Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi

In their introduction to the first printing of the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch,See the first volume of the bicentennial edition, p. XXXVIIff., where this preface is translated and presented in full. his sons clarified their father’s purpose in composing ...

SECTION 1 The Persons Acceptable to Perform Ritual Slaughter (1-14) 1 Anyone may perform ritual slaughter as an initial and preferred option, even women. Note: There are authorities who maintain that women should not be allowed to perform ritual slaughter...

The Laws Governing the Prohibition Against Taking Interest and the Laws Governing Iska (41-80) 41 [The stringency in the previous subsection] applies when [the borrower/manager] stipulates [that he will give the lender/investor] a specific amount, whether...

The Laws Governing the Prohibition Against Taking Interest and the Laws Governing Iska (1-40) 1 One must take the utmost care not to transgress the prohibition [against taking] interest, whether [the transaction] involves a loan to a poor person or [a loa...

Click here for a printable PDF of Chapter 9. Animal Headquarters Each soul has her principal place of residence in your body from which she extends throughout, a kind of headquarters and activity hub for her agenda. Now, the place of residence of the anim...

Click here for a printable PDF of Chapter 9. Words and Concepts You Will Need for this Chapter Chochmah, Binah, and Da’at: The three forms of intelligence which every soul possesses. Chochmah conceives ideas, binah processes and integrates them, and da’at...