Chassidic teaching
Chassidus
Rabbi Heschel Greenberg’s classes, essays and books on Chassidus, including the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s ma’amarim (Chassidic discourses), translated with introductions and notes.
What is Chassidus?
Rabbi Greenberg sets Chassidus apart from the mystical teachings of Kabbalah in general:
…Chassidus represents the part of Torah that focuses on, mines and elicits the positive in ourselves and in others. Chassidus is the part of Torah that digs into the deepest recesses of our soul, where no negativity can exist. Chassidus relates to the part of our soul that is referred to as the Yechidah, the part that is intimately tied up with G-d’s essence.
Chassidus is also learned week by week, alongside the parsha. From his introduction to the Rebbe’s ma’amar in Ma’amarim of the Rebbe, Volume One: Basi L’Gani:
…in addition to the lessons gleaned from the actual narratives and laws of the Torah, we must also glean deeper insights from the wellsprings of Chassidus on those Biblical texts, as they correspond to that particular week.
Find the weekly portion on the Weekly Parsha pages, and Jewish mysticism on Safe Kabbalah.
Books
4 chapters · free to read Ma’amarim of the Rebbe, Volume One: Basi L’Gani The Alter Rebbe once said that one must live with the times. Contrary to the way it sounds, the Alter Rebbe was not advocating following… 2 chapters · free to read Ma’amarim of the Rebbe, Volume Two There are four [days of] Rosh Hashanah: The first of Nissan is the Rosh Hashanah for kings and festivals; the first of Elul is the Rosh… 8 chapters · free to read Safe Kabbalah, Part One: Opening the Gates Mysticism is, first and foremost, the belief that there is more to life than meets the eye. Belief in G-d is primarily a mystical notion,… 26 chapters · free to read Safe Kabbalah, Part Three: Journeys of the Soul The belief in the Messianic Age and the Resurrection of the Dead – according to the Kabbalists – is not merely a further step in the journey… 19 chapters · free to read Safe Kabbalah, Part Two: The Fourth Dimension There is, however, another more remote connotation to our expression of gratitude when we say Modeh Ani. While it cannot be debated that…
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