The Chofetz Chaim's Promise of Gan Eden
On Purim a tipsy bachur in Radin asks the Chofetz Chaim for a share in his Gan Eden, and is offered it on one condition: never speak or hear lashon hara.
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On Purim a tipsy bachur in Radin asks the Chofetz Chaim for a share in his Gan Eden, and is offered it on one condition: never speak or hear lashon hara.
The Chofetz Chaim made Kiddush right away for hungry travelers and sang Shalom Aleichem later, explaining that angels can wait but hungry guests should not.
The young Chofetz Chaim turned down rich dowries and married his poor step-sister Freidah for the sake of shalom bayis, and credited all he achieved to her.
Rav Kahaneman asked the Chofetz Chaim to lend him a sefer. He did not own it, he explained, and was already pained over the time spent paying for the seforim he did own.
A visitor watches the Chofetz Chaim say Kinnos just like everyone else, then passes his home that night and hears him sobbing uncontrollably.
A man tells the Chofetz Chaim his mind wanders in Shemoneh Esrei. The Chofetz Chaim answers with a parable: grab what you can, like the apple seller.
Seeing a sign hailing him as author of the Mishnah Berurah on all of Orach Chaim, the Chofetz Chaim took out a pen and corrected it to where he had finished.