The Teachings of Reb Nosson of Breslov with Rav Shlomo Katz

A night of niggunim, Torah, and more with Rav Shlomo Katz, Reb Chaim Kramer, Reb Chaim Freud, and more celebrating the 181st yahrtzeit of Reb Nosson of Breslov. ---------- For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.com Join Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t

A short shiur on Asara B’Tevet focused on Reb Nosson’s teaching: the search itself has value . Rav Shlomo sings “בברסלב בוער אש – הבער אותה בליבי” (Reb Nosson’s post-Shabbos Breslov tefillah) and explains why, after learning, we must daven over what we learned . From Likutey Halachos (Hil. Aveidah #5): even if you haven’t “found” what you’re seeking in avodas Hashem, every bit of seeking, longing,...

Recorded live in Tekoa on the 178th yahrzeit of Reb Nosson of Breslov. Rav Shlomo Katz reflects on Reb Nosson’s lifelong courage to walk the narrow bridge of Emes — truth . Drawing from Reb Nosson’s writings and tefillos, the shiur explores what it means to live with honesty before Hashem, to pray from within confusion, and to keep moving even when we feel small or uncertain. Through stories of Re...

Reb Nosson of Breslov was the one who made sure that you and I know about Rebbe Nachman and his Torah. It was through the power of the printing press that Reb Nosson was able to make sure we knew this. On the occasion of his 176th yahrtzeit, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David learned a teaching of his on the parsha, Parshat Vayechi, explaining the role that the printing press has in re...

At the banks of the Bug River in Breslov, Rav Shlomo Katz learns a Likutei Halachos of Reb Nosson on Parshas Noach — a teaching that asks one piercing question: If you’re still getting to know yourself, who are you judging when you judge yourself? Standing beside Reb Nosson’s resting place, Rav Shlomo explores the depth of “אל תדין את חברך עד שתגיע למקומו” — not only about others, but about onesel...

Rav Shlomo Katz traces the spiritual roots of Breslov Chassidus from the Baal Shem Tov through Rebbe Nachman and his devoted disciple, Reb Nosson, and explores how their legacy continues to ignite hearts today. Recorded as preparation for a journey to Uman, this shiur opens the world of Breslov: Rebbe Nachman’s lineage, his brief but world-shifting life, his arrival in Eretz Yisrael, and his bond...

An evening of music and Torah in honor of Reb Nosson of Breslov’s yahrzeit. Rav Shlomo Katz shares the life story of the one who never stopped climbing — how Reb Nosson transformed despair into devotion, confusion into prayer, and running from into running to . Through song and story, from his dream of the ladder to his meeting with Rebbe Nachman, from the cry “בברסלב בוער אש, הבער אותה בליבי” to...

On Asara b’Tevet, Rav Shlomo Katz teaches a short תפילה from Reb Nosson of Breslov’s Likutei Tefillos , framed by the nigun “בברסלב בוער אש — הבער אותה בליבי.” We explore Reb Nosson’s practice of turning Torah into prayer, asking Hashem for a matnas chinam to reach and keep rising in קדושת ארץ ישראל.   Brief reflections on the day’s depth (Reb Nosson’s yahrzeit and the Chasam Sofer’s note on geula...

Recorded in Breslov, overlooking the resting place of Reb Nosson himself, Rav Shlomo Katz learns a Likutei Halachos where Reb Nosson reads Yaakov’s words “ vayasem revach bein eider la’eider ” — “he placed space between the flocks” — as a guide to facing life’s struggles. When everything feels overwhelming, Reb Nosson teaches: don’t take on the whole battle at once. Create space. Divide your “camp...

Rav Shlomo Katz teaches a short Likutei Tefillos from Reb Nosson of Breslov on the barriers ( meniyot ) that confront anyone trying to reach, or truly live in Eretz Yisrael. Against the backdrop of Asara B’Tevet and Reb Nosson’s yahrzeit, we sing the Breslov nigun of a “fire burning in my heart,” explore the Chasam Sofer’s view of this day as a Yom HaDin shel Geulah , and learn how to ask Hashem t...

On Asara B’Tevet, which is also the yahrzeit of Reb Nosson of Breslov, Rav Shlomo Katz explores Reb Nosson’s tefillah about entering Eretz Yisrael with emunah shleimah and discovering the secret of patience. Reb Nosson teaches that in the Land, holiness consumes us, not to erase who we are, but to reveal our truest selves. To live here is to be absorbed into emunah , into kedusha, and into the ess...

Rav Shlomo Katz learns from Reb Nosson of Breslov ( Likkutei Halachot ) on “וייפגע במקום”—Yaakov Avinu instituting Maariv . Why is Maariv reshut (optional)? Reb Nosson explains: Yaakov saw the long, bitter darkness of galut and gave us permission, and power, to daven even when we feel mute and confused ( na’alamti dumiyah ). In that place, obligation can backfire; permission opens the gate. With t...

On Asara Betevet, we mark the yahrzeit of Reb Nosson of Breslov, the devoted disciple who carried Rebbe Nachman’s light into the world. Rav Shlomo Katz shares the depth of Reb Nosson’s legacy,  his fiery mesirut nefesh, his writings of Likkutei Halachot and Likkutei Tefilot , and the moving letters he wrote to his son, collected in Healing Leaves . In this shiur, we hear Reb Nosson’s fatherly voic...