Susan Handelman

I. The Creative Contributions of Chasidus Many explanations have heretofore been given concerning the nature of Chasidus, See also On the Teachings of Chasidus and On the Learning of Chasidus by R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn [recently republished in On Th...

1It is written in the Zohar: Zohar I: 117a “In the sixth century of the sixth millenium, [The “sixth century of the sixth millennium” (5600-5700) corresponds to the years 1740-1840. See Likkutei Sichot, vol. 5, p. 42 ff., where the Rebbe elaborates on the...

This landmark discourse explores the contribution of Chasidus to a far deeper and expanded understanding of Torah. The Rebbe analyzes the relationship Chasidus has with Kabbalah, the various dimensions of the soul, the concept of Moshiach and the Divine a...

The innovations and increase in Torah study of recent generations connects to and is emphasized more in relation to women...

My aim here is not to engage directly in arguments about the Torah's view of homosexuality, or feminism, or the problems of singles in the Jewish community. Rather, these questions have raised for me a deeper, underlying question: Beyond the usual platitu...

A personal account of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s attitude towards feminism.

We really should not have to die at all, despite Adam's sin. And G-d, so to speak, is sensitive to this. It "embarrasses" Him...

He made of each Chasid a "rebbe," made each Chasid feel that responsibility and love for every Jew, made each Jew sense her or his own greatness and holiness.

Something about turning forty makes it different from all other birthdays. What is so significant about this number that makes us approach it with such ambivelent feelings?

"Moshiach does not want to overwhelm us, because if he were going to overwhelm us, he could have come 100 years ago"