Chasidic Masters

Inspirational insights from the Baal Shem Tov and Hasidic leaders of succeeding generations

Intermediate

To be considered "alive" one must constantly strive for holiness.

From Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz, the "Seer" of Lublin

Jewish mysticism encourages us to recognize that all is rooted in the One

From the teachings of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (The "Tzemach Tzedek")

Moshe’s staff was an intermediary between the physical and the spiritual worlds, literally a “supernatural” staff.

By David Sterne, based primarily on Shem miShmuel.

How do you open a locked heart? Do you smite it or do you speak to it?

By Yosef Y. Jacobson

Beginner

The mystical dimensions of the ego

From the teachings of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, translation and commentary by Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Shore