Lightening the Work Load

Kitzur Likutei Moharan 56:9: When a person thinks only about Torah, and when he breaks his desire for money, his livelihoodwill thereby come to him easily.

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Help R' Chaim Kramer get last 2 Vols of Likutei Moharan in English Published!

FINISH THE WORK STARTED OVER 200 YEARS AGO! Dear Chaver (Friend) of Breslov Research Institute,

After many years of hard work and tremendous help from the One Above, we are nearing completion of the multi-volume Likutey Moharan in English project. This is a milestone in Breslov history. The series features full Hebrew-English text on facing pages, a running commentary based on traditional Breslov sources and profound, highly accessible notes drawing from the Written Torah, Gemara, Zohar, Midrash and kabbalistic works.

As you may know, Breslov Research Institute recently published Volume 13 of this series. There are only two more volumes that remain to be done. The zekhus (merit) of joining us is in completing this mitzvah is open to everyone and anyone who believes in bringing this unprecedented project to fruition.

Our Sages observe, "im ein kemach, ein Torah . . . Without money, there is no Torah" (Pirkey Avot 3:17). Breslover Chassidim point out that the Hebrew word kemach (literally, flour) has the same gematria (numerical value) as the name “Nachman.” This means is that if we give some of our "flour" for Rebbe Nachman’s holy books, we’ll surely succeed in connecting to Torah—and in helping others to do so, as well, for Rebbe Nachman’s works are keys to each area and level of Torah. The Breslov Research Institute is in earnest need of your partnership. Our Sages teach that one who helps complete a mitzvah is accredited the entire mitzvah. Your contribution, great or small, gives you a genuine claim to this rare mitzvah. For a generous contribution of $180 you can sponsor a page of Likutey Moharan with an opportunity to dedicate that page in honor or in memory of the person of your choice. Upon completion of the project, you will receive a complimentary copy sent directly to your home. So please join us for the final leg of this project and be sure to share this opportunity with your friends. Please take a few minutes to watch this video, in which Rabbi Kramer gives more details about this amazing project. To contribute online, please visit https://www.breslov.org/LM/sponsorapage.html

If you are unable to contribute the entire amount right now, Breslov Research will gladly accept ten payments of $18 a month. A list of lessons available for dedication is also available, please click here. Additionally you may mail your contribution to: Breslov Research Institute POB 5370 Jerusalem, Israel
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Thanks for being a part of this monumental mitzvah!

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The Seder Plate According to Likutei Moharan & Likutei Halachos - New Shiur

Here is the next in Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky's series of shiurim on women's special mitzvos according to Breslov Chassidus.

The following shiur, for women only, reviews of all the elements of the seder plate based on Likutei Moharan and Likutei Halachos.

Click on the link below to get the shiur by either left clicking to listen online or right clicking and selecting "Save Target As" to download:

Pesach 5770 Shiur

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Challah, the Mind, & the Heart - Breslov Chassidus on Women's Mitzvos

Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky is back with her series of shiurim on women's special mitzvos, according to Breslov Chassidus.

The following shiur, for women only, is on the three "points of the tzaddik" and the connection between the mind and the heart. It is the third shiur on the mitzvah of Challah and is an introductory lesson to Likutei Moharan I:34.

CLICK HERE to get the shiur by either left clicking to listen online or right clicking and selecting "Save Target As" to download.

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Breslov Chassidus Shiurim on Channukah for Women

I am happy to present Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky's shiurim on Breslov Chassidus from women from this past week on Chodesh Kislev and Chaunkah.

To get one of the shiurim, right click on the link and select "Save Target As" to download, or left click to listen to streaming audio.

Shiur on Chanukah, based on Likutei Halachos #4, Hashkamas Haboker (length: 1:40). CLICK HERE.

Shiur on Chodesh Kislev, based on both the Sefer Yetzirah on Kislev and Likutei Moharan I:60. CLICK HERE.

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Breslov Chassidus Shiurim by Rebb. Yehudis Golshevsky

Here are several shiurim given, for women only, by Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky. To listen to them right away, left click on the links. To download them, right click on the links and select "Save Target As."

Rebbetzin Golshevsky gave the following shiur during her recent trip to Uman on the topics of Tikkun Haklali, shemos hatzaddikim, and a vort from Kedushas Levi on Noach, told over in Berditchev.

LINK

"making Torah into tefillah"--the relationship between Yaakov, Rochel, and Leah.

LINK to get the shiur.

Making a tzimtzum in the heart so that we can build the vessels to reveals Hashem's Kingship:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

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Understanding the Jewish Heart - Breslov Chassidus Audio Shiur

I am happy to present this shiur on Breslov Chassidus for women by Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky on understanding the Jewish heart, based on Likutei Moharan 137-138 and 49a.

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She also gave another shiur in Breslov Chassidus for women on not judging another till you get into their place, based on Likutei Moharan 136.

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Rabbi Lazer Brody in Five Towns Last Night - Audio Shiur

Rabbi Lazer Brody's drasha in the Five Towns last night was a big success. We planned for about 30 people maximum. But there were almost 60 people there. Thanks to Rabbi Brody, several people who helped solicit sponsorships, and well over 20 people who came forward to help sponsor the shiur, and to all the attendees, it was a big success.

It was an eclectic crowd and many people got to speak with Rabbi Brody after the shiur. I received a number of requests to have the shiur recorded from people who knew that they would not be able to make it. Therefore, thanks to Reb Chaim, who recorded the shiur, I would like to present a wav recording of the shiur.

The very beginning of the shiur is not in the recording because there were some slight tecnical difficulties with the recorder, but the following is the beginning of the story Rabbi Brody opened up the shiur with... Poking fun at people like himself who come to America to raise money for worthy institutions in Eretz Yisroel, he told the following story:

A galach (priest) back in Feudal Europe noticed that while plagues and sickness were afflicting the gentiles in the town, the Jews did not seem to be afflicted by these things. The priest went to the rabbi to ask what the secret was to their immunity from these diseases. The rabbi told him that all Jews keep a mezuzah on their door, and that they are therefore procted from many forms of danger in their homes.

The priest asked if he could buy a mezuzah to put on his door as well. The rabbi responded that it was not one of the mitzvos that a gentile may not perform, so he saw no problem with it and assited the priest in obtaining a mezuzah, which the priest installed on his door.

Soon aftwardward, the town was overrun by cossaks who raided Jewish homes.

But to hear the rest of the story and the punchline, you will have to listen to the shiur. Enjoy!

CLICK HERE to get the shiur by either left clicking to listen to streaming audio or right clicking and selecting "Save Target As" to download the shiur. If it were up to me to title the shiur, I would call it, "Achieving Peace of Mind By Making Peace With Hashem."

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