Spiritual Stories by Rabbi Allen Maller

These spiritual stories are written by Rabbi Allen S. Maller.

Like Dogs and Cats – Featured Spiritual Story

I love dogs and cats. During my lifetime I have had many dogs and cats as pets. Yet there are two things I never understood about dogs and cats.

First, why do dogs greet people warmly with joyful jumping and tail wagging, while cats greet people like they are doing you a favor; coolly with regal restraint? Second, why are dogs and cats usually not good friends? Why do they fight like dogs and cats?

A Pair of Pears – Featured Spiritual Story

There was a king who had a daughter who was very ill. The doctors couldnâ€™t find anything wrong with her. She just seemed miserable and cried often.

One night the princess dreamed that if she ate a pair of very special pears she would get well. In order to learn what would make the pears so special, she would have to meet with each person who brought pears to her.

Her mother the queen, decreed that...