Breslov Customs and Practices
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Breslev Customs for Ten Days of Repentance
What are the Breslev customs during the Aseret Yemei teshuvah?
Breslev Customs for Sukkot
What are some of the customs for the Sukkot holidays that Breslev Chassidut follow?
Breslev Customs for Chanukah
Breslev customs and their meaning for Chanukah, Zot Chanukah, and Nittel Nacht (Xmas eve).
Breslev Customs for Pesach
Rebbe Nachman talks about the custom that once prevailed in Eastern Europe to turn over the tables after...
Breslev Customs for Lag B’Omer
From the narrow alleys of Mea Shearim to the streets of Williamsburg, the air is thick with smoke, song, and soul. Breslev communities don't just 'observe' Lag B’Omer—they ignite it. From the unique 'Bar Yochai' melodies on Friday night to the massive hadlakos, here is how Breslev celebrates in Yerushalayim, Williamsburg, and beyond...
Breslev Customs for Shavuot
Shavuot was one of the three fixed times of the year when Breslever Chassidim traveled to the Rebbe, Rebbe Nachman of Breslev...
Breslev Customs for Summer
Breslev Customs for 20-Sivan through 9-Av (Includes Fast of 17th of Tammuz, Three Weeks, Nine Days, and Tisha B'Av).
Breslev Customs and Practices
Much has been lost; but with Hashem’s mercy, much has survived. Aside from what we have in writing from Reb Nosson the Rebbe’s scribe and foremost disciple, sources for the...
Modeh Ani and Tikkun Chatzot
Rebbe Nachman once said: "At the beginning of every day, I surrender my every movement to God, as well as those of my children and all those who depend on me..."
Mikveh – Breslev The Way It Is
Rebbe Nachman states that the mikveh is a "cure for all troubles" and that it can purify one from every type of sin and impurity. He adds...
Hitkashrut – Binding Oneself to the Tzaddik
Rebbe Nachman told his followers that it is beneficial to declare before davening: "I hereby bind myself to all the tzaddikim of the generation"...
Tzedakah
Rebbe Nachman stated that giving tzedakah brings a spirit of peace and love into the world in abundant measure. What are Breslev customs regarding tzedakah?
Talit – Breslev The Way It Is
Rabbi Elazar Kenig first holds the talit slightly over his head in preparation to wrap himself in it; he recites the berakhah; covers his upper body and head to the level of...
Techelet – The Blue Thread
When the 'inyan of techelet began to be debated during the late 1800s, due to the efforts of of Rabbi Gershon Henich Leiner, the Radzyner Rebbe, to restore this mitzvah...
Tefillin – Breslov The Way It Is, Part 1
Rabbi Gedaliah Kenig preferred that the sofer not use the new "peh." He felt that the words of the Mishnah Berurah on this inyan are commonly misunderstood...