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Chassidic History

The History of the Chassidic Movement

Learn how the Chassidic movement, and Chabad in particular, developed and became a monumental force in world Jewry.

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Lubavitcher Rebbe
R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch
Soviet War on Judaism
Soviet Era
Soviet Labor Camps
R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi (Alter Rebbe)
Communism
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Lubavitcher Rebbe(458)
R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch(221)
Soviet War on Judaism(181)
Soviet Era(164)
Soviet Labor Camps(159)
R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi (Alter Rebbe)(148)
Communism(145)
Cheder(145)
Stories; Storytelling(133)
R. Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch(127)
Baal Shem Tov(84)
Tammuz 12-13(52)
Hayom Yom(51)
Kabbalah & Chassidism(48)
R. Shmuel of Lubavitch(48)
R. Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch(43)
R. DovBer of Lubavitch (Mitteler Rebbe)(40)
R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev(38)
Kislev 19(36)
R. DovBer, the Maggid of Mezeritch(36)
Chassid(28)
Nigun(25)
Kabbalah(24)
Self Sacrifice(22)
Prayer(16)
Elul 18(15)
Ahavat Yisrael(14)
Prison; Imprisonment(14)
Courage(14)
Likkutei Dibburim(13)
Our Rebbes
The Rebbe
The Previous Rebbe
The Rebbe Rashab
The Rebbe Maharash
The Tzemach Tzedek
The Mitteler Rebbe
The Alter Rebbe
The Maggid of Mezritch
The Baal Shem Tov
Prominent Chabad Figures
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson
Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson
Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson
The Life of Fraida, the Alter Rebbe's Daughter
Devorah Leah, the Alter Rebbe's Daughter
The Life of Rebbetzin Menucha Rochel Slonim
Latvian-Jewish Statesman, Chassid and Martyr: Mordechai Dubin
A Letter to Sonia Rozenblum
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Chassidic Leaders
The Life and Teachings of Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk (1717-1787)
15 Facts About Reb Zusha of Anipoli (1718–1800)
Rebbe Pinchas Koritzer (1725-1791)
Rebbe Shmuel Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726-1778)
The Life and Teachings of Reb Nochum of Chernobyl
Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin (1738–1792)
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1740–1809)
The Life and Teachings of the Holy Ruzhiner Rebbe
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Special Days on the Chassidic Calendar
19 Kislev: The "New Year" of Chassidism
5 Tevet
10 Shevat
22 Shevat
11 Nisan
28 Sivan
3 Tammuz
12-13 Tammuz
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Chassidic History by the Sixth Rebbe
Dawn of Chassidus - Volume 1
Dawn of Chassidus - Volume 2
Life Stories of Chassidim
The Making of Chassidim
The Heroic Struggle
A Prince in Prison
Memoirs of Chassidim
The Man Who Mocked The KGB
Samarkand Jewish Underground
My Encounter with the Rebbe - Volume 1
My Encounter with the Rebbe - Volume 2
Mr. Manchester
Timeline of Jewish History
History of the Jewish People
Personalities of the Bible
Stories of the Bible
Essays on the Rabbinic Period
Essays on the Medieval Period
Essays on the Modern Period
Chassidic History
Our Rebbes
Prominent Chabad Figures
Chassidic Leaders
Special Days on the Chassidic Calendar
Chassidic History by the Sixth Rebbe
Memoirs of Chassidim
Biographies of the Rebbes from "Challenge"
Miscellaneous
History & Halacha
Gallery of Our Great