The esoteric mysteries of Kabbalstic and Chassidic teachings remain mostly locked away in books and language inaccessible to most. Chabad especially is shrouded in many stereotypes and even controversy.
In What Chabad Really Believes, Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov offers us a tremendous gift: He opens up this unknown world in crystal clear terms, and presents us with a comprehensive, yet utterly personally relevant blueprint for life—engaging to readers of all backgrounds.
— Simon Jacobson, author Toward a Meaningful Life
I highly recommend this book to anyone who seeks an understanding of Chabad’s thought, philosophy and practical application to life. Written with a great skill appropriate to the general public this book is very accessible while comprehensive.
The method of delving into very sophisticated concepts through a personal interactive conversation lends itself to easy reading and relevance. I am impressed with the author’s wisdom and ability to introduce deep philosophical ideas in a manner so understandable it actually resonates with one’s life experience.
— Shalom Lipskar, Shliach The Shul and the Aleph Institute
Disarmingly approachable in format and style, this book manages to bring clarity to some of the deepest and most challenging ideas in Jewish thought.
— Shais Taub, Director SoulWords.org, Scholar-In-Residence Chabad of the Five Towns
With thousands of centers, tens of thousands of emissaries, millions of followers and admirers, it has become the most recognized name in Jewish outreach and continuity. Yet, what drives this dynamic movement? This book goes beyond the outer trappings; past the fame and the numbers. It takes its readers deep inside the engine of the revolutionary phenomenon called “Chabad” and what it truly believes.
— Moshe D. Bryski, Executive Director - Chabad of the Conejo, California
