Toras Chaim (Chabad)

Toras Chaim
Toras Chaim, 1826 edition, Kapust
AuthorRabbi Dovber Schneuri, the second Chabad Rebbe
Published
  • Kapust, 1826 (first edition)[1]
  • Warsaw, 1866[2]
  • Kehot Publication Society, Shanghai, 1946
  • Kehot Publication Society, Brooklyn, NY, 1975, 1993, 2004
Pages1,812 (current hardcover edition)
ISBN0-8266-5588-2

Toras Chaim (Hebrew: תורת חיים, "Torah of Life") is a two-volume work of Hasidic discourses on the books of Genesis and Exodus by the second Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Dovber Schneuri.[1][3] The work is arranged in a similar fashion as Likutei Torah/Torah Or, a fundamental work on Chabad philosophy authored by Rabbi Dovber's father, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of the Chabad movement. Both works are arranged according to the weekly Torah portion.

The treatises in Toras Chaim are noted for their length and complexity, as well as their elucidation of concepts discussed in Likutei Torah/Torah Or.[4]

  1. ^ a b The Mittler Rebbe Archived 2015-11-07 at the Wayback Machine. ChabadLibrary.org. Accessed April 5, 2014.
  2. ^ Miller, Chaim. Maimonides: 13 Principles. Kol Menachem Press. Accessed April 5, 2014.
  3. ^ Kabbala and Chassidism. Chabad.org. Accessed April 4, 2014.
  4. ^ Schneerson, Menachem Mendel. Igros Kodesh Vol. 19. Kehot Publication Society. Brooklyn: New York. p. 55.