Table Talk  is an homage to the rebbe’s tisch (Yiddish for table). There the Hasidic Rebbe would share novel Torah interpretations, and his Hasidim would dance and sing into the night. Many books of Hasidic thought are in fact transcriptions of the sermons and stories delivered around these tables. It was at the tisch that one learned not just how to think or how to study, but how to live Hasidically.

Yet those long tables traditionally had one man seated at the head, spatially signifying a rigid social hierarchy. Our proposed tisch is circular. Table Talk will feature many voices, all sharing a way to live neo-Hasidically — but never the way. Jewish leaders will respond to specific questions about their personal religious lives, and give vulnerable insights into their own inner practices and struggles. Table Talk will be a peek into conversations with these teachers, but a conversation only becomes real with a response.

To foster dialogue and the sharing of wisdom, we have also created a space for community contributions.

We invite you to join us in these conversations around our virtual table.