1) The Ruzhiner inquired as to what the Lubliner said when R. Shalom Prohobishter passed away.
2) What happened to the Ruzhiner when he was in a tavern together with a merchant from Brody.
3) A saying of the Ruzhiner about entering heaven.
4) The Ruzhiner interpretation of the dispute between Jacob and Laban.
5) A saying of the Ruzhiner that his children will [create?] the bullet (koyl)] [“the voice [kol] of Jacob” (Gen. 27:22)][ that will “take” [i.e. kill] the Kaiser (Czar?).
6) Three versions of a saying of the Ruzhiner – when a follower complained that his father was tormenting him because he visits the Rebbe.
7) What the Ruzhiner said to a follower when he complained about his children.
8) The Leover Rebbe’s interpretation of the verse “and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents” [Deut. 16:7].
9) Why the Ruzhiner inquired about an old Jew who had visited him but who could later not be found.
10) The Elder Sadagerer’s saying about the war between Nikolai and the Turks (Crimean War?).
11) A tale that the Ruzhiner used to tell on Purim how things do not go as a person wishes but as the Master of the World wishes it to go (about a marriage match between a doctor’s son and the daughter of a rabbi).
12) A tale that the Ruzhiner himself related about how he managed to turn a wealthy miser into a hospitable man.
13) Another tale that the Ruzhiner (?) related about a wealthy man who became a hospitable man.
15) A tale about a Jew who became a follower of the Ruzhiner after a friend of his relayed him regards from the World of Truth [=the world of the souls of the deceased] [saying] that there they show great honor those who traveled or even gave money to R. Abraham Prohobishter or his children.
16) A tale that the Ruzhiner related about a heretic who came to him and asked why earlier tsadikim would admonish sinners but now the tsadikim bring them close – and what the Ruzhiner replied to this.
17) How the Ruzhiner interpreted the statement “If only Israel would keep two Shabbats then they would immediately be redeemed” [Shabbat 118b] when a heretic asked him a question about it.
18) How after the death of the Malach [R. Avraham, the son of the Magid of Mezerich], R. Shalom of Karlin and R. Mordechai (Nahum?) of Chornobyl split the orphans R. Shalom Shakhna and R. Israel Hayim between them, and a tale about what happened with R. Shalom Shakhna involving a miracle.
19) A tale that the Elder Chortkover told about how the Magid of Koznitz wanted to bring the final redemption – and what the Chortkover himself concluded (also mentions the Besht and the Magid).
20) An interpretation by the Elder Sadagerer of the verse “Can a woman forget [her baby…] I never could forget you” [Isa. 49:15] and what the Ruzhiner said about this verse.
21) The writer of the manuscript relates how the Elder Sadagerer received 3 old men, one a Bohusher hasid and the other a Savraner hasid – and what the Bohusher hasid later recounted what the Bohusher related about R. Moses Leib of Sasov.
22) Customs of the Ruzhiner and what he said to hasidim who came to complain about the new decrees in Russia.
23 + 24) Statements of the Ruzhiner about old saints who in the world of truth forgot to benefit the world.
25) A statement of the (Ruzhiner or Sadagerer) at the ritual of checking for leavened bread
26) A tale [about] what happened when the Ruzhiner was in Berditchev (?) with a merchant who was involved with demons and how the Ruzhiner saved him.
27) The Ruzhiner related a long story about a Savraner hasid who although the Savraner Rav was unable to save him, and the Ruzhiner did help him – that he still traveled to his own rebbe – this is true faith.
28) What the Sadagerer Rebbe said during the dancing of Hasidim during the year when his brother the Boyaner moved to Boyan.
29) How the Elder Sadagerer healed a very ill hasid and what he said about doctors in general.
30) The Ruzhiner told a tale that shows that the true faith of a follower in his tsadik consists in the fact that he has faith in the tsadik even if things seem different to him than what the tsadik told him.
31) What the Sadagerer ____ (?) replied to the Elder Sadagerer (?) when he became Bar Mitzvah.
32) What the Ruzhiner replied to a rich man who was a mitnaged and who complained that his son – a young man – had settled in Ruzhin and become a hasid.
33) How a Jew was saved from a dangerous illness by the Elder Sadagerer even though he had only greeted him once – and from then on, he became Sadagerer hasid.
34) How the Sadagerer Rebbe lengthened his table until it reached Novoselitsa where there were Jews who were sad that they were unable to come to the rebbe for the Sabbath.
35) A tale about how the Sadagerer saved a very ill hasid on whom they had already given up.
36) The Sadagerer’s blessing for a full recovery helped.
37) The Bolochover recounted what happened with a Jew who had an ill son and traveled to his rebbe in Neshkhiz.
Also, a teaching of the Rebbe (?) on the verse “Abel became a keeper of sheep” [Gen. 4:2].
38) A tale about how the Besht did a favor for a God-fearing young man in the “other world” and how R. Wolf Kitzes who was at first an opponent of the Besht became one of the Besht’s Hasidim (heard from the Bolochover).
39) The Bolochover related a story about how the [author of the] Meir netivim in Brody wanted to whip the Besht (whom they called “Yisrael the midwife’s [son]”) because he had begun to pray according to the Sephardic rite but the Besht performed a miracle and the [author of the] Meir netivim has forced to appease him and admit that the Besht was a miracle worker.
40) Although there was a dispute between R. Meir of Premishlan and the Stretener when the daughter of the Stretener was ill they came to R. Meir to request [a blessing for] a full recovery.
R. Meir gave the Jew who had come with the request two rags and accompanied it with a tale about a rich man who was a miser and R. Meir turned him into a hospitable man. (Also heard from the Bolochover).
41) A tale [about] when as very young children the Sadagerer and his brother the Boyaner were playing and the Sadagerer said that he was greater than the Magid and what the Elder Sadagerer said about this.
42) The followers of the Elder Chortkover once begged him to give over a teaching – so he told a story about how the Magid saved one of his followers from being captured by a band of demons.
43) How the Ruzhiner responded when he was asked why he is not seen to perform miracles like other rebbes and a tale that he told (about a miracle) that he himself performed when he was a child (he maintained that only as a child did he perform miracles – later he attained a higher level[)]
44) Another miracle that the Ruzhiner performed when he was a child – (recounted by him himself).
45) Rebetzin Gitele – the Sadagerer’s sister related how her brother would divine even a thought.
46) Rebetzin Gitele also related how pure her brother kept himself while still a child in the cradle.
47) A tale about how the Kopishnitzer Rebbe dealt with a bahur [=young unmarried man] who had fallen in love with a shiksa [=gentile woman].
48) The Boyaner Rebbe relates what he heard from the Elder Sadagerer about how R. Shalom Shakhna chose a name for the Ruzhiner and why the Ruzhiner did not wish to be called R. Faivush after R. Faivush Kreminitzer, the father-in-law of The Malach [lit. “the Angel” a reference to R. Avraham son of the Maggid of Mezritch]. The Boyaner also relates a tale about how the Magid sent R. Shmelke and [the author of ] Hafla’ah to R. Faivush regarding the marriage match with The Malach.
49) An old hasid of the Rzuhiner relates that the Ruzhiner told [a story] about what happened to him when he was still a small child – and why he complained: “What concern have I with this lowly world.”
50) How the Ruzhiner divined what a Vienna professor who came to him was thinking.
51) How R. Aaron (?) Sadagerer interpreted the statement “One whose deceased is laid out before him” [Berakhot 3:1].
52) How R. Israel Sadagerer healed a mute bahur.
53) What the Shtefeneshter related about how the saints from [the time of] Rashbi [?] wished to bring the redemption but only the Master of the World and Satan knew who the individual who could bring the redemption was. The power was transmitted from tsadik to tsadik and the last one, the Ruzhiner, transmitted to his children who sacrificed their lives for the Jewish people.
54) A tale that the Riminover told about his father R. Hirsh the Servant who had many children who died in his lifetime and who wrote to R. Shalom of Kaminka, who had lost a child [too], that he learned the trait of accepting suffering with love from a yeedene [=old-fashioned Jewish woman] and he recounted a tale about this woman.
55) A lengthy tale that the Ruzhiner told about the Besht, how one of his followers who had lost his wealth accepted a mission from the Besht, and through this he was later able to help the Besht discover a Mikvah [=ritual bath] that was not kosher and also about demons and so on (The Ruzhiner subsequently traveled to Lublin for a wedding ?).
56) How the Chortkover, when he was a child of six, interpreted Rashi’s statement “But Korah who was a clever” [Rashi on Num. 16:7].
57) How the Chortkover helped a Jew who was a mitnaged whose enemies fabricated a libel about him.
58) The Sadagerer (which?) explained why he loves one of his children (?) more than the others.
59) A lengthy tale about a Jewish merchant who became poor and destitute and the Sadagerer – R. Israel – helped him become wealthy again. (Interesting due to the description of the economic methods of the Arrendators [ land leasers] and businesses).
60) How the Elder Sadagerer interpreted the statement in the Talmud “Hezekiah concealed the Book of Remedies” [Pesahim 4a] – when he helped an ill person recover.
61) How the Ruzhiner advised the great agent of the Czar, Jacob Joseph Halpern how to extricate himself from a criminal investigation (interesting as it portrays the business “morals” of Jews in Russia).
62) A tale about how the Ruzhiner, when he was in a village between Kuty and Kosov – where the Besht resided before he was revealed – conversed with a gentile – a very old man who had been tasked by the Besht to give over an object from fur/leather to R. Israel (the Ruzhiner).
63) When the Ruzhiner was in prison, a wealthy follower succeeded in gaining admittance, and how he conveyed regards between the Ruzhiner and his mother and the signs that were passed between the Ruzhiner and his mother.
64) What the Chortkover told the Riminover about not performing tikkun hatzot [=the midnight vigil ritual] and related a tale about how the Besht served the Master of the World “in thought alone.”
65) How the Chortkover interpreted the statement in the Zohar about “One who loves the Holy One…” [see Zohar II:162a; III: 263b].
66) The Elder Sadagerer’s interpretation of the verse “the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage” [Ex. 2:23].
67) Another interpretation by the Elder Sadagerer of the same verse.
68) How a Lubliner hasid chose the Ruzhiner as his rebbe – because the Ruzhiner was the only tsadik who recognized with whom this Lubliner hasid studied Torah.
