Written by the great Hasidic master Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi in the late eighteenth century, the <I>Tanya</I> is considered to be one of the most extraordinary books of moral teachings ever written. <BR> A seminal document in the study of Kabbalah, the <I>Tanya</I> explores and solves the dilemmas of the human soul by arriving at the root causes of its struggles. Though it is a classic Jewish spiritual text, the <I>Tanya</I> and its present commentary take a broad and comprehensive approach that is not specific to Judaism nor tied to a particular personality type or time or point of view. <BR> Opening the <I>Tanya</I> is a groundbreaking book that offers a definitive introduction, explanation, and commentary upon the <I>Tanya</I>. As relevant today as it was when it was first written more than two hundred years ago, the <I>Tanya</I> helps us to see the many thousands of complexities, doubts, and drives within us as expressions of a single basic problem, the struggle between our Godly Soul and our Animal Soul. <P>