Editing Toras HaChassidus (section)

=== The Path of Chabad Chassidus ===
Chabad teachings represent a further development in revealing the teachings of Chassidus, which the Baal Shem Tov began to reveal. Chassidus as a whole is a revelation of the inner dimension of Torah, the inner aspect of all four levels of Torah interpretation - Pshat, Remez, Drush, and Sod.

The Torah, like the body, is divided into "body" and "soul." The part called "Nigleh" is essentially the revealed part, which includes all of Tanach, Mishnah, Talmud, and other books added to them. The second part, "Pnimius" - the soul, this is Chassidus.

The word Chabad is an acronym for the three intellectual faculties: Chochma, Binah, Daat. The philosophy of the movement is based on the deepest dimension of Hashem's Torah. It teaches understanding and recognition of the Creator, the role and purpose of creation, and the importance and unique mission of every created being. Chabad teachings guide a person to refine and control every action or emotion through Chochma, Binah, and Daat.

Chabad teachings essentially deal with the entire world of Jewish thought and philosophy. It discusses the relationship between the Creator and creation, the ways in which the Creator controls His world, how He sustains and gives life to the world, and the purpose for which He created the entire world in the first place. We find in Chabad teachings profound explanations about the essence of Torah and mitzvos, the uniqueness of the Jewish people, and the powers of the Jewish neshamah. Chabad teachings also contain deep and wonderful analyses of the human psyche and penetrate the deepest layers of the Jewish neshamah.

There is a broad range of fundamental questions that are constant topics of discussion in Chabad Chassidus. Some of these questions are: Why did Hakadosh Baruch Hu create the world? Was He lacking something that He created the world for? And how did such a complex world with so many contradictions emerge from the One and Only G-d whose "essence" is simple unity?

Extensive attention is devoted to questions of purpose and objective: What is the purpose of Torah study and mitzvah observance? Why did our divine neshamah need to descend from the upper spiritual world where it dwelled to our physical and lower world? What is the benefit of this tremendous descent? What is the end of the world, will it remain as it is forever, or will there be a change in its entire essence at some stage?

What characterizes the form of discussion in Chassidus is - the solid logic of the explanations, the clarity, the depth, and yet - the simplicity that is attainable for every person.

Particularly remarkable is the fact that almost no one who tried to penetrate the wellsprings of Chabad Chassidus was left unchanged. The very engagement with Chabad teachings changes perspectives, increases awareness of subtle areas that weren't previously close, and transforms the person into a different person: more serious, more complete with their worldview, more settled - and also with greater vitality and joy of life.

The essence of Chabad Chassidus was deeply explained by the Rebbe in Kuntres Inyona shel Toras HaChassidus.