19 Kislev

The New Year for Chassidism

By the Grace of G-d

Dear Mr. Chroman,

Shanah tovah!

The 19th and 20th of Kislev (this year Friday and Shabbat, December 20-21) are widely marked as the anniversary of the "birth" of Chassidim, when the long-hidden secrets of Judaism emerged from the womb of mysticism to illuminate and transform the totality of Jewish life.

Celebrated worldwide as the "Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism," these days are marked with personal and communal learning as well as public gatherings (farbrengens) to explore and apply the "inner soul" of Torah to our daily lives.

Two of the primary annual observances are to communally complete (and divide up for the following year) the entire Talmud, and to personally begin anew the daily study cycle of that hallowed and famous guide to inner life known as "the Tanya."

We'd like to extend a special invitation to you to join our amazing teachers and mentors to study this seminal work with us this year, complemented by a host of online resources.

Below you can find a sampling of these study aides, which we hope will make the priceless book of Rabbi Shneur Zalman, founder of Chabad Chassidism, even more accessible than ever.

We wish you and yours a "happy Chassidic New Year" – a shanah tovah!

Sincerely,

The Chabad.org Team

Here are some practical tools to make your study meaningful, convenient and memorable.

THE CHABAD.ORG TANYA

Get weekly installments of the acclaimed new Chabad.org Tanya Project, which is revolutionizing how we approach this work.

GET THE APP

Learn Tanya—as well as the other daily study staples—on the Chabad.org Daily Study App, including an all new class by Rabbi Naftali Silberberg

DOWNLOAD

STUDY ON TORAH TEXTS

Seamlessly toggle between Hebrew, English, commentary, and audio and video classes on the revolutionary Torah Text platform. Check out how it displays Lessons in Tanya.

STUDY

STUDY TALMUD

Did you commit to study a new tractate of Talmud? You can study it online (courtesy of the Steinsaltz Center) with amazing classes from Rabbi Avraham Zajac.

COMMIT