night.

1 min read

MysticalDocumented account

The Promise of Fire

Karo met Shlomo Molcho before he went to the stake. The Maggid promised Karo the same end. It never came.

1 min read