• Publisher's Foreword
  1. Foreword to Volume I
  2. Time as a Spiral
  3. Highlights Within the Cycle
  4. Not Only History
  5. Holidays of the Future
  6. Chassidic Festivals
  7. Patterns Within a Greater Cycle
  8. In Anticipation of the Ultimate Celebration
  9. In Dedication
  10. Foreword to Volume II
  11. In Dedication

• Rosh HaShanah (At One With The King)
  1. Head and Beginning
  2. Three Levels of Connection
  3. Accepting G-d's Sovereignty
  4. A Selfless Self

• Rosh HaShanah (At One With G-d; At One With Our Fellow Man)
  1. The Core of Our Being
  2. An Organic Whole
  3. In Self and Above Self
  4. Extending the Inner Bond
  5. The Key to Divine Blessings

• Rosh HaShanah (The Inner Motivation For Prayer)
  1. The Paradox of Our Prayers
  2. Chanah's Prayer
  3. "I Poured Out My Soul"
  4. "Their Soul Longs Within"
  5. A Dwelling Among Mortals

• Rosh HaShanah (The Purpose Of Creation)
  1. "Today the World was Born"
  2. Conscious Acceptance of His Sovereignty
  3. Making G-d Part of Our World
  4. G-d's Partner in Creation
  5. Diverse Plateaus of Existence
  6. "As the Waters Cover the Ocean Bed"

• The Fast of Gedaliah (The Last Embers Of Jewish Sovereignty)
  1. "A Day of Divine Goodwill"
  2. Aspiring to Redemption
  3. "May it Be Nullified Entirely"

• The Ten Days of Teshuvah (Teshuvah - Return, Not Repentance)
  1. Two Different Dynamics
  2. Returning With Joy
  3. Of Universal Relevance
  4. Recalculating Our Merits
  5. Distance Arouses Desire
  6. All-Encompassing Oneness

• Yom Kippur (Transforming Evil)
  1. The Jewish Heart, "A Sanctuary in Microcosm"
  2. Reaching Down to the Lowest Levels
  3. A Day When Evil Has No Power
  4. Two Differences
  5. What is Our Motivation, Love or Fear?
  6. A Year of Blessing

• Yom Kippur (At One With G-d)
  1. More than Absolution from Guilt
  2. The Essence of the Day Atones
  3. Three Levels of Connection
  4. Transcending Separation
  5. Locked In, Alone With G-d

• Yom Kippur (After Yom Kippur: Can We Maintain Our Connection With G-d?)
  1. The Morning after Yom Kippur
  2. A Historical Precedent
  3. Spiritual Experience Should Not Be Insular
  4. Entering in Peace to Depart in Peace
  5. Extending Yom Kippur
  6. Fusing Spiritual Awareness with Material Prosperity

• Sukkos (The Ability To See Happiness)
  1. Two Offerings: Water and Wine
  2. Limited and Unlimited Happiness
  3. In Continuation of the Days of Awe
  4. A Timeless Relationship
  5. Fusing Both Approaches
  6. The Key to Happiness

• Sukkos (The Unity Of Our People)
  1. Four Species: Four Types of People
  2. Fulfillment Depends on One's Connection with His Fellow Man
  3. Growing from Our Contact with Others
  4. Stages in a Sequence
  5. A Joyous Bond of Oneness

• Sukkos (The Sukkah: Feeling At Home Amidst G-dliness)
  1. To be Surrounded by a Mitzvah
  2. Infusing Spirituality into Our Material World
  3. "Your Sukkah of Peace"
  4. The Ultimate Sukkah

• Sukkos (We Do Not Rejoice Alone)
  1. Our Sukkos Guests
  2. The Guests of the First Day: Avraham Avinu and the Baal Shem Tov
  3. The Guests of the Second Day: Yitzchak Avinu and the Maggid of Mezritch
  4. The Guests of the Third Day: Yaakov Avinu and the Alter Rebbe
  5. The Guests of the Fourth Day: Moshe Rabbeinu and the Mitteler Rebbe
  6. The Guests of the Fifth Day: Aharon HaKohen and the Tzemach Tzedek
  7. The Guests of the Sixth Day: Yosef HaTzaddik and the Rebbe Maharash
  8. The Guests of the Seventh Day: King David and the Rebbe Rashab
  9. Shemini Atzeres: King Shlomo and the Rebbe Rayatz

• Simchas Torah (Joy That Knows No Bounds)
  1. Why does the Torah Remain Closed?
  2. The Core of the Torah
  3. Dancing Together as One
  4. The "Feet" of the Torah
  5. Landing Safely

• Simchas Torah (Happiness Which We Have Earned)
  1. Shavuos and Simchas Torah: Two Approaches
  2. G-d's Torah, and Man's Striving to Possess It
  3. No Longer the "Bread of Shame"
  4. The Distinctive Quality of the Second Tablets
  5. Accepting the Torah with Teshuvah
  6. Beginning Creation Anew

• Yud-Tes Kislev (Bridging The Gap Between The Intellect And Self-Transcendence)
  1. A Sign of Divine Approval
  2. A Point of Transition
  3. An Extension or a Departure?
  4. An Expression of the Soul's Infinity
  5. Above, But Not Beyond
  6. Precipitating the Redemption

• Yud-Tes Kislev ("He Has Redeemed My Soul In Peace")
  1. Far from Coincidence
  2. Oneness in the Torah
  3. Oneness in Our People
  4. Oneness in Our Souls
  5. An Expression of the Essence
  6. "Spreading the Wellsprings Outward"

• Chanukah (The Message Of The Chanukah Lights)
  1. "A Mitzvah is a Lamp"
  2. To Make the Darkness Glow
  3. Transcending Even Spiritual Self-Interest
  4. Attaining the Heights of Divine Service
  5. To Continually Increase Light

• Chanukah (Why The Maccabees Rebelled: A Superrational Commitment To The Torah)
  1. Why did the Greeks Defile the Oil?
  2. A Spiritual Conflict
  3. "The Decrees of Your Will"
  4. Impure Light and the Battle Against It
  5. The Power of a Single Cruse of Oil

• Chanukah (Two Miracles: Two Modes Of Commemoration)
  1. The Chanukah Miracles
  2. Relating to the Material and the Spiritual
  3. "What is Chanukah?"
  4. Body and Soul

• Chanukah (A New Level Of Awareness)
  1. The Dedication of the Altar
  2. Why was the Chanukah Miracle Necessary?
  3. Making Our World a Dwelling Place for G-d
  4. A Focus on Children
  5. To Dedicate the World

• The Tenth of Teves (Support For Jerusalem)
  1. "The Essence of this Day"
  2. The First Stage of a Sequence
  3. A Missed Opportunity
  4. Unrestrained Love

• Yud Shvat (A Legacy Of Self-Sacrifice)
  1. A Time for Focus
  2. Challenging the Iron Fist
  3. In the Twilight Before the Night
  4. "America is No Different"
  5. Continually Advancing - and with Joy

• Yud Shvat (Towards A New Dawn)
  1. "The Sun Rises and the Sun Sets"
  2. For the Divine Presence to Dwell among Mortals
  3. To Accept Mashiach

• The New Year of Trees (Why We Celebrate The New Year Of Trees)
  1. "Is Man a Tree of the Field?"
  2. Constant Growth
  3. Rooted in the Source
  4. As Seedlings Grow and Thrive

• The Fast of Esther
  1. Why Was the Fast Instituted?
  2. Why is the Fast Called the Fast of Esther?
  3. The Effects Our Fasts Produce
  4. Women and Redemption

• Purim (The Oneness Of The Jewish People)
  1. Dispersion and Dissension
  2. Strength in Unity
  3. The Torah as a Medium of Unity
  4. Unity in a Divisive World
  5. "One Nation" Even When "Scattered and Dispersed"
  6. An Actual Expression of Oneness

• Purim (Amalek: The Perpetual Enemy of the Jewish People)
  1. Recurring Motifs
  2. The Amalek Inside Us
  3. Stepping Beyond the Intellect
  4. A Historic Error
  5. Accepting G-d's Yoke
  6. Amending the Past

• Purim (Unfettered By Intellect)
  1. A Mitzvah to Drink
  2. Deriving Positive Input from Haman
  3. A Constructive State of Not-Knowing
  4. For Darkness to Illuminate
  5. An Unlimited Commitment

• Purim (The Challenge Of Exile)
  1. When Sweetness is Bitter
  2. Confusing Darkness and Light
  3. Social Involvement vs. Academic Detachment
  4. Pride in One's Jewish Identity
  5. Priorities
  6. From Exile to Redemption

• Pesach (The Exodus: An Experience Of The Present As Well As The Past)
  1. The Bread Our Forefathers Ate in the Land of Egypt
  2. A Turning Point in Spiritual History

• Pesach (The Education Of Jewish Children: Then And Now)
  1. "And when your child will ask you..."¹
  2. Determining Our Priorities
  3. Looking Upward for Our Sustenance
  4. "They recognized Him first"

• Pesach (How Exile Leads To Redemption)
  1. The Paradox of Exile
  2. Revealing the G-dliness Within
  3. Preparing the World for the Era of the Redemption

• Pesach (The Significance Of Matzah)
  1. Making a Mitzvah Part of Ourselves
  2. Similar, but Different
  3. The Bread of Faith
  4. Resolving an Inner Dichotomy
  5. Sharing the Mitzvah with Others

• Pesach (The Seventh Day Of Pesach: The Splitting Of The Sea)
  1. Not Merely History
  2. Living in the World, but Without Worldliness
  3. Uncovering Hidden Truth
  4. Why the Sea Split
  5. A Single-Minded Commitment
  6. Proceeding to Mashiach

• Pesach (The Eighth Day Of Pesach: The Feast Of Mashiach)
  1. A Reflection of Mashiach
  2. Transforming the Belief in Mashiach into Reality
  3. Transforming the Worldly
  4. Why the Baal Shem Tov?
  5. The Contribution of Chabad
  6. The Mission of Our Generation

• Sefiras HaOmer (Sefiras Haomer: Counting More Than Days)
  1. In Anxious Anticipation
  2. Liberation, an Expression of Divine Favor
  3. Resolving an Inner Conflict
  4. Systematic Growth
  5. Internalizing Infinity
  6. "A Sanctuary in Microcosm"

• Pesach Sheni (Pesach Sheni: A Second Chance For Spiritual Progress)
  1. Another Opportunity Granted
  2. "It's Never Too Late!"
  3. Pesach and Chametz Together
  4. The Desire Within Our Hearts
  5. Stepping Above Time
  6. Continuous Growth

• Lag BaOmer (Growing Together On Lag Baomer: The Legacy Of Rabbi Akiva)
  1. Why Didn't the Disciples Emulate Their Teacher?
  2. Skew Lines
  3. Seeing Beyond Oneself
  4. The Wealth We All Possess
  5. Water Smoothing Stone

• Lag BaOmer (A Bond Of Oneness: The Legacy Of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai)
  1. Fusing the Material with the Spiritual
  2. Not a Departure, but an Extension
  3. An All-Encompassing Commitment
  4. Making the Most of Our Moments
  5. In Preparation for the Ultimate Unity

• Shavuos (What Happened At Sinai?)
  1. Relating to G-d on His Terms
  2. Lasting Results
  3. Joining the Physical and the Spiritual
  4. "No Longer in the Heavens"
  5. So that the World Itself Should See

• Shavuos (From Sinai To Mashiach)
  1. More Than Coincidence
  2. Bridging the Chasm
  3. David's Achievements
  4. Homage to a king, and to the King of kings
  5. A Commitment to the Torah which Stems from Our Selves
  6. A Dwelling for G-d in the World
  7. The Consummation of the Process

• Shavuos (Our Response To The Giving Of The Torah)
  1. Two Approaches to the Giving of the Torah
  2. The Contrast Between Our Senses
  3. The Purpose of the Giving of the Torah
  4. Differences in Approach
  5. Perceiving the Inner Truth
  6. Yes and No, and an All-Encompassing Yes
  7. The Era of the Redemption: A Synthesis of Both Approaches

• Shavuos (The Revelation At Mt. Sinai:
  An Experience Of The Present As Well As The Past)
  1. Receiving the Torah Anew
  2. Synthesizing Opposing Attributes
  3. Humble Pride; Self-Assured Humility
  4. An Unowned Land
  5. In the Face of Barrenness
  6. The Desert Can Blossom

• Yud-Beis Tammuz (The Power Of Resolution)
  1. The Prisoner Who Refused to be Intimidated
  2. "Who Will Teach Whom"
  3. "Our Souls Were Never Sent Into Exile"
  4. A Positive Spiral of Activity Gathers Momentum
  5. One Redemption Leading to Another

• Yud-Beis Tammuz (A Redemption Of All-Encompassing Scope)
  1. "The Holy One, Blessed be He, Did Not Redeem Me Alone"
  2. Caring For the Needs of the People as a Whole
  3. "The Nasi is the Entire People"
  4. Granting Others the Potential for Redemption

• The Three Weeks (Repairing The Breaches)
  1. Picking Up G-d's Signals
  2. Five Calamities
  3. A Breach in Man's Union with the Torah
  4. Jerusalem - Consummate Awe
  5. Unearned Love Compensating for Unearned Hatred

• The Three Weeks (Revealing Hidden Love: Making The Beis Hamikdash A Reality)
  1. A Paradox in Time
  2. What G-d Does Out of Love
  3. A Foretaste of Redemption
  4. Building the Beis HaMikdash

• The Three Weeks (From Exile To Redemption)
  1. The Cherubs' Embrace
  2. G-d's Only Son
  3. Descent for the Purpose of Ascent
  4. Stripping Away the Husk
  5. A Holiday of Redemption

• Elul (A Time To Take Stock: Living In The Spirit Of Redemption)
  1. Reviewing Our Service of G-d
  2. Illuminating Our Divine Service with the Light of Teshuvah
  3. An Unchanging Bond of Oneness
  4. Serving G-d as Part of One's Nature
  5. Elul and Redemption
  6. A Catalyst For the Redemption

• Elul (The King In The Field)
  1. "I am My Beloved's"
  2. Is the Initiative Man's or G-d's?
  3. Why the King Goes Into the Field
  4. G-d's Smiling Countenance
  5. Expressing Our Love Relationship with G-d through Torah Study

• Chai Elul (Chai Elul: Breathing New Life Into Our Divine Service)
  1. The Birthday of the Two Great Luminaries
  2. Life - A Quality that Defies Definition
  3. Living By Faith
  4. Understanding That Which Transcends Comprehension
  5. Ability to Take the Initiative
  6. Adding Vigor to Our Divine Service in Elul

• Glossary and Biographical Index