Learn the Rebbe's Sichos on your own

A professional workbook curriculum that builds the skills to learn Sichos in the original, for schools, Chabad Houses, yeshivos and individuals.
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The Workbooks

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Back to Basics Bereishis Workbook
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Back to Basics Bereishis Workbook

Back to Basics Bereishis Workbook
$25.00 $29.95
Back to Basics Shemos Workbook
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Back to Basics Shemos Workbook

Back to Basics Shemos Workbook
$25.00 $29.95
Back to Basics Vayikra Workbook
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Back to Basics Vayikra Workbook

Back to Basics Vayikra Workbook
$25.00 $29.95
Back to Basics Bamidbar Workbook
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Back to Basics Bamidbar Workbook

Back to Basics Bamidbar Workbook
$25.00 $29.95
Back to Basics Devarim Workbook

Back to Basics Devarim Workbook

Back to Basics Devarim Workbook
$29.95
Back to Basics Bereishis Workbook
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Back to Basics Bereishis Workbook

Back to Basics Bereishis Workbook
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Free samples

Try it before you buy

Download a real Sicha from the workbook and the Teacher's Guide, free. Print it, learn it with a chavrusa, and see the method for yourself.

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Cover of the Noach Teacher's Guide sample

Noach Teacher's Guide
Cover of the Vayeira workbook sample

Vayeira Workbook
First page of the visual guide to the workbook

Using the Workbook
Using the Workbook: the labeled layout of a Back to Basics workbook, with color coded Content, Lesson and Skills sections

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Inside the workbook

How the workbook works

Every Sicha comes with the tools to read it, understand it and live it: color coding, a new skill each week, word lists, a full English translation, review questions and letters of the Rebbe.

Our infographic labels every part of the book, so you can see exactly how it works before you buy.
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The five Back to Basics workbooks: Bereishis, Shemos, Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim

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The complete five-volume set

All five workbooks, Bereishis, Shemos, Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim, in one complete course, from the first Sicha to fluent independent learning.

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Teacher's Guides

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Back to Basics Bereishis Teacher’s Guide

Back to Basics Bereishis Teacher’s Guide

Back to Basics Bereishis Teacher’s Guide
$119.99
Back to Basics Shemos Teacher’s Guide

Back to Basics Shemos Teacher’s Guide

Back to Basics Shemos Teacher’s Guide
$119.99
Back to Basics Vayikra Teacher’s Guide

Back to Basics Vayikra Teacher’s Guide

Back to Basics Vayikra Teacher’s Guide
$119.99
Back to Basics Bamidbar Teacher’s Guide

Back to Basics Bamidbar Teacher’s Guide

Back to Basics Bamidbar Teacher’s Guide
$119.99
Back to Basics Devarim Teacher’s Guide
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Back to Basics Devarim Teacher’s Guide

Back to Basics Devarim Teacher’s Guide
$119.99
Back to Basics Bereishis Teacher’s Guide

Back to Basics Bereishis Teacher’s Guide

Back to Basics Bereishis Teacher’s Guide
$119.99

Why Back to Basics

Back to Basics began as an after-school program at Yeshivah College in Melbourne. Today it gives students the tools to learn Sichos independently, enjoyably, and for life.

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What teachers and students say

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