Depth, without distance.
Making the writings of Rav Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin more accessible—while keeping the Hebrew, the movement of the text, and the sources in view.
Not simplified. Opened.
Rav Tzadok’s writing is compressed, layered, and allusive. These editions are designed to give the learner enough footing to stay with his own words.
Hebrew and English remain in close conversation. Sources and parallels sit where they are needed, so a difficult passage can be entered rather than merely summarized.
Faith in the Night
A personal yahrzeit essay connecting my mother’s extraordinary strength with Randy Pausch’s last lecture and Rav Tzadok’s Resisei Layla, Simanim 5, 27, 24 and 21. On emunah in darkness, the gift of Shabbos, the light that follows hardship, and choosing joy. Featuring family photographs, published book covers and Hebrew source notes.
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Resisei Layla
The hidden light of the Jewish soul.
Rav Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin explores Torah and prayer, faith and longing, and the light that can emerge from concealment. The two-volume edition presents vocalized Hebrew with close, phrase-by-phrase English and annotated sources.
Actual printed pages: The combined 20-page preview contains ten unchanged pages from each original KDP interior, preserving the exact Hebrew, English, typography, and footnotes.
The pages are the proof.
Genuine pages from the published 7 × 10-inch volumes, not a newly typeset adaptation. Click to enlarge either page, or open the unchanged 20-page combined sample.
Takanas HaShavin
Rav Tzadok on the power of teshuvah to transform.
The complete fifteen-siman work is presented across two volumes with a consistent interlinear format and detailed notes throughout.
Open the page. Then open it wider.
These are genuine pages from the edition. Hover to bring a page forward; click or tap any page to enlarge it.
The books are finding their way to the shelf.
Explore the two-volume Takanas HaShavin, the two-volume Resisei Layla, and The Livyasan and Shavuos—five published books in the Kisvei Rav Tzadok collection.
The Livyasan and Shavuos
A bilingual study drawn from Rav Tzadok and the Izhbitza–Radzin tradition, following the Livyasan from Gemara and Akdamus into Torah, hidden light, and the future seudah.
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Dover Tzedek
A two-volume bilingual edition is now in preparation.
The project opens Rav Tzadok’s discourses across Eruvin, Berachos, Ner HaMitzvos, Mishlei, Likutim, and additional sections while keeping the original Hebrew, close English, and source notes together on the page.
The page shown here is an actual Eruvin page from the work in progress—not a mockup.
Preview Dover Tzedek ↗A path into the original, not around it.
The learner stays attached to Rav Tzadok’s own language rather than being handed a detached summary.
The English follows the structure and movement of the Hebrew closely enough to help the reader move through the passage.
Talmudic, Midrashic, Zoharic, and parallel Rav Tzadok sources sit alongside the ideas they actually illuminate.
Help bring Toras Rav Tzadok to more learners.
Help make Rav Tzadok HaKohen's writings and the teachings of Izhbitz–Radzin accessible through thoughtfully prepared sefarim and the developing Akiva Publishing reader.
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