Kabbalah,Mysticism & Chassidus

This introspective journey examines common sense, marriage, spirituality, and wisdom.

Yakov was born in London England and emigrated to the USA together with his family when he was 14 years old. He is one of 7 children. Rabbi Yakov Saacks is the founder, director and senior Rabbi of the Lubavitch Chai Center in Dix Hills, Long Island, NY. In late 1993, Rabbi Saacks together with his wife Zoey, moved to Dix Hills, NY, from Brooklyn, NY, to initiate what is today a vibrant organization and institution affectionately known as The Chai Center.

The Rabbi splits his time in Dix Hills, NY and Brooklyn, NY where most of his adult children live. Learn More

Letters and talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson Learn More

A Chassidic Discourse by Rabbi Shalom DovBer Schneersohn of Lubavitch

Introduce Unity Within Diversity

Heichaltzu, a discourse delivered by the Rebbe Rashab, creates a paradigm shift in human relationships. Through understanding mystical and Chassidic teachings, Heichaltzu gets to the crux of finding unity in diversity.

Lessons in Heichaltzu, a reader friendly addition of this fundamental discourse, is the magnum opus on human relations. It addresses daily human irritability and judgmentalism, as well as cosmic polarity and divisiveness.

The great underlying principle of the Torah, as R. Akiva taught, is to “love your fellowman as yourself.” And indeed, Torah literature in general, and Chassidus in particular, overflows with instructive and inspiring advice on how one may bring oneself to truly love one’s fellow. Reading this literature, to be sure, is far more cheering than dwelling on disharmony and baseless hatred. But the reality of the human condition cannot be ignored — and the present discourse addresses itself to that all too human problem.

Borrowing the mystical terminology of Kabbalah and Chassidism, this book deals with the spiritual roots of baseless hatred, its cosmic repercussions, and its attainable remedies.

This in-depth discussion of the spiritual seeds of divisiveness and dissension did not sprout in a vacuum, nor was it meant to be studied in a vacuum. It was meant to be used. In response to its call, anyone who calls himself a chassid will surely concede that whatever his spiritual stature, there is still room for making his own interpersonal contacts less judgmental and less abrasive, a little mellower and a little humbler. Learn More

To the Sons and Daughters of Israel, Everywhere
Letters by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the Jewish Festivals.

Throughout the years of his leadership, the Rebbe would issue a message to the public, in connection with the major festivals on the Jewish calendar-the High Holidays and Passover. In some years, the Rebbe issued messages prior to other Jewish festivals as well.

Although distinctly Torah communications, much in line with the insights and original scholarship that filled the Rebbe's talks and writings, these letters were composed as personal and timely messages for the specific people, places, and times spelled out in the letter's salutation: "To the Sons and Daughters of Our People Israel, Everywhere."

Known in Hebrew as michtavim klaliim ("public, or circular letters"), they set the tone for the upcoming holidays, with the Rebbe shedding light on particular spiritual meanings, demands, and opportunities of the season, urging us to contemplate the messages highlighted in the letter as we prepare to reexperience that special time.

Marked by an effusiveness not found in his other works, here the Rebbe addresses foundational themes in Jewish thought about our purpose and responsibilities as Jews, and articulates them in layman's terms, underscoring the relevance of these ideas today.

The Rebbe penned the letters in Yiddish, which in turn, were translated into English and Hebrew, all to be reviewed by the Rebbe before their release. This two-volume set contains the English translations of these letters, as reviewed by the Rebbe.

Volume 1: Elul-Adar.
Volume 2: Nissan-Menachem Av. Includes letters addressed to Jewish women, and letters to Jewish youth. Learn More

These talks continued for more than twenty-five years. The publication of Studies in Rashi aims to open this unique dimension of the Rebbe`s scholarship to the ever-growing numbers of English speaking students aspiring to serious textual study.

The essays were translated by Rabbi Y. Eliezer Danzinger, and are fully annotated in Hebrew and English. The volume is further enhanced with a detailed bibliography and comprehensive index. Learn More