Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1813), was the founder of the Chabad Lubavitch Chassidic movement. He labored for twenty years before he published his masterpiece - the Tanya. The Tanya is an incisive compilation of Jewish mystical concepts. It presents a systematic approach, both to an individual's moral and spiritual development, and to a conceptual awareness of Divine immanence.

The Tanya is a key text to bringing the spirituality of pre-enlightenment traditional Judaism into the modern world, and it does so not in the form of an enclave style of mysticism that hides it away, but with a sense of empowerment and purpose.

To date, more than 4,000 editions of the Tanya have been printed in places ranging from Adelaide, Australia to Harari, Zimbabwe. Jews in Guangzhou, China and Havana, Cuba study their local editions of the work. The Tanya has also been translated into nine languages, including Russian, French, Spanish and Arabic.

You can see our online edition of Lessons in Tanya here.

Chabad of Howard Beach has a weekly class on the Tanya
Every Wednesday following the Torah class at 8:00 PM
160-35 87th St.
Please feel free to join us.
for more information e-mail: Chabadhwardbeach@aol.com
or call: 718-641-7707