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Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of the intellectual branch of Chassidism known as Chabad, is credited with bringing the deepest secrets of Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah down to earth so they could be understood by the average person. And yet, written in scholarly Hebrew, these keys to the essential core of Judaism were locked away, untranslated, for almost two hundred years. In this, the first volume of a projected six-volume series, master teacher Wagshul, does not merely translate the original material, he clearly explains it in friendly, articulate English for scholar and layman alike.
The style of this groundbreaking work is unique in that the twelve selected discourses have been translated not word-for-word but in straightforward English. Explanations and background material have been seamlessly woven into the appropriate places within the text, making the profound content unusually easy to understand. If Rabbi Schneur Zalman were teaching today, the words contained in this book might be his very own.
Accolades for
Words of the Living G–d
"A monumental step, a major leap forward in the 'dispersal of the wellsprings abroad.'"
—Rabbi Y. H. Greenberg, translator, On the Essence of Chassidus
"I was greatly impressed . . . extremely user-friendly . . . opens doors to those who wish to enter the orchard of Chassidut . . . indeed a great contribution.
—Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet, translator, Tanya, Part IV
"Rabbi Wagshul and those who work with him have earned the gratitude of those who wish to study the classics of Chabad."
—Rabbi Zalman I. Posner, translator, Tanya, Parts III and V
About the Author Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Wagshul, known for his ability to render even the most complex subject in comprehensible prose, is the author of the eight-cassette audio series explaining the book On the Essence of Chassidus. He has served as lecturer in Tanya at the Hadar HaTorah Rabbinical Seminary, and has translated and adapted more than fifty discourses from the chassidic classics Torah Or and Likkutei Torah. He is author of Beyond All Reason, a highly acclaimed adaptation of the famous "Purim Discourse" from Torah Or.
Rabbi holds the degree juris doctor from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology from Walden University. He has been publisher of the Crown Heights Chronicle newspaper since 1988. He and his family live in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York, headquarters of the international Chabad–Lubavitch community.
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