We began rolling out weekly installments of the all-new Chabad.org Tanya just three months ago. Now, in honor of 19 Kislev, we are releasing it in an all-new online format on the Torah Texts platform, along with drop-down explanations and guides, making it even more accessible.

Teachers and lay people alike have been raving about the Chabad.org Tanya Project:

“I have been exposed to Tanya since 2002 and never have all these points been explained so clearly....loving it and more importantly the footnotes and background stories that the Tanya is referencing.”

“Thank you very much for providing this free resource on the study of the Tanya. The translation and explanatory notes are cogent, concise, and thought-provoking.”

“Wow….what a chapter (installment 8)!! Very deep. I’m really trying to keep up. I enjoy trying to understand every chapter so far. Thank you.”

“Who could truly live without Tanya?”

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The Chabad.org Tanya Project is written by Rabbis Tzvi Freeman and Levi Dubov, in collaboration with leading scholars, reviewers, and designers, each of whom contributes to the accuracy, beauty, and accessibility of this work.

Each chapter is preceded by an introduction and a glossary of terms. The online design allows you to show or hide the additional material—a guide, explanations of key concepts, stories, as well as charts and illustrations that help illuminate key concepts.

• Click here to view the first two chapters of the Chabad.org Tanya in Torah Texts.
• Click here to sign up to receive weekly installments of this work in book format.

Along with the entire Jewish nation and upright people everywhere, we are pained and saddened by the shocking news of the vicious murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a 28-year-old Chabad rabbi in the United Arab Emirates, by barbaric terrorists. Rabbi Kogan was murdered simply because he was a Jew, a member of the Chosen People, a Jew who cared deeply for his fellow Jews of all walks of life, and for all people.

What can we do to honor his memory?

We can all increase our acts of goodness and kindness, and donate tzedakah to good causes in Rabbi Kogan’s memory.

And for the Jewish community in particular, here is a suggestion uniquely connected to Rabbi Kogan’s passion and dedication: A week of kosher.

Young Rabbi Kogan dedicated his life to bringing kosher food to the Emirates. He devoted days and nights to ensuring that every Jew in Dubai has access to top-quality kosher food. He was inspired by the call of the Rebbe, who launched the Kosher Campaign 50 years ago to spread kosher awareness and observance. In a video recorded just a few days before his passing, he proudly shared how he is importing foods from all over the world so people can keep kosher no matter where they are.

In the wake of his brutal murder at the hands of terrorists, let’s declare the coming week a week of kosher—dedicated to increasing awareness of this important mitzvah.

Rabbi Zvi Kogan.

Here’s what that means:

If you don’t yet keep kosher at home, for the next week (and hopefully you will continue beyond), we suggest you choose one (or some, or all) of the following:

• Eat a kosher meal at least once a day
• Shop and eat only kosher food and kosher meat
• Avoid mixing meat and dairy
• Avoid non-kosher fish, such as shellfish, crab, eel, and other non-kosher seafood (kosher fish is easy to find in most supermarkets)
• If you eat out, choose only kosher restaurants
• Spend a few minutes a day learning about the basics of keeping a kosher kitchen

If you already keep kosher, perhaps consider upgrading your observance in the areas of pat Yisrael, chalav Yisrael, waiting between meat and milk, or wherever else you identify room to improve.

By Divine Providence, we are currently running a four-part course dedicated to the basics of keeping kosher. We encourage you to enroll in the free course to learn more about kosher by clicking here.

With broken hearts but unbreakable spirit, we pray to G‑d that our mitzvahs bring nachas to the holy soul of Rabbi Zvi ben Alexander Hakohen, and bring comfort to his devastated widow, grieving family, and shocked community.

We pray that this concerted effort will help bring our hostages back home and send protection to our soldiers in Israel and our brothers and sisters worldwide. May our mitzvot bring Moshiach and an end to all suffering, amen.

Are you going to add in your kosher observance in honor of Rabbi Zvi Kogan? Please tell us about it and share your condolences in the comments below, and we will, G‑d willing, share your messages with his family.

With concern we call on you to please join us in praying for the safety and wellbeing of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a 28-year-old member of the leadership of Chabad of the United Arab Emirates, who has worked tirelessly to foster Jewish life in the Emirates and has been missing since last week.

Please say chapters 20 and 29 of Psalms and give charity to the cause of your choice in the merit that G‑d protect Rabbi Zvi HaKohen ben Ettel.

With prayerful wishes for good news,

The Chabad.org Team

Many of us wish we could close our eyes and find ourselves magically transported to Jerusalem, where we’d learn Torah from inspiring and learned teachers, as King David himself dreamed of over 2,000 years ago: “One [thing] I ask of G‑d, that I seek—that I may dwell in G‑d’s house all the days of my life, to see the pleasantness of G‑d and to visit His Temple every morning.”1

But current circumstances are such that most of us cannot do that right now. So, through Chabad.org’s partnership with Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies, we are thrilled to bring you Torah classes directly from Jerusalem. There are two fresh series that we are especially excited about:

Have you ever wondered about the inner meaning of the mitzvah to believe in G‑d? The third Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, also known as the Tzemach Tzedek, wrote extensively about this mitzvah in his book Derech Mitzvotecha. Now you can listen in on Chabad.org as Rabbi Yitzchak Kaufmann, a resident scholar at the Mayanot Institute in Jerusalem, teaches this classic treatise in English. And of course, you can also access it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Another exciting series we look forward to sharing with you delves into “Trei Asar”—the Twelve “Minor” Prophets—presented by Gila Lowell, a lecturer at the Mayanot Women's Program in Jerusalem. You can listen to the first classes (which set the tone for the series) here on Chabad.org, and also access the classes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or the platform of your choice.