Hashem sends us thousands of messages, whether through big events that happen in various parts of the world, or whether through the difficulties and challenges that every one of us encounters in our own lives. Do we understand what these messages mean?

The Torah, our prophets, and the leaders of every generation have given us many mashalim, parables, to make it easier for us to understand and accept these messages. They translated lofty spiritual concepts into everyday language that we can relate to. Such stories expose the depth of Torah and simple meanings found within it, opening our hearts to the lessons they contain.

In this book, we present twelve parables from the vast treasury of the great sage, R’ Yaakov Kranz, the Maggid from Dubno, the greatest maggid of his time and ever since.