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Breslov Joy of Sukkot (Video)

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Rebbe Nachman offers deep insights into the joy of Sukkot. In this short video I also share a very practical understanding of a mystical teaching and more. Chag Sameach! Good Yom Tov!

Chaya Rivka Zwolinski, is the author of the new Breslov book, May You Have a Day: Making Your Life Better with the Teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other booksellers. She’s the Director of Breslov Woman, and teaches Rebbe Nachman’s wisdom to English speakers around the world, emphasizing a psychospiritual approach. She leads trips for women to Uman and Jewish Ukraine and teaches in NYC and other locations. Find her video classes, articles, and podcasts at BRI Breslov.org and BreslovWoman.org.

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You’re Invited/Save the Date: October 5th, Chol Hamoed Sukkot Zoom Party

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Audio Lessons & Podcasts

Podcast: Yom Kippur & The Water Castle — Preparing for Yom Kippur with new Insights and Inspiration.

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It’s Aseret Yemei Teshuva…the 10 Days of Teshuva (Returning to Hashem), a power-packed time for change. Learn how Rebbe Nachman’s famous story-within-a-story, The Water Castle, corresponds to our preparations for Yom Kippur and the subsequent joy of Sukkot. Prepare for Yom Kippur with new insights and inspiration. What does the 6th beggar in Rebbe Nachman’s story, The Seven Beggars, have to teach us about our psycho-spiritual self? In the famous story-within-a-story, the Water Castle, the 6th beggar shares a tale of our inner struggles, the 10 poison arrows that can harm our inner princess, and the cure for what ails us. Join Chaya Rivka Zwolinski and enrich the holiest of days, Yom Kippur, with Rebbe Nachman’s life-changing teachings.

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Cry Like A Child: Prepare for Yom Kippur with Joy (Video)

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Remember how swiftly you moved from tears to joy as a child? As an adult, sadness and disappointment can linger longer. During the 10 days of teshuvah between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, it’s time to recapture that childlike mode and tap into joy.

Chaya Rivka Zwolinski, is the author of the new Breslov book, May You Have a Day: Making Your Life Better with the Teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other booksellers. She’s the Director of Breslov Woman, and teaches Rebbe Nachman’s wisdom to English speakers around the world, emphasizing a psychospiritual approach. She leads trips for women to Uman and Jewish Ukraine and teaches in NYC and other locations. Find her video classes, articles, and podcasts at BRI Breslov.org and BreslovWoman.org.

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Audio Lessons & Podcasts

Podcast: Tips for Rosh Hashana /Teshuvah, Honor & Humility, LM Lesson 6, Part 4

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Part 4

There’s so much to do as we prepare for the Days of Awe. Are you ready to step up? Great! Whether you are ready or you need to add a little pep to your teshuvah step, join Chaya Rivka Zwolinski of BreslovWoman.org, author of the new Breslov book, May You Have a Day: Making Every Day Better with the Teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, for a discussion featuring main points from the classic Elul lesson, Torah Vav.

In Likutey Moharan 6, we learn the main lessons for the month of Elul. We’ll touch on some of the main points including humility, embarrassment, cultivating the ability to remain silent in the face of offensive words, how to maximize the energy when you are on a spiritual ascent, and how to strengthen yourself when you are struggling, accomplishing more with your teshuvah, etc.Scroll down for audio of the latest Breslov Learning (Wednesdays at 12:15 pm (NY Time)

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ArticlesBooks

Read Free & Believe in Yourself (Sample from New Breslov Book)

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It’s Elul, the time to prepare for Rosh HaShana, the Jewish new year. Women are learning May You Have a Day on their own and together with friends and family. They tell me a chapter or two a day is making a real difference in their life. (There are 120 chapters!) Read a chapter such as the one below. Share your thoughts with a friend, relative or a child. Talk it over with Hashem. Get started. You never know how far you can go unless you begin.

From Chapter 114: YOU

Rebbe Nachman says that your biggest obstacles are in your mind. You must believe in yourself and push through the undermining thoughts you have about yourself. Sometimes those thoughts are obvious, and sometimes they are deeply hidden. Rout them out and banish them!


Do you understand how important you are and how important your life is? Do you
realize your true potential? Each person can achieve her own kind of spiritual greatness, but most of us (perhaps you?) simply don’t believe we’re capable.

Wake up every day and think about the purpose of your life. This doesn’t have to be heavy and weighty and feel like a burden. This can be joyful and light and increase your enthusiasm. The main thing is to recognize who you are and where you are headed. In order to have this awareness, you must believe in your spiritual importance. Believe in the fact that Hashem made only one you. He gave you a unique soul and your soul is accomplishing something in this world that no one else can possibly accomplish.


May you have a day in which you believe in your true potential.

Photo Credit: Painted Bunting by Chana Sneider

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