Chassidishe Parsha Goes Digital With Extensive New Archive

A comprehensive new website is bringing together years of resources and study aids for the thousands around the world who learn Torah Ohr and Likkutei Torah every week, whether for the parsha, an approaching Yom Tov, or a concept they want to understand better.

For many years, readers of Di Chassidishe Parsha, the weekly publication by Rabbi Levi Gelb of Phoenix, Arizona, have been asking: Is there one place where we can find the archive? Now there is.

The name Di Chassidishe Parsha is also a way of referring to the weekly maamorim of Torah Ohr and Likkutei Torah, and it is the name Rabbi Gelb gave to his publication explaining them.

As reported earlier on Anash.org, the publication returned this past summer after a hiatus of several years, again bringing new unpublished maamorim with a running explanation, continuing what it had done before.

“The Rebbe told us that the kavana pnimis of every shlichus is to spread Chassidus,” Rabbi Gelb told Anash.org. “There are many more maamorim waiting to be explained and made accessible to the public. We need to make them available to the public.”

ChassidusClearly.com now gathers over 180 maamor publications in an organized, searchable collection, making it easier to find a maamor for the week, revisit an earlier publication, or locate background on a difficult concept.

The collection centers primarily on the Alter Rebbe’s maamorim in Torah Ohr and Likkutei Torah, alongside selected maamorim of other Chabad Rebbeim. Compiled and arranged by Rabbi Gelb, the accompanying explanations draw on parallel maamorim and other sources in Chassidus where the same ideas are developed more fully.

An idea mentioned briefly in one maamor may be explained at length elsewhere, and bringing those sources together supplies background, clarifies terminology, and helps the learner follow the original maamor’s reasoning from one point to the next.

Visitors can browse by sefer, Chumash, parsha, or Yom Tov, with maamorim arranged in the order of the sefer. Search and concept filters offer additional ways to find relevant material. Each listing includes a short description of the maamor’s subjects, its source reference, page count, and links to read or download it. Different editions remain available in the archive, preserving access to earlier publications alongside updated versions.

The built-in PDF reader allows visitors to learn directly on the website, enlarge the pages, and jump to a particular page. The PDFs can also be downloaded or printed for Shabbos, a chavrusa, or a shiur. Navigation and descriptions are available in English and Hebrew, while the maamor publications and accompanying explanations are in Hebrew.

The homepage highlights maamorim connected to the current parsha or approaching Yom Tov. Visitors can choose the calendar for Eretz Yisrael or chutz la’aretz, so the weekly reading follows their location. Where multiple editions of a maamor are available, the weekly selection displays the latest edition.

A separate “New Maamorim” section highlights newly completed publications, with fuller introductions to their central questions and themes.

For exploring Chassidus by subject, the site offers two complementary tools. The “Concepts” section groups the available maamorim under topics such as avodas hatefillah, bittul, hisbonenus, ahavah and yirah, and ratzo v’shov. Readers can find maamorim discussing a subject across different parshiyos, with links to the relevant PDF pages.

Alongside it is a broader mafteach inyanim, collected over years of learning, containing more than 600 entries. These include explanations, source references, and cross-references for concepts, expressions, pesukim, and maamarei Chazal discussed in Chassidus.

For example, someone learning a maamor about achdus Hashem can open the index entry, find an introductory explanation and references for further learning, follow connections to related concepts, and access relevant discussions in the maamor archive.

The index can be searched by subject, wording, or source, and a special filter helps readers locate foundational explanations. Individual passages also have shareable links, allowing a chavrusa or maggid shiur to send someone directly to the discussion they want to learn.

The site also provides links to English audio series on Chassidus, Tanya based on Chassidus Mevueres, Igros Kodesh, and Sefer HaErchin, opening on the relevant podcast platforms.

For those who prefer printed sefarim, it includes information and a purchase link for the five-volume Torah Ohr and Likkutei Torah HaMevoar set, with introductions and detailed Hebrew explanations of selected maamorim for every parsha.

The online archive and reference material are freely available, with an option to support the continued preparation and distribution of the publications.

Whether looking for this week’s Chassidishe Parsha, a source that clarifies an unfamiliar idea, or a maamor learned years ago, readers can now find them in one place.

Visit ChassidusClearly.com to explore the collection.