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Chassidus in English

The Baal Shem Tov, the Maggid and the Alter Rebbe — in English

Chassidus, opened for the English reader

The founding texts of Chassidus, each set in fully vocalized Hebrew with a phrase-by-phrase English translation and a running elucidation that names the sources and explains the Kabbalistic terms as they come. You never lose your place in the original, and you never have to guess what a passage means.

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The edition

What is on every page. Learn it on your own, whatever your background.

Vocalized Hebrew

The complete original text, set with full nikud so it reads aloud as easily as it learns.

Phrase-by-phrase English

A faithful translation set directly beside each Hebrew phrase, so you always know which words you are reading.

A running elucidation

The explanation is carried along with the text, naming the sources and opening each passage as you read it.

Summaries and indices

A summary at the head of each section, and indices of subjects and sources to find your way back.

The Chassidus shelf.Four works in print.

Who we are

Kesser Shem Tov Publishing is the publishing arm of Beis Chabad of Passaic and Clifton, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Torah institution in Passaic, New Jersey (EIN 82-2020077). Our mission is to open the classic seforim of our masters to English-speaking learners. Proceeds from book sales support Beis Chabad of Passaic and Clifton’s Torah publishing and educational programs. More about us.