Chitat

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Question: In addition to the daily prayers, I find that reading Psalms helps me feel close to G‑d, and I want to start saying them every day. Is there a custom as to which Psalms I should say when? Response: Psalms is certainly a powerful book. The Midras...

I knew that the Rebbe encouraged this practice, but I asked myself: “When the Rebbe says to recite Chitas, does he really mean me? Shouldn’t I first learn more and begin to study Tanya once I can better understand it?”

Rabbi Yisroel Rubin has served as the director of Chabad of the Capital District in Albany, New York, for over forty years. In the summer of 1970, he was on the staff of Camp Gan Israel of Montreal, Canada. He wanted to do something to encourage the child...

It’s a small rectangle, the size of a box of baking soda, but it revolutionized the world of Torah study. Known as a “Chitas” (or “Chitat”), it is a book that combines Chumash (the Hebrew Bible), Tehillim (Psalms) and Tanya (the foundational work of Chaba...

With all the complex challenges of life, it’s easy to search for complex solutions, overlooking the basics of success. Reb Aaron Dalfin shares two illuminating interactions with the Rebbe (the early 1960's)