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Rav Kenig Arrives in New York For Fall Visit
Rav Elazar Mordechai Kenig, shlita, leader of the Tzefat Breslov community, will be visiting New York, scheduled to arrive on Oct. 29 and staying for several weeks. He will be staying with the Klein family at 19 Briarwood Lane in Monsey, as on previous trips. Public shiurim and any other events to be announced. We look forward to seeing the Rav again and hearing his words of Torah, and wish him good health and success.
Second Breslov Synagogue Opens in Borough Park
We are pleased to announce the opening of a new Breslover shul in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, in a different neighborhood than the Breslover shtibel on 16th Avenue. Founded by Rabbi Yosef Cheshin and friends, the new beis ha-medrash is called "Hisachdus Avreichim-Breslov" and is located in the basement of 1334-43rd St., between 14th and 13th Avenues. It hosts daily minyanim, as well as on Shabbos and Yom Tov, and a variety of shiurim are in the planning stage. The Breslov Center wishes the founders of this new shul great success in creating a center of Torah and tefillah and in "hafotzas ha-mayonos," spreading the teachings of Rebbe Nachman to a wider circle of mevakshei Hashem.
KEREN YITZCHOK ISAAC CREATED FOR REICHMAN FAMILY
Keren Yitzchok Isaac is a newly-created fund for the widow and ten children of Rabbi Yitzchok Isaac Reichman a"h. Reb Yitzchok, an accomplished talmid chokhom in the Stoliner Kollel and a key figure in the Breslover Shtibel of Borough Park, passed away recently from complications following heart transplant surgery at age 45.
If we all work together on this important mitzvah, we should be able to insure that the Reichman family's finiancial needs will be covered until his children grow up and can provide for themselves, be"H.
This may sound like a tall order.
But, in fact, a similar campaign was conducted on behalf of the family of Rabbi Yitzchok Wolpin a"h', who also passed away at a tragically young age less than two years ago, with tremendous success. What made all the difference was the tzedakah given by people who didn't even know the niftar, but recognized the need and wanted to help.
Whether you give $18 or $18,000, it all adds up.
THIS IS A CHANCE TO PERFORM THE MITZVAH OF TZEDAKAH AT A TREMENDOUSLY HIGH LEVEL!
Therefore, please join us by sending your tax-deductable check to:
Keren Yitzchok Isaac
c/o Dovid Sears
1225 Ocean Parkway, apt. 1-C
Brooklyn, NY 11230
Likkutei Halakhos on the Weekly Torah Portion Online
Rabbi Dov Grant of Jerusalem has embarked on the worthy project of translating excerpts from Reb Noson of Breslov's masterwork Likkutei Halakhos as related to the weekly Torah portion. The Brerslov Center wishes him great success in this important contribution of "hafotzas ha-mayonos." Please visit his website here.
Hitbodedut
"A Simple Jew" from the blog of the same name and Rabbi Dovid Sears of the Breslov Center have put their heads together to create a new website dedicate to solitude and hisbodedus. It is basically a cyber-reading room that presents excerpts from a wide range of Jewish texts and essays on the value of spiritual retreat and various forms of meditation and contemplation in Jewish tradition. True solitude may be hard to find in this tumultuous world, but here are some signs that point the way:
Segulah
Rabbi Shmuel Rosenberg, the "Sofer of Tzefat," is now making available Rebbe Nachman's segulah (propitious remedy or charm) for "grace, favor, charm, charisma," as recommended in the "Alef-Beit Book" (Sefer HaMidot). The segulah is to write on parchment: "Kesef v'Zahav Chesed v'Emes Aluf." Each parchment costs $10. Rabbi Rosenberg also writes Mezuzot, Tefillin, Megillot, and Sifrei Torah.
Choir Forming At Sheves Achim/Flatbush Minyan
To add an extra dimension to Sheves Achim's Shabbos and Yom Tov davening, a choir devoted to singing both known and newly discovered Chasidic compositions, as well as appropriate contemporary works, is being formed. Participants will be trained by a world renowned choir conductor. Interested parties should contact Rabbi Meir Fund: 718-338-8442, or email
CongShevesAchim@gmail.com
Breslov Minyan Opens in Flatbush
We are pleased to announce that a new Breslov minyan has been established in Flatbush by the well-known sofer and scholar, Rabbi Aron Berlin, shlita, and his son Reb Moshe Berlin, an "activist" in promoting the Rosh Hashanah gathering in Uman for many years. The Berlin family and chaveirim aspire to create a center of Torah and Tefilloh in Flatbush that reflects the fiery enthusiasm and depth of insight for which Breslover Chassidus is known. Schedule of minyanim and shiurim is still being developed. For further information, please call R' Moshe Berlin, home # 718-851-9332, cell # 1-917-803-4155.
Breslov of Flatbush - CORRECTED ADDRESS
Location: 1909 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210
Breslov Cookbook Published
Ten years in the making, Atara Grenadir's cookbook has been published and is available online from Tzaddik Publishing: www.tzaddikcenter.com
NATURALLY BRESLOV The Fine Art of Cooking With Simplicity and Joy
Healthy Recipes and Torah Insights
$22.00
Oklahoma-born Atara Grenadir is a fine artist and painter, using oils and acrylics, who has exhibited her works throughout the U.S. She learned valuable cooking techniques at the New York Macrobiotic Center and the Gourmet Cooking School. Her search for new art forms and personal expression led her to explore the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. The belief that “less is more” that had permeated her paintings and her diet now found its counterpart in the spiritual realm – living with simplicity and joy.
Description: A cookbook of easy-to-follow recipes, low-fat and sugar-free, using natural ingredients. Traditional Jewish dishes are also included. The recipes are accompanied by dazzlingly beautiful graphics of original artworks by the author, interspersed with short sayings from Rebbe Nachman. Cover art is from a series of acrylic paintings based upon the Third Temple. The recipes are from the author and other contributors.
Approach: A cookbook of healthy recipes that promotes the idea that eating consciously leads to deeper awareness of one’s higher self. Creative cooking is a spiritual experience.
Breslov Shtibel of Borough Park Sefer Torah Campaign
We are happy to announce that along with many other recent improvements in the Breslov kehillah of Borough Park -- daily minyanim, shiurim, and other big things in the planning stages -- a committee has been formed to raise funds for a new Sefer Torah. Contributing tzedakah to this worthy project is a very great zekhus! Join other Breslover Chassidim and friends in this mitzvah. Please click HERE for the sign up form.
New Song From Rebbe Nachman Discovered
Archivist Nochum Karlinsky has discovered musical notations from Rabbi Yerucham Blinderman, zal, a noted Breslover chazzan in Ukrainia, which preserve a long-forgotten melody composed by Rebbe Nachman. Meah Shearim's reigning clarinetist Yechiel Frank played the niggun in Meron on Lag Ba-Omer this past spring. To hear this lost musical gem, call Otzros Breslov: 011-972-2-995-0000 (the first six numbers are for those calling from America), press 5 then 5 again - the niggun starts after a short introduction in Hebrew which states that the niggun was found titled "The Melody to Which the Tzaddikim are Escorted to Gan Eden".
The Breslover Tikkun
Guest Posting By Shoshannah Brombacher
Oil painting on canvas, 48x36 inches, New York 2007
Breslover artist Dr. Shoshannah Brombacher of New York is well known for her paintings of Breslover and Chassidic themes such as this elaborate celebration of Tikkun HaKlalli. The original is for sale, and Dr. Brombacher also offers prints of this and other paintings. For a more detailed description of this painting, click here.
Weekly Teleconference in Likutei Halachos Live From Eretz Yisroel
Inyanei Chanukah started Thursday Evening Nov. 2, 9:00 NY Time, and will continue at the same hour each week thereafter. HaRav Nasan Maimon shlita, will begin his weekly teleconference from Eretz Yisroel in the Sefer Likutei Halachos, by Reb Noson of Breslov, zatzal.Likutei Halachos consists of Reb Noson's collected Torah discourses, in which he used the Chassidic insights contained in the Rebbe's lessons, stories, and other teachings to illuminate the entire body of Jewish law applicable today, as codified in the Shulchan Aruch. The teleconference will begin with Inyanei Chanukah.Rav Maimon is the Executive Director and lecturer for the Jerusalem-based Breslov World Center (not to be confused with The Breslov Center for Spiritual Growth). To hear other shiurim by Rav Maimon online click here.This is a LIVE teleconference. To access it from the US, just dial 1-218-339-7800 and at the prompt "Dial the Access Code" - 24681357#. (This is a Minnesota number, so it will be a long distance call)Listeners with questions, or who would like to sponsor subsequent shiurim, should email: fivetownschassidus@yahoo.com.
The first shiur has been sponsored L'Zecher Nishmas Tanchum Reuven ben Leibig Zalman.
Jerusalem Breslov Center
The Breslov Center has opened a branch in Jerusalem. The mission of the Jerusalem center is to create a close and warm community amongst the growing population of Breslovers from English-speaking countries, to organize shiurim, classes, yemei iyun, events and Shabbatonim, and to function as a central resource for veteran Breslovers and newcomers alike, who are bound together by their connection to Rebbe Nachman and his teachings.The Breslov Center of Jerusalem is headed by the Breslov Center's Associate Director, Rabbi Tanchum Burton.Look out for event listings and classes to be posted soon! For more information, contact Rabbi Burton at 052-564-0109 or tsburton@gmail.com.
Breslov Dial-a-Shiur in Yiddish
Students of Rabbi Nachman's teachings in the US now can hear shiurim in Yiddish from prominent Breslover mashpiyim at the touch of a button.
Lecturers on the new Breslov "Dial-a-Shiur" series include Rabbi Yaakov Meir Schechter of Jerusalem, Rabbi Meir Sirota, Rabbi Dovid Herzog, and others.US number: 212-990-7361
The dynamic Rabbi Eliyahu Godlevsky may be heard locally in New York on Breslov Radio 96.7 FM, 24-hours a day. Chazek ve-nischazek!
New Breslov Shiur Over the Phone
Noted teacher of Chassidic thought Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, Rav of Congregation Aish Kodesh of Woodmere, has begun a series of shiurim on Rebbe Nachman's life and teachings that may also be heard live by telephone. The shiur is given on Monday nights at 8:00 PM. Anyone who wants to listen may do so by calling [NEW NUMBER] (712) 580-1100, pin # 183654. Rabbi Weinberger has given lectures for The Breslov Center in the past, and we enthusiastically support his efforts to spread the teachings of the tzaddikim, and those of our master Rebbe Nachman in particular.
Current Hisbodedus Groups In Brooklyn
Wednesday Nights:
A volunteer picks up people in the Kensington-Flatbush area and drives to a wildlife reserve near Sheepshead Bay to practice hisbodedus for one hour. The excursion begins at approximately 8:30 PM during the winter, 9:30 PM during the summer. If you would like to join, please email us at: MeoreiOhr@yeshivanet.com
Thursday Nights:
A group of yeshiva bochurim and others meets in the Breslov Shtibel of Borough Park, Sixteenth Ave. and 55th St., at 8:30 PM. From there, they travel by bus to the same wildlife reserve. There is usually a shiur in Yiddish on the way. For more information, contact R' Nachman Bergstein, cell # 845-641-9345.
Chayei Nefesh Now Online
After a hiatus of more than a decade, the English translation of the late Rabbi Gedaliah Aharon Kenig's "Chayei Nefesh: An Inquiry into the Role of the Tzaddik" is being made available to the public (see Learn page). These first two installments represent approximately one half of the book. However, the translation of the second half is still rough, and the entire work needs editing. Plus we would like to include a biography of the author gleaned from the reminiscences of family members and students. All this will require much work. Therefore, sponsors are needed. Anyone interested in helping to move this project along should please contact us by email: MeoreiOhr@yeshivanet.com.
Yeshivah Derech HaMelech
At last, a mainstream yeshivah has been created under the guidance of Gedolei Yisrael that integrates Gemara with Chassidus, Halachah, Mussar, Tanach, Ramban, Ohr HaChayim, and Mishnah. This long-awaited milestone in chinnuch is geared to English-speaking bochurim who wish to learn in Eretz Yisrael, and has the warm endorsement of Rav Moshe Wolfson (Emunas Yisrael), Rav Mordechai Zilber (Stutchin), Rav Tzvi Meir Zilberberg (Nachlas Yaakov), Rav Gedaliah Rabinowitz (Manestricher Rebbe), Rav Shalom Ashkenazi (Bostoner Kollel), and Rav Moshe Weinberger (Aish Kodesh). Rosh Yeshivah is Rav Asher Weiss, shlita, author of Minchas Asher. Mashgiach Ruchani and Exective Director is Rabbi Boruch Gartner, shlita, a well-known teacher of Chassidus in Jerusalem and an old friend of the Breslov Center. To view the PDF on Derech HaMelech click here.
NEW Derech HaMelech has a new website: http://www.derechhamelech.org/
Breslov Classes in Denver
Reb Moshe Lev of Denver, Colorado, tells us that a few chaverim are now getting together to study Likkutei Moharan and Likkutei Halachos during the week and on Shabbos after Minchah. Shiurim are held at the Chabad House on Holly and Dakota. For further information, please contact Moshe at 720-838-9762.
Breslov Telephone Shiurim
Hundreds of taped Breslov shiurim are now available by telephone in Yiddish and Hebrew from various rabbis, including Breslov Gedolim of the previous generation. Dial a shiur through Otzrot Breslev.
In Israel: 02-995-0000
To order tapes, the Otzrot Breslev office number is 02-999-3338
Callers from the US should first dial 011-972 and dial city code "2" instead of "02" before each number.
English Chayei Nefesh Being Edited
An English translation of Rabbi Gedaliah Kenig's Chayei Nefesh: An Inquiry into the Role of the Tzaddik is now being edited by scholars in the Tzefat Breslov community that Reb Gedaliah founded. This project is being overseen by Rabbi Ephraim Kenig, a son of the author, zatzal, and Administrator of the Breslov Institutions in Tzefat. His brother is Rav Elazar Mordechai Kenig, shlita, the community's spiritual leader. Chayei Nefesh is Reb Gedaliah's scholarly and impassioned response to the Mitnagdic critique of the Chassidic conception of the tzaddik, in support of which Rav Chaim of Volozhin's "Nefesh ha-Chaim" is commonly cited. The original translation was undertaken by Rabbis David Zeitlin and David Sears during the late 1980s. The English edition will also contain numerous corrections of source references and include a biography based on stories gleaned from Reb Gedaliah's family members and students. Anyone who would like to submit material for this biography is urged to contact "Chayei Nefesh Editor" via tzaddik@nachalnovea.com
Breslover Sofer Online
American-born Rabbi Shmuel Rosenberg is one of the premier scribes in the city of Tzefat today. He has now expanded his services and sells expertly-written Torah scrolls, Tefillin, Mezuzos, and Megillos internationally online. His father is Rabbi Binyamin Rosenberg, director of Eizer L'Shabbos and an old friend of the Breslov Center. His grandfather is Rabbi Abraham J. Rosenberg, translator of the Judaica TaNaKh series and a leading talmid of Reb Moshe Feinstein. Visit Rabbi Shmuel Rosenberg's website at www.soferoftzfat.com
Breslov Research Institute Publications
The leading publisher of Breslov texts in English and other languages is the Breslov Research Institute of Jerusalem, directed by Rabbi Chaim Kramer. For an online catalog of their excellent translations and original contemporary Breslov works, please visit BRI's website: www.breslov.org
"A Day with Rebbe Nachman"
We are currently planning a new series of Sunday afternoon seminars in Brooklyn and Manhattan featuring prominent Breslov lecturers and various Jewish musicians.
However, we need sponsors to defray the costs of advertising, lecturer's fees, buffet lunch and rental of space. If you're interested, please click here to e-mail us.
Tours to Kivrei Tzaddikim
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Brooklyn, NY 11218
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Mrs. Miriam Fried and her staff provide premium full travel services, specializing in tours to Uman, Breslov, Medzhibuzh, and Kivrei Tzaddikim in Europe, Israel, and around the globe. Nesia also makes land arrangements by request.
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