Bringing Heaven Down to Earth Book 1

Reading this book is like sitting down with a bowl of popcorn, a glass of wine, and a close friend.Peace and wisdom for today. I sure needed it!

Never have I read words from a rabbi so inspiring and profound that it has moved me to tears. Both the content and delivery in this book is incredible. I was too young when he passed to know much about him. Now I see and understand. I read his words and I feel like I'm connected to the most special human being on earth. His legacy lives on.

This is a remarkable collection of amazing words from the Rebbe. Having it on my Kindle means the words are always with me- to soothe, to prod and provoke, to illuminate. To help me "visit the house of study daily." One page I have read over and over"#163 PrisonersWe are all prisoners. But we sit on the keys.Finitude is our cell.The universe is our prison.Our jail is the Act of Being.The keys to liberation are clenched tightlyin the fist of our own egos."and how about"#132 Not If, But HowSometimes, it may appear that there is a place where, according to all considerations, G-dliness can't come. An obstacle that prevents you from accomplishing something beneficial. A freind who cannot be approached to help do a favor. A gathering of people that seems meaningless.The appropriate thing to do in such a situation is to throw out all considerations and just do.Your job is not to determine if and where. Your job is to determine how.Do, and you will see miracles."Thank you Tzvi for this wonderful book.

One of the most moving books I have ever read. Thought provoking, spiritually moving, and deeply transformative. If you read just one book this year, make it this one.

A very clearly laid out argument for being open to the holiness around us. Too many people are so caught up in the rush of life that we don’t see all the possibilities of living a more fulfilling existence and caring for our planet and world through erudite religious teachings.

This is a beautiful little book by Tzvi Freeman, a superb expositor, filled with the wisdom of both heart and mind. The wonderful material is presented clearly, and the gems are so plentiful that it is a true wonder! This is one of my favorite expositions of the heart of Hasidism. It is a moving work to which I will eagerly return again and again and yet again.

Excellent book; I refer to it often. The only thing I didn't care for was the color of the text: it seems a dark gray instead of black making it difficult to read sometimes.

Some books are amazing, but this one is phenomenal, so phenomenal that it is of biblical proportions. Frankly, this writing is so high quality that it dwarfs almost everything except that which has made it into Tanach. This is eternal wisdom literature. Is there anything holding us back? I don’t think so. Let’s do it and put this book in its proper place!

Each message I read in this book triggers inevitably my need to reflect things in a deeper level. It gives me an uplifting and empowering perspective of my existence; a sense of purpose that goes beyond simple self help. It is good to come back to it often and let its thoughts sink in. Thank-you for letting this wisdom out to the world.

I brought a lot of insight to my thinking and understanding of the Torah. I will look for more writings like this

This book is full of wisdom and still very easy to read. Jewish people and christians have so much in common.

This is a book full of gems. I lent it to a Jewish friend of mine, saying, ‘Open it and any page, and you will find it beautiful.’ He opened it at random, read, and then laughed, saying ‘This is very Jewish.’ I said, ‘read on.’ The page he opened produced an expression akin to awe. ‘That is beautiful,’ he said. ‘The book is beautiful,’ I said.I lent it to him over night, and the next day he said he was going to get a copy for his mother.This is a series of selections made from the writings of Rabbi M.M. Schneerson, edited by Tzvi Freeman. As a genre, it belongs to that category of ‘thoughts for the day’, but I have never come across anything quite like it: 365 quotations - one per day. This is not actually the kind of book you can read from cover to cover: there is no narrative, no polemic, no agenda; simply a series of statements that will make you laugh and then realise what you are laughing at, or be stopped short in thought with the sheer beauty – not only of the thought, but also of its expression. This is wisdom at its best: non partisan and universal. A beautiful book.

It does what it says: bringing heavenly inspiration into our hands. Tzvi Freeman, a former outlier, is equipped with the 300 % receptivity and the same peak capacity to transmit which make the whole thing happen. I love the conciseness and the nuggets format. There is so much to digest in each of the small packets, full pages and chapters would be too much to take on.