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A Dwelling in the Lower Realms67
דירה בתחתוניםGod's desire for a home specifically in this physical world.Agunah and Testimony47
עגונה ועדות אישהFreeing a woman to remarry, and the testimony that permits it.Ahavas Yisroel (Love of a Fellow)120
אהבת ישראלLoving every Jew as oneself, rooted in the shared Divine soul.Aliyah LaRegel56
עלייה לרגל וקרבן חגיגהThe pilgrimage festivals and the chagigah offering.Atzilus (The World of Emanation)13
אצילותThe highest of the four worlds, wholly unified with the Divine.Avodah (Divine Service)240
עבודהThe work of refining oneself and the world.Avodah Zarah87
עבודה זרהIdolatry, and separating from it in practice.Avos Nezikin53
ארבעה אבות נזיקיןThe primary categories of damage, and what each one covers.Bikkurim (First Fruits)65
ביכוריםBringing the first fruits to the Temple and the declaration over them.Birchas HaMazon and Zimun35
ברכת המזון וזימוןGrace after meals and the zimun.Bitachon (Trust)42
בטחוןActive trust that God provides for one's needs.Bittul (Self-Nullification)51
ביטולNullifying the ego before the Divine — the core avodah of the soul.Blessings on Enjoyment68
ברכות הנהניןThe blessings said over food, drink and fragrance.Bor and Eish22
בור ואשThe pit and the fire: liability for a hazard one sets in motion.Challah (The Dough Portion)67
חלהSeparating a portion of dough for the kohen.Chochmah, Binah, Daas (ChaBaD)58
חכמה בינה דעתThe three intellectual faculties and the method of Chabad.Chol HaMoed38
חול המועדWork permitted and forbidden on the intermediate days.Chometz and Matzah93
חמץ ומצהRemoving chometz, and the mitzvah of matzah.Courts and Monetary Law260
דיני ממונות ובית דיןJudges, witnesses, and how a monetary claim is decided.Demai79
דמאיProduce whose tithing is doubtful, and how it is treated.Emunah (Faith)62
אמונהSimple faith in God that transcends intellect.Eruvin and Techumin123
עירובין ותחומיןCarrying between domains, eruvei chatzeros and Shabbos boundaries.Etzem HaNeshama (Essence of the Soul)71
עצם הנשמהThe soul's deepest essence, beyond its revealed powers.Fast Days57
תעניותThe communal fasts and their meaning.Festivals176
מועדים וימים טוביםThe Yomim Tovim and the laws and joy of the festival cycle.Forbidden Relations97
עריותThe forbidden relationships and their consequences.Gifts to the Poor128
מתנות ענייםPeah, leket, shichechah and the other field gifts to the poor.Gittin159
גיטיןDivorce: writing, delivering and validating a get.Hashgacha Pratis (Divine Providence)57
השגחה פרטיתGod's individual providence over every detail.Hiring and Wages65
שכירות פועליםEmployer and worker: wages, conditions and obligations.Hiskashrus (Connection to the Rebbe)300
התקשרותBinding oneself to the Rebbe and the chain of transmission.Injury and its Payments27
חובל בחבירו וחמישה דבריםInjuring another: damage, pain, healing, lost work and shame.Kabbolas Ol (Accepting the Yoke)46
קבלת עולAccepting the yoke of Heaven — service beyond feeling.Kesubah156
כתובהThe marriage contract and the obligations between husband and wife.Kiddushin197
קידושיןBetrothal: how a marriage is effected and by what means.Kilayim (Forbidden Mixtures)118
כלאיםThe forbidden mixtures of seeds, vines, animals and garments.Krias HaTorah68
קריאת התורהPublic Torah reading, who reads and what is read.Krias Shema44
קריאת שמעThe obligation, times and manner of reciting Shema.Maaser Sheini and Neta Revai149
מעשר שני ונטע רבעיThe second tithe, its redemption and eating it in Jerusalem.Mesirus Nefesh (Self-Sacrifice)84
מסירות נפשTotal self-sacrifice for God, above reason.Mitzvos (Commandments)173
מצוותThe Divine commandments as the means of connection.Mitzvos of the Land407
מצוות התלויות בארץThe agricultural mitzvos that apply specifically in Eretz Yisroel.Moshiach and Geulah (Redemption)90
משיח וגאולהThe coming of Moshiach and the final redemption.Mourning57
אבילותThe laws and stages of mourning.Nedarim178
נדרים והפרתםVows, their language, and their annulment.Neighbours and Chazakah60
שכנים וחזקהShared property, boundaries, and possession established over time.Nezirus97
נזירותThe nazirite vow and its restrictions.Ohr Ein Sof (Infinite Light)25
אור אין סוףThe unlimited Divine light that precedes all worlds.Orlah (The First Three Years)53
ערלהThe fruit of a tree during its first three years, forbidden for benefit.Oros and Keilim (Lights and Vessels)12
אורות וכליםThe interplay of Divine light and the vessels that hold it.Pesach131
פסחThe festival of liberation: chametz, matzah and the Seder.Pnimiyus HaTorah (The Inner Torah)157
פנימיות התורהThe soul of Torah revealed through Chassidus.Purim and the Megillah46
פורים והמגילהThe Megillah reading and the mitzvos of Purim.Ratzo vaShov (Running and Returning)13
רצוא ושובThe soul's oscillation between yearning to ascend and returning to act.Returning Lost Property35
השבת אבידהFinding, announcing and returning what belongs to another.Ribis17
ריביתInterest: what is forbidden, and how a loan is structured without it.Sale and Acquisition126
מקח וממכר וקנייניםHow ownership transfers, and when a sale becomes binding.Sanctifying the Month50
קידוש החודש והעיבורWitnesses to the new moon, and the calendar.Sanhedrin and Punishments153
סנהדרין ועונשיןThe court in capital cases, and the punishments of the Torah.Seder Hishtalshelus (The Chain of Worlds)33
השתלשלותThe descending order of spiritual worlds from Above to here.Shalom Bayis37
שלום ביתPeace and holiness in the Jewish home.Shekalim66
שקלים ומחצית השקלThe half-shekel and the funding of the Temple service.Shemitah (The Sabbatical Year)135
שמיטהThe seventh year, when the land rests and its produce is ownerless.Shen and Regel17
שן ורגלDamage done by eating and by walking, and when the owner pays.Shevuos118
שבועותOaths, their forms and their consequences.Shofar26
שופרThe shofar, its blasts and the mitzvah of hearing it.Simcha (Joy)53
שמחהJoy in serving God, and how it breaks all barriers.Sotah and Eglah Arufah73
סוטה ועגלה ערופהThe suspected wife, and the eglah arufah.Sukkos and the Four Species75
סוכות וארבעת המיניםDwelling in the sukkah and taking the four species.Tam and Muad31
תם ומועדThe goring ox: half damages until it is forewarned, full damages after.Tefillah (Prayer)180
תפילהPrayer as the soul's ladder and avodah of the heart.Terumos and Maasros (Tithes)409
תרומות ומעשרותThe priestly gifts and tithes separated from produce.Teshuvah (Return)99
תשובהReturning to God — not only from sin but as the soul's ascent.The Animal Soul66
נפש הבהמיתThe self-oriented soul and its refinement.The Days of Awe67
ימים נוראיםRosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: judgment, shofar and atonement.The Four Guardians58
ארבעה שומריםUnpaid and paid guardians, borrowers and renters, and who bears the loss.The Laws of Shabbos280
הלכות שבתThe labors, boundaries and spirit of Shabbos observance.The Pesach Offering136
קרבן פסחThe Pesach offering, its times, and who brings it.The Sanctity of the Land96
קדושת ארץ ישראלThe holiness of Eretz Yisroel and the mitzvos that depend on it.The Sefiros24
ספירותThe ten Divine attributes through which God relates to creation.The Soul (Neshamah)105
נשמהThe Divine soul, a literal 'portion of God above'.The Temple and its Service650
בית המקדש ועבודתוThe Beis HaMikdash, its offerings and its service.The Tzaddik and the Rebbe243
צדיקThe role of the righteous leader as channel of blessing.The Yom Kippur Service84
עבודת יום הכיפוריםThe Kohen Gadol's service on Yom Kippur.Theft and Robbery59
גזילה וגניבהStealing and robbing, and what must be returned or repaid.Torah Study252
לימוד התורהLearning Torah as union with the Divine wisdom.Tumah and Taharah331
טומאה וטהרהRitual purity and impurity, and how they are conveyed.Tzimtzum (Divine Contraction)18
צמצוםHow the infinite light contracts to allow a finite world to exist.Yibum and Chalitzah154
ייבום וחליצהLevirate marriage and the chalitzah that releases it.Yichud Hashem (Divine Unity)42
יחוד השםThe absolute oneness of God — that all is truly Him.Yom Tov and Ochel Nefesh76
יום טוב ומלאכת אוכל נפשMelacha permitted on Yom Tov for food preparation.