The 5 Minute Story Hour
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The 5 Minute Story Hour · Rabbi Michael Zedek
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Why five minutes
Every week, Rabbi Michael Zedek tells one short story — a nugget worth stopping for. Some make you laugh. Some make you think. The best ones do both, and they stay with you long after the five minutes are up.
He has been telling them for decades — from the pulpit, on the radio, and on the page — and the habit is always the same: find the small moment that carries something larger, then hand it over plainly and let the listener do the rest. No lecture, no moral stapled to the end. Just the story, and the room it leaves you.
Read one at the table. Share one at bedtime. Pass one along to someone who needs it. That's the whole idea.
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On Amazon
Two books, two kinds of readers — and plenty of overlap between them.
Stories for young readers & readers who wish to stay young
Illustrated stories that turn everyday moments into lessons kids ask to hear again — and grown-ups quietly needed too. Illustrated by Isabel Cristina Tejada Carrasco.
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A journey to everyday spirituality
An invitation to notice the extraordinary hiding inside ordinary days — and to live like it matters.
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Stories bring us together. Readings, signings, and story hours out in the world — come sit in the circle.
One note when a date is set. Nothing else.
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