Book excerpt: In Chassidic Pearls, Rabbi Lazer Brody enriches the family Shabbat table with a unique and delightful new book based on the weekly Torah portions and festivals. Chassidic Pearls is a garden of relevant commentaries and original allegories that are ideal for anyone between the ages of 5 and 105. Rav Ovadiah Yosef shlit'a writes that Rabbi Brody is "an artist and master storyteller; honey and sweetness drip from his pen." The Melitzer Rebbe shlit'a of Ashdod adds that Chassidic Pearls is a "a superb collection of commentaries, ethics, and original stories-all simple, straightforward language-to help people enhance the spiritual dimensions of their lives."