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Letters for Life
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On Purpose
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Positivity Bias
Practical Wisdom for Positive Living
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Chapter 1: The World is G-d’s Garden
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A Time to Heal
The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Response to Loss and Tragedy
By Mendel Kalmenson
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Chapter 1: Shared Loss
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Chapter 3: Soul Connection
Chapter 4: A Time for Mourning
Chapter 5: Don't Despair
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A History of Love
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The Divine and the Human in Torah
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6. The Torah Expositions of the Sages: Extraction or Innovation?
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By Faitel Levin
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Listening to Life's Messages
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Learning Something From Everything
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Giving Thanks
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Letters to President Carter & Vice-President Mondale
An Address of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Children, Lag BaOmer, 5750 (May 13, 1990)
The Fulfillment of Our Human Potential: Guidelines for Society
Eyes Upon The Land
Adapted by Eliyahu Touger
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Eyes Upon the Land - Part 1
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Hayom Yom: Tackling Life's Tasks
Daily Chassidic Teachings & Glimpses into the Spiritual Lifestyle of Chabad-Lubavitch
Translated from the writings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
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Kislev
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The Rebbe on Pirkei Avot
Beyond the Letter of the Law
By Yanki Tauber
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Timeless Patterns in Time
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Publisher's Foreword
Rosh HaShanah
The Fast of Gedaliah
The Ten Days of Teshuvah
Yom Kippur
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Crown Jewels
Conceptual Frontiers of Chassidic Thought
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Foreword
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Devarim
Attaining Sagacity
Reflection on Reaching the Age of Sixty
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Publisher's Foreword
Looking Beyond Landmarks
Celebrating Sixty
Maamar Vayedaber HaShem El Moshe
Led By G-d's Hand
The Baal Shem Tov's conception of Hashgacha Pratis
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Publisher's Foreword
Overview
Brief on Hashgachah Pratis
For G-d to Focus Attention
As Knowledge Humbles Power
A Legacy of Divine Care
Seek Out the Welfare of Jerusalem
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Publisher's Foreword
How We Can Build the Bais Hamikdash
Towards the Complete Fulfillment of a Mitzvah
G-d's Chosen House
The Purpose of Building the Bais Hamikdash
The Bais Hamikdash and its Utensils
The High Priest's Chamber
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Torah Studies
Adapted by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; From the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Introduction
Introduction to the New Edition
Bereishit
Shemot
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Bamidbar
Devarim
Festivals
The Chassidic Dimension
Based on the Talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
By Rabbi Sholom B. Wineberg
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Festivals and Commemorative Days
In The Garden of the Torah
Insights of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the Weekly Torah Portion
By Eli Touger
Volume I
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Mind Over Matter
By Rabbi Joseph Ginsburg and Prof. Herman Branover; edited by Arnie Gotfryd
Preface
Introduction
Overview
Existence of G-d
Theories of Evolution
Issues in Torah and Science
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In Good Hands
100 Letters and Talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson on Bitachon: Trusting in G d
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Part A: Letters
Part B: Talks
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Keeping In Touch with Your Jewish Roots
Torah Thoughts Inspired by the works of The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Keeping In Touch - Volume 1
Keeping In Touch - Volume 2
Keeping In Touch - Volume 3
Keeping In Touch - Volume 4
Beautiful Within
Modesty in Concept and Dress as Taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
From the works of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; free translation by Sholom B. Wineberg
The Rebbe’s response to N’shei U'Bnos Chabad
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The Concept Of Tznius and Its Rewards
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Beacons on the Talmud's Sea
Analyses of Passages From The Talmud And Issues In Halachah
Adapted from the works of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Publisher's Foreword
Distinctive Stances in the Talmud
Our Holidays in Torah Law
Unblocking the Aggdah
Issues in Halachah
A Knowing Heart
Sichos in Which the Rebbe Advanced Our Emotional Frontiers
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
A Knowing Heart: Publisher’s Foreword
A Knowing Heart: Parshas Noach
A Knowing Heart: Parshas Vayeitzei
A Knowing Heart: Parshas Vayigash
A Knowing Heart: Parshas Shmos
A Knowing Heart: Parshas Beshalach
A Knowing Heart: Purim
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A Partner in the Dynamic of Creation
Womanhood in the Teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Publisher’s Foreword
Overview
Social Involvement Enhanced by Modesty
A Woman Called Esther
A Partner in the Dynamic of Creation
A Priestess in G-d’s Sanctuary
Rights and Priorities
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As a Father Loves His Only Son
Talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson on Bitachon: Trusting in G-d
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Overview
Man’s Highest Potential
Without Fear or Worry
Doing G-d’s Work
Like Manna from Heaven
Faith and Trust
An Obstacle — or a Springboard?
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Days of Destiny
The Jewish Year under a Chassidic Microscope
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; translated and adapted by Yosef Loebenstein
Publisher’s Foreword
An Outpouring of the Soul
Teshuvah, Tefillah, Tzedakah
Jew and G-d Alone
The Eternal Embrace
One Bullock, One Ram
Yaakov Went on His Way
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