Derech Mitzvosecha [SEP] editor
Derech Mitzvosecha
Derech Mitzvosecha, also titled Sefer Hamitzvos (), is an interpretive work on the Jewish commandments authored by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866), the third Rebbe of the Chabad Hasidic movement. The work is considered a fundamental text of Chabad philosophy.
Interpretation of the commandments.
In "Derech Mitzvosecha", Rabbi Menachem Mendel interprets the Jewish commandments ("mitzvos") according to Kabbalistic and Hasidic teachings. Topics include the commandments of belief in God, prayer, love of a fellow Jew,
the "commentary" of the commandment to love one's fellow.
Publication.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel published few of his works during his lifetime. The first edition of "Derech Mitzvosecha" was in Poltava (current day Ukraine), 1912-1913. Later editions were published by Kehot Publication Society in Brooklyn, New York.
Publication English edition.
An English edition of "Derech Mitzvosecha" was translated by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger and published in 2004 by the Chabad publishing house Sichos in English. The English edition translates