Kehot Publication Society

Kehot was established in 1941 by the sixth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. In 1942, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak appointed his son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (who became the seventh Rebbe in 1951) as director and editor-in-chief.[1]

Prior to the establishment of Kehot, printed editions of Chabad texts were limited. Since its founding, Kehot published many volumes of both Hasidic texts and general Jewish literature, growing significantly as an established publisher of Jewish books published in Hebrew, Yiddish, English, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, German, Persian and Arabic.[2]

Rabbi Menachem Mendel served as editor for many of the early Kehot publications. In a 1946, he wrote of his editorial work for Jewish holiday literature published in French and in English. He edited both Jewish educational literature for children as well as volumes of Hasidic discourses.[3]

The name Kehot (קה"ת) is an acronym for Karnei Hod Torah ("the rays of the Torah's glory"), and the three Hebrew letters feature in the publishing house's logo. The letters also refer to the Hebrew year, 5505 (תק"ה), in which the founder of Chabad, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, was born.

• (2017) Best Book Award, Religion – A Time to Heal, ISBN 978 082 669 0012
• (2015) Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Winner – Daily Wisdom, ISBN 978 082 660 0950
• (2005) National Jewish Book Award Finalist – The Last Pair of Shoes, ISBN 978 082 660 0318

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• Kehot Lubavitch Sudamericana - Kehot publications in Spanish www.kehot.com.ar
• Some of the Spanish books published by Editorial Kehot Lubavitch Sudamericana can be found online here es.chabad.org
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