Few luminaries in Jewish history, particularly in modern times, have made as lasting and profound a contribution to our spiritual heritage as Rabbi Shneur Zalman. His works embrace the entire spectrum of Jewish thought—mysticism, philosophy, psychology, ethics, and law—and represent an expression of unparalleled creative genius
Despite all his knowledge, Shneur Zalman felt that he was missing an element of Jewish religious experience which could not be captured in the solitude of the four walls of his own study
In the company of rabbis of great renown, Shneur Zalman delved into the realm of the holy relations that unite G-d, Israel, the Torah and the world into one insoluble system of universal scope
Published in 1973 by the Lubavitch Foundation of Great Britain, Challenge traces the history of Chabad Lubavitch through an overview of the movement's activities during the middle of the 20th century. It offers considerable insight into Chabad philosophy and its impact on contemporary Jewish life in a wide-ranging collection of essays and articles that reveal the myriad dimensions of Chasidism for the modern Jew.