Path to The Tree Of Life

Rav Mordechai Silver, shlit"a, is the Rebbe of Kehal Toldos Yehuda - Stitchin. His students have established centers under his leadership in Boro Park, Jerusalem, Lakewood, Monroe, Monsey, and Williamsburg. He is a student of some of the greatest tzaddikim of the previous generation, including Rav Yehuda Horowitz, zt"l, the Stitchiner Rebbe, and Rav Yitzchok Kalish, zt"l, the Amshinover Rebbe. Rav Silver has become renowned as one of most profound expositors of Torah thought and Chassidus of our time. Although speaking almost exclusively in Yiddish, the Rebbe's brilliance has spread far beyond his Bais Medrash. Aside from the many people who flock to the Rebbe to receive blessings and spiritual guidance, thousands more study his Divrei Torah on a weekly basis and find in them the inspiration, encouragement, and proper guidance necessary to continue their quest to gain closeness to Hashem.

In the years 5758-5765 (1998-2005) Rav Silver taught classes on a weekly basis to young men on the Tanya. The classes were taught in Yiddish. This book is based on those lessons. The Yiddish has been translated and adapted to a broader audience. Rabbi Reichman has added testimonies, stories, and other insights of his own to these lessons in order to make them more understandable to those unacquainted with Chassidic thought. This is the first book in English that is based on Rav Silver's Torah ideas.

Rabbi Zev Reichman studied at Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah- Grodno, Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael-Chevron, and Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchanan. He serves as the Rabbi of East Hill Synagogue in Englewood, N.J. and as a teacher of Talmud and Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University. He has also authored, Flames of Faith: An Introduction to Chassidic Thought, and translated Remove Anger From Your Heart: A Torah guide to patience, tolerance, and emotional well being.