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Insights & Readings

Objects and ideas, from everyday to the esoteric, are held up and examined in the light of Chassidic teaching in this series of short articles

Thirty-Six Aphorisms of the Baal Shem Tov

Twenty-Eight Teachings from Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi

Tanya in Plain English

A Marriage of Minds

Tanya Chapter 32

Articles by Yanki Tauber

Did You Ask to Be Born?

The Third Marriage

Seven Fruits of the Soul

The World is a Ball

The Torah Is...

Articles by Tzvi Freeman

By Tzvi Freeman

Why Does a Good G‑d Make Bad Hurricanes?

Skydive From Heaven

How Nobody Became Somebody

What’s the Difference Between Buddhist Nothingness and Jewish Nothingness?

Why You Are Right and the World Is Wrong

Why the World Needs Its Soul

Human Passion and the Envy of Angels

Articles by Chana Weisberg

Voices in the Night

The Toddling Life

Your Inner iPod

A Lesson on Love

By Mendy Herson

Can You See the Rainbow?

How to Get to Heaven

Gaining Control

Irrationality, You've Met Your Match

Living Life to the Fullest

The Business of Life

Articles by Boruch Cohen

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

A Middle Aged Mystic in Macy's

Mr. Self-Sacrifice

You Can Teach An Old Jew New Tricks

What the Ark Taught Noah

The Talking Lottery

The First Good Kabbalah Class

Articles by Shlomo Yaffe

Eight Lights, Eight Lessons

Of Fasting and Feasting

Blossoms in the Winter?

The High Holiday Anthem

The Myth of Relaxation

Articles by Naftali Silberberg

Talking With G‑d

Are We Being True to Ourselves?

Hide 'n Go Seek Gone Awry

Do You Resent Being Told What To Do?

The Ultimate Employee

Two-Faced Honesty

Articles by Yaakov Paley

Pestered By Angels

The Sea and the Sandbag

Life as a Mountain

A Very Strange Commandment

Articles by Laibl Wolf

A Seed in Earth's Womb

Mind and Emotion

The Kabbalah of Communication

The Spiritual Roots of the Cucumber

The Four Minute Barrier

The Oil of Wisdom

The Double Face of the World

Articles by Shifra Hendrie

The Kabbalah of Speech

Taking the Lead

Coming in Second

The Secret of Getting Free

You Have Just Been Created

Articles by Chaya Shuchat

Beating the Odds

Written Word, Spoken Word

Eight Degrees of Giving

Nice Guys Finish Last

Articles by Elisha Greenbaum

Find YOUR Niche

Articles by Michael Chighel

By Michael Chighel

Chocolate and Melancholia

Confessions of a Recovering Muppet

In Praise of Chassidic Folly

The Innermost Intelligence of the Smart Phone

Get Smarter Than Your Phone

“I Shall Teach You to Sing!”

Raanan’s Incandescent Kingdom

Articles by Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz)

By Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz)

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

On the Impractibility of Returning to the Past

Innocence and Modern Man

From Childhood to Old Age

The Question of Purpose

The Psychology of the Soul

The Strife of the Spirit

Articles by Other Authors

10 Chassidic Ideas That (if applied) Will Change You Into a Better Person

Four Ways Improvisational Music Helps Me Appreciate Chassidus

Reflections on the New Beep

Are We Having Fun Yet?

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