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    Kvitel or Kvitl (Yiddish: קוויטל kvitl, "little note"; plural: קוויטלעך kvitlekh, kvitels, kvitelech, kvitelach / kvitls, kvitlech, kvitlach) refers to...
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    lines" of a kvitel, and in every Hasidic movement there are numerous anecdotes relating how the rebbe saw things that were not written in the kvitel. In most...
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    most "courts", is the Pidyon, "Ransom", better known by its Yiddish name Kvitel, "little note": Adherents submit a written petition, which the master may...
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    Rabbah, פתקא טבא (pitka tava or piska tava), which in Yiddish is "A guten kvitel", or "A good note", is a wish that the verdict will be positive. In many...
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    though he conducts himself in the manner of a Hasidic Rebbe, accepting kvitel and holding tish. Another son, Lipa Teitelbaum, established his own congregation...
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  • of Torah teaching. Hasidism developed the customs of Tish (gathering), Kvitel (request) and Yechidut (private audience) in the conduct of the Tzadik....
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    on January 23, 2018, at the conclusion of his four-day visit to Israel. Kvitel Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society. 43-44. Yeshiva Rabbi Jacob...
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    gravesite of his uncle, the previous Belzer Rav, Rokeach received his first kvitel from the Yavrover Rav, a descendant of the Belzer and Ropshitzer Rebbes...
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    Rokeach revealed himself to be a warm and caring leader. He read each kvitel with great interest and prayed for the petitioner's salvation and success...
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