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Chassidus and Kabbalah · In print
כתר שם טוב
Kesser Shem Tov
The Collected Teachings of the Baal Shem Tov
The sefer this house is named for. The Baal Shem Tov wrote nothing himself; his teachings survived in the writings of his disciples, and from them the Kesser Shem Tov — the Crown of the Good Name — was gathered and first printed in Zalkevo in 1794, the earliest published collection of his Torah. Its 105 teachings come here in fully vocalized Hebrew with a phrase-by-phrase translation and a running elucidation that names the sources and traces the Kabbalistic framework of each one, with a summary at the head of every teaching and the Kehot critical-edition variants noted throughout. The companion volume to Or Torah, in the same format and design.
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Summaries and indices
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In print
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Kesser Shem Tov
Hardcover · 7 × 10 in
The earliest published collection of the Baal Shem Tov’s teachings, first printed in Zalkevo in 1794 and gathered from the writings of his foremost disciples — 105 teachings in fully vocalized Hebrew with a phrase-by-phrase English translation and a running elucidation that names the sources and traces the Kabbalistic framework of each one, a scholarly summary at the head of every teaching, the Kehot critical-edition variants noted throughout, and an Index of Sources and Subject Index. A companion volume to Or Torah.
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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.