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Booklist & Recommended Reading

In honor of Hei Teves, a holiday on the Chassidic calendar that celebrates and spurs the spreading of the wellsprings of Chassidus, you’ll find significant sales on Jewish books. Prices listed are ones we found on their websites for this sale; please double-check before purchasing. Of course, any time of year is good to buy Jewish books!

This list of recommended books is arranged by bookstore: first Kehot, then Sichos In English, then Kol Menachem, with some additional titles that you can get on Amazon. When there are 2 versions of the same book, it says “OR” to indicate you should choose what size to get. 

This list is by no means exhaustive – please browse when you’re on these sites!  

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KEHOT Publication Society 
https://store.kehotonline.com/

Torah – 5 Books of Moses
Torah Chumash, Standard Size - $48.71 (was $64.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ESE-TORA.LSE

OR

Torah Chumash, Compact Size – $37.46 (was $49.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ESE-TORA.MSE

Tehillim (Book of Psalms)
Tehillim, Book of Psalms, Heb/Eng - $14.96 (was $19.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-TEHI.L

Tehillim with commentary
Tehillim, Book of Psalms, Heb/Eng - $44.96 (was $59.95)
With commentary from the Talmud, Midrash, Kabbalah, classic commentators and the Chasidic Masters
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-TEHI.DEL

Tanya (core text of Chassidic teachings)
Lessons In Tanya, Slipcased Set, 5 hardcover volumes – $65.86 (was $119.75)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EAR-LESS.SB

OR for starters:

Lessons in Tanya, Vol 1, paperback (Vol’s 2 and 3 are available in paperback; 4 and 5 are not) - $13.17/vol (was $21.95/vol)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EAR-LESS1.P

Guides to Tanya
Map of Tanya, Personal Edition $7.46 (was $9.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EAR-MAPT.PKT

Sparks of Tanya, Volume 1 - $10.17 (was $16.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EAR-SPAR1

Sparks of Tanya, Volume 2 - $7.77 (was $12.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EAR-SPAR2

Siddur (prayerbook)
Annotated English Siddur, Standard Size - $24.71 (was $32.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-STH.AEL

OR

Annotated English Siddur, Compact Edition Flexi Cover - $16.46 (was $21.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-STH.AEMF

Siddur with Commentary
Siddur Illuminated by Chassidus, Weekday Prayers - $25.32 (was $38.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-SIBC.WS

Siddur Illuminated by Chassidus, Shabbos Prayers - $25.32 (was $38.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-SIBC.SK

Siddur Illuminated by Chassidus, Friday Night Prayers - $3.22 (was $4.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-SIBC.FN

 

Insights into Prayers
My Prayer, 2 Volume Set - $27.33 (was $47.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-MYPR.SB

Pirkei Avot, Ethics of The Fathers - $26.97 (was $44.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EO-PIRK.DEL

Practical Guide to Davening - $16.95
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EO-PRAC

Kosher
Going Kosher in 30 Days - $21.80 (was $22.95) – may be less on Amazon
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EL-GOIN.H

Blessing Card for blessings on foods, laminated - .57 ( was .97)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EL-BLES

Chassidic Discourses with translation and commentary, a series of 20-plus volumes
Chassidic Heritage Series – each volume from $6-$15
https://store.kehotonline.com/products.asp?dept=241

Holidays
Megillat Esther with commentaries – $27.71 ( was $36.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-MEGI.DEL

Passover Haggadah with commentaries – $22.46 (was $29.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-HAGG.DEL

Rosh Hashana Machzor (prayerbook for Rosh Hashana) – $20.21 (was $26.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-MACHRH.A 

Counting the Omer – A Spiritual Guide for days between Passover and Shavuot, paperback - $7.46 (was $9.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EF-COUNO

Education, Outlook
Inclusion and the Power of the Individual – $14.21 (was $18.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ERE-INCL

Teachings of the Rebbe on Chinuch - $25.46 (was $29.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ERE-TEAC

Positivity Bias - $13.97 (was $19.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EO-POSIB

Shaar Habitachon: Gate of Trust - $18.17 (was $27.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EO-SHAAH

Wisdom to Heal The Earth – $18.17 (was $25.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ERE-WISD

Healthy in Mind, Body & Spirit - $13.46 (was $17.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ERE-HEAL.P

Bringing Heaven Down to Earth – $24.95 (not on sale)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EO-BRIN.H

History/Biographies
Memoirs, 2 volumes – stories of hidden mystics and early Chassidim - $27.33 (was $47.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EFR-LUBA.SB

Subbota: My Twenty Years in Soviet Prison - $19.96 (was $24.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EH-SUBB

Samarkand: The Underground With a Far-Reaching Impact - $33.20 (was $34.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EH-SAMA

Chassidic Light in Soviet Darkness: The experiences of a Chassidic youth in Communist Russia - $9.86 (was $10.95)
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EH-CHAS

SICHOS IN ENGLISH
https://www.sie.org/generic_cdo/aid/2253215/jewish/Shop.htm

Hayom Yom - an aphorism a day
Hayom Yom - Tackling Life’s Tasks, Large Edition - $27 (was $49.95)
https://www.sie.org/generic_cdo/aid/2253215/jewish/Shop.htm#!/Tackling-Lifes-Tasks-Hayom-Yom-Large-Edition/p/33335884/category=40467055

OR

Hayom Yom - Tackling Life’s Tasks, Compact Edition - $18 (was $30)
https://www.sie.org/generic_cdo/aid/2253215/jewish/Shop.htm#!/Tackling-Lifes-Tasks-Hayom-Yom-Compact-Edition/p/45867221/category=40467055

Or read Hayom Yom entries for each day here: https://www.sie.org/templates/sie/article_cdo/aid/3354401/jewish/Hayom-Yom-Tackling-Lifes-Tasks.htm

Jewish Law
Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law), Weiss Edition – 12 volumes. Choose the area of Jewish law, you’re interested in.
https://www.sie.org/generic_cdo/aid/2253215/jewish/Shop.htm#!/Jewish-Law/c/40470043

History, Stories
The Making of Chassidim
https://www.sie.org/generic_cdo/aid/2253215/jewish/Shop.htm#!/The-Making-of-Chassidim/p/34232332/category=0

 

KOL MENACHEM
http://www.kolmenachem.com/

The Practical Tanya, part 1 - $39.95 (was $59.95)
http://kolmenachem.com/itemdetail.asp?ItemID=35

The Gutnick Chumash, Synagogue Edition - $59.99 (was $69.99)
https://www.kolmenachem.com/itemdetail.asp?ItemID=11

OR

Gutnick Chumash, 5 volumes - $117 (was $200)
https://www.kolmenachem.com/itemdetail.asp?ItemID=19

 

OTHER, ON AMAZON

To Heal A Fractured World, by Jonathan Sacks - $15-$21
https://www.amazon.com/Heal-Fractured-World-Ethics-Responsibility/dp/0805211969/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1M60GA0AEPPTT&dchild=1&keywords=to+heal+a+fractured+world+jonathan+sacks&qid=1608450449&s=books&sprefix=to+heal+a+f%2Cstripbooks%2C184&sr=1-1

The Joy of Intimacy, by Rabbi Manis Friedman - $14-$19 https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Intimacy-Soulful-Sexuality-Marriage/dp/0986277002

Bread & Fire: Jewish Women Find G-d in the Everyday, by Rivkah Slonim - $9-$32
https://www.amazon.com/Bread-Fire-Jewish-Women-Everyday/dp/9655240029/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=rivkah+slonim&qid=1608452778&s=books&sr=1-2

Total Immersion: A Mikvah Anthology, by Rivkah Slonim
https://www.amazon.com/Total-Immersion-Anthology-Rivkah-Slonim/dp/9657108683/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=rivkah+slonim&qid=1608452778&s=books&sr=1-1

Feeding Among The Lilies, compiled by Baila Olidort – $22.77
https://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Among-Lilies-Wellsprings-Reader/dp/0826613055

Social Vision: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Transformative Paradigm for the World, by Philip Wexler - $17-$25 (to purchase for $15 plus shipping, email menschmidt@gmail.com)
https://www.amazon.com/Social-Vision-Lubavitcher-Transformative-Traditions/dp/0824550382

Spiritual Education: The Educational Theory and Practice of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, by Aryeh Solomon - $27-$71
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Education-Educational-Lubavitcher-Schneerson/dp/0824599586/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=lubavitcher+rebbe&qid=1608451976&s=books&sr=1-3

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