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!
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
