Rabbi Shmuel Moshe Kramer, shlit"a, following the Megillah reading with two grandsons.
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The Water Castle
Breslov Customs
- Preface
- Awakening From Sleep/Modeh Ani
- Tikkun Chatzos
- Mikveh
- Zmanim
- Praying Early
- Hiskashrus
- Tekheles / The Blue Thread
- Tefillin
- Wearing Rabbeinu Tam Tefillin Today
- Tzedakah Before and During Shacharis
- Shacharis
- Reb Gedaliah’s Nusach for Shemoneh Esreh
- Dancing after Davening
- Mincha-Maariv Customs
- Holy Eating
- Birkhas HaMazon
- Daily Limudim
- Tikkun HaKlalli
- Tikkun HaKlalli (II)
- Likkutei Tefillos
- Primacy of Studying the Shulchan Arukh
- Limud Shulchan Arukh
- Hisbodedus
- Hisbodedus Customs
- Chasunah / Sheva Brokhos Customs
- Bris Milah / Naming a Daughter / Upsheren / Bar Mitzvah
- Child-Raising
- Bar Mitzvah
- Sha'arei Tziyon
- Inyanei Shabbos, Part I
- Inyanei Shabbos, Part II
- Inyanei Shabbos, Part III
- Erev Shabbos
- Shabbos Clothes
- Zemiros
- Other Inyanei Ha-Seudah
- Candle-Lighting
- Shacharis of Shabbos and Yom Tov
- Motza'ei Shabbos Minhagim
- Kiddush Levanah
- Rosh Chodesh
- Rosh Hashanah
- Pidyon Nefesh
- Sukkos
- Chol ha-Mo’ed
- Hoshanah Rabbah
- Chanukah
- SHoVeViM (SHoVeViM-TaT in a Leap Year)
- Purim
- Nisan
- Pesach
- Rabbi Herschel Wasilski’s Pesach Customs
- Reb Michel Dorfman’s Pesach Customs
- Pesach Customs of the Barsky Family
- Reb Gedaliah's Seder Customs
- Acharon shel Pesach
- Sefiras HaOmer / The Weeks Between Pesach and Shavuos
- Lag Ba-Omer Customs
- Shavuos
- Sivan and Tammuz
- Three Weeks
- Tisha BeAv
- Tzuras Yisrael
- Wedding Customs
- Bris Milah / Naming a Daughter / Upsheren / Bar Mitzvah
- Zmanim
The Power of Psalms
Breslov History
Hisbodedus
- Hisbodedus and Deveykus (Meditation and Cleaving to G-d)
- Q&A on Spiritual Progress
- Rebbe Nachman’s Youthful Hisbodedus
- The "Side Path"
- Hisbodedus: The Divine Conversation
- Water on Stone
- Leaves of Grass
- The Baal Shem Tov’s Way of Meditation
- Rabbi Nachman on Speech and Silence, Part I
- Rabbi Nachman on Speech and Silence, Part II
- Reb Noson on “Nullification Within the Infinite Light”
- Reb Noson on Prayer and Hisbodedus
- Hitbodedut and Hashem’s Name
- New Life
- Yichudim: Mystical Unifications
Solitude-Hisbodedus Website
Where Earth and Heaven Kiss
Tzaddik
- “Behold, I am Sending an Angel Before You”
- Is the Tzaddik an Intermediary?
- The Tzaddikim Are One
- The Tzaddikim Are One: Part II
- The Bridge
- Searching for the Moses of Our Generation
- Healing the Soul
- Why We Travel to Tzaddikim
- Muddy Waters
- A Cool Reception
- Little by little
- “The Stone That the Builders Rejected”
Simcha
Teshuvah
Tefillah
- Shema ... G-d is One, Part 1
- Shema ... G-d is One, Part 2
- Origins of the Berditchever Siddur “Tefilah Yesharah”
- Kavanos for “Shema”: Part 2
- Kavanos for “Shema”: Part 1
- Reciting the “Kedushah”
- Shaar ha-Kollel: The Universal Gate
- “G-d’s Glory Cries Out From All Things”
- The Art of Prayer
- A Chassid’s Journey
- “Don’t Forget Me!”
- Reb Noson on Prayer and Hisbodedus
- Prayer with Kavanah: Listen to Each Word
Prayers
Chatzos
Chizuk / Encouragement
Breslov Pirkey Avot
Pirkei Avos
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 - “Be Among the Disciples of Aaron”
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 2 - Additional Commentaries
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 - “How beautiful is this tree!”—Uh-oh…
- Chapter 3 - “Pray for the Welfare of the Government”
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 - Four Types of People
- Chapter 4 - The Secret of Wisdom, Strength, Wealth and Honor
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 5 - Listening to the Unheard Sound
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 6 - “Every day a Heavenly voice goes out from Mount Horeb”
Mashiach
Peace
- Fight Fire with Water
- “To Elicit Peace,” Part 1
- “To Elicit Peace,” Part 2
- "Pray for Peace"
- Urzila's Revenge
- Nonviolent Resistance (And Maybe Even Assistance)
- The Chicken-and-Egg Question Revisited - Part I
- The Chicken-and-Egg Question Revisited - Part II
- The “One-Stop Center”
- The Kinship of All Creatures
- The Kinship of All Creatures: Two Stories
- The World Is Full of Strife
- Rebbe Nachman on Weapons of Mass Destruction
- A Prayer for Moshiach
- Derekh Eretz / Good Manners
- A Knowing Heart
- Ahavas Yisrael / Love of the Jewish People
Health
Compassion for Humanity in the Jewish Tradition
Compassion for Humanity in the Jewish Tradition
Tzedakah
The Path of the Baal Shem Tov
Baal Shem Tov
Sippurei Ma'asios - The Seven Beggars
Stories from Rabbi Nachman Burstein
- Rosh Hashanah in Uman With Reb Avraham Sternhartz
- Reb Avraham’s Arrival in Eretz Yisrael
- "Shema Yisrael"
- “Mesirus Hatenu’os”
- Keep Dancing!
- Reb Hirsch Leib Puts On His Talis
- A Cry From the Heart
- Rabbi Yitzchok Ber of Teplik
- “Hinei Rakevet”: The Train From Lublin
- A “Treasure Trove” of Wonder
- Melaveh Malkah in Moscow
- A Close Call
- Breslov Hospitality
- “HaMelekh!”
- The Power of a "Chassidisheh Vort"
- “No One Loses With Me”
- “Adir Ayom vi-Nora”: The Story Behind a Breslov Melody
- The Baal Shem Tov and the Am Ha’aretz
- Reb Noson’s Yom Kippur
- A Few Short Teachings From Rebbe Nachman
- The Haskamos to Likutey Moharan
The Tree That Stands Beyond Space
Stories
Rabbi Avraham B'Reb Nachman
Rav Nachman of Tcherin
R' Gedaliah Kenig
- True Joy
- Thirteen Lessons in Mercy
- Fight Fire with Water
- Wearing Rabbeinu Tam Tefillin Today
- Lessons from the Holy Simpleton
- Chayei Nefesh / An Exploration of the Role of the Tzaddik
- Reb Avraham’s Passing
- An Exploration of the Role of the Tzaddik
- Wisdom G-d Grants to the Preeminent Tzaddikim
- Mysteries of Memory
R' Elazar Mordechai Kenig
- Rav Kenig’s Pidyon Nefesh
- The Work of Giving : Transforming Cruelty into Compassion
- Turning Suffering into Simcha
- A Tale of Trust
- Rabbi Elazar Kenig of Tsfat's Method of Tying Tzitzis
- Rabbi Elazar Kenig of Tsfat's Method of Tying Tzitzis - Part 2
- Shmuess From Rav Kenig
- The Legacy of Avraham Avinu
- Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Kenig on "The Rebbe's Rosh Hashanah"
Rabbi Shmuel Moshe Kramer
Uman, Uman, Rosh Hashanah!
Rabbi Yaakov Meir Schechter
R' Levi Yitzchok Bender
Rosh Hashanah / Uman
Yom Kippur
Sukkos
Chanukah
Pesach
Lag B'Omer
Bnei Avraham Ahuvecha: Gerim in Chassidic Thought
Shavuos
Tachlis
- Amazing Grace ("Chein")
- The Purpose of Life
- Remembering the True Goal
- Rushing to Get to Infinity: An Open Letter to Myself
- Breslov and Individualism
- Living in the Present Moment
- Gates of Eden
- The Great Maggid on “Nothingness”
- “What’s In a Name?”
- The Light That Shines in a Thousand Worlds
- Improving the World
- Far and Near
Truth
- The Wide Ripple Effects of Honesty
- Don’t Say “Water, Water!” - Rebbe Nachman on Truth: Likutey Moharan I, 51 - Part I
- Don’t Say “Water, Water!” - Rebbe Nachman on Truth: Likutey Moharan I, 51 - Part II
- Don’t Say “Water, Water!” - Rebbe Nachman on Truth: Likutey Moharan I, 51 - Part III
- The Answers Are Within Yourself
- God’s Seal is Truth
- The Prankster
- Divine Justice
Tikkun HaBris
Eretz Yisroel
Chinuch
Yahrzeits
- 18 Tishrei - Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
- 25 Tishrei - Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev
- 12 Cheshvan - Reb Wolf Kitzes
- 11 Kislev - Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld
- 19 Kislev - Maggid of Mezeritch
- 29 Kislev - Reb Avraham b'Reb Nachman Chazan
- 10 Teves - Reb Noson of Breslov
- 23 Teves - Rabbi Elazar Kenig
- 9 Shevat - Rabbi Yaakov Kalmanovitch (“Reb Yankel Melamed”)
- 14 Shevat - Rabbi Aryeh Kapln
- 12 Adar - Rabbi Shmuel Horowitz
- 13 Adar - Tcheriner Rov
- 22 Tammuz - Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Bender
- 23 Tammuz - Rabbi Gedaliah Kenig
- 20 Elul - Rabbi Avraham Sternhartz
Parsha of the Week
- Bereishis - “Drawing Down” Divine Providence
- “And the ark came to rest in the seventh month”
- “Lekh Lekha … Go to Yourself!”
- Chayei Sarah - The Legacy of Avraham Avinu
- Toldos - A Biblical Generation Gap
- Shemos - Moses's First Vision
- Shemos - "The Midwives Feared G-d" (Rabbi Tanchum Burton)
- Yisro - Moshe Entered the Mist
- Yisro - Thoughts on Thoughts on Parshas Yisro 5773 (Rabbi Tanchum Burton)
- The Greatest Consolation (Shabbos Nachamu)
Breslov Shiurim (Audio):
Breslov Links
- A Simple Jew
- Nachal Novea Mekor Chochma
- Breslov Research Institute
- Breslev Tsfat
- R. Noson Maimon (BreslovTorah.com)
- R. Avraham Greenbaum:
- R. Moshe Weinberger / Likkutei Moharan Shiurim
- R. Micha Golshevsky / Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky
- R. Gedaliah Fleer
- Narrow Bridge
- R. Itche Meir Morgenstern
- Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum
- Rebbetzin Rochel Rena Silber
- R. Shalom Arush
- R. Lazer Brody
- R. Shlomo Goldman / Breslov Kollel of Lakewood
- R. Moshe Weinberger / Congregation Aish Kodesh
- R. Erez Moshe Doron
- R. Motta Frank
- Rabbi Jonathan Rietti
- Yeshivas Derech HaMelech
- Breslov Kids
- Exciting Judaism
- Eizer L'Shabbos
- Sofer of Tzfat
- Mrs. Chaya Rivka Zwolinsky (Healthy Jewish Cooking)
- R. Eliezer Shore
- BreslovWoman.org
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