Learning From Our Leaders: The Story of Reb Shayele of Kerestir

Rav Yeshaya Steiner, more commonly known as Reb
Shayele of Kerestir, was renowned for his tzidkus
and chessed. The mitzvah of hachnasas orchim,
hosting and feeding hungry Jews, in particular, was
very close to his heart, and the stories told about this are
astounding. Reb Shayele had a direct line with Hashem,
and countless mofsim stories are told about him as well.

Read of the rolls that this tzaddik distributed to the men in

shul...from an empty bag, and how, on an Erev Shabbos

when there was a fish shortage in town, a large, kosher

fish was delivered straight to his home...by a bird. Read of

the miraculous ways in which Reb Shayele saved so many

Jews from trouble, and of how, with his extraordinary

warmth and compassion, he brought numerous people

closer to the Torah.

The Story of Reb Shayele of Kerestir

, geared specifically for

junior readers, tells the fascinating story of a holy man

whom many of us have heard so much about...but whose

greatness we won't ever truly uncover.