A living map of the Torah of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov — see how a single teaching blossoms into Halachos, Tefilos, advice, and more.
What this website is
This is an index and study map, not a library of full texts. Its heart is Likutei Moharan, Rebbe Nachman's core work of Torah teachings. Pick any lesson, and the site shows you — all in one place — how that single teaching is expanded across the works that grew from it:
the law it becomes in Likutei Halachos,
the tefilah it becomes in Likutei Tefilos,
the practical advice it becomes in Likutei Eitzos,
its links to the weekly Parsha and to Anatomy of the Soul — Rabbi Kramer's book on the human body parts,
and a clear, modern walkthrough of the lesson in Rabbi Yaakov Klein's "Stream of Consciousness."
Around that core sit the people and the books themselves: The Generational Chain traces the mashpi'im who carried the Rebbe's fire from his first talmidim down to today, and The Library catalogues every sefer in the Breslov canon. The two are wired together — tap a sefer to meet its author, tap an author to see everything he wrote.
Most sections can also be viewed "By Torah" (לְפִי תּוֹרָה) — organized around the Likutei Moharan lesson each piece flows from — so you always see how everything connects back to the source.
Sources (מְקוֹרוֹת): open any Likutei Moharan lesson or Likutei Halachos halacha and you’ll also find a colour‑coded Sources list — the original references it draws on (Tanach, Gemara, Midrash, Zohar, Shulchan Aruch and its commentaries, Siddur and more). Every reference is taken directly from Sefaria and links straight back to it.
New to Breslov?
Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810), a great‑grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, taught a path of serving Hashem through joy, simple faith, and honest personal tefilah. For the fuller story — who he was, his student Reb Noson, the core practices, and the seforim on this site — we've put together a short, friendly introduction.
A map to the sources
Think of each card as a signpost, not the destination. Every card gives you a warm, clear summary to help you find, recall, and connect a teaching — and then links you straight to the full original on Sefaria, so you can go and learn it properly. The summaries are the map; the seforim themselves are the treasure.
The sections
Start Here · About Breslov — a friendly introduction for newcomers: who Rebbe Nachman was, his student Reb Noson, the core practices, and the seforim gathered on this site.
Likutei Moharan — Rebbe Nachman's central work of Torah teachings; the source everything else expands on.
Likutei Halachos — Reb Noson's masterwork, drawing each teaching into the everyday laws of Jewish life.
Parsha — the weekly Torah portion, with the Breslov teachings connected to it.
Likutei Tefilos — Reb Noson's tefilos, turning each lesson of Likutei Moharan into a personal tefilah.
Tikkun HaKlali — "The General Remedy": the ten chapters of Tehillim Rebbe Nachman revealed as an all-inclusive tikkun, recited in their set order.
Tikkun Chatzos — the Midnight Lament over the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash and the golus of the Shechinah, and Rebbe Nachman's teaching that reciting it is "the main devotion of a Jew" — how to feel far from Hashem and cry to Him even in one's own words. Drawn from The Sweetest Hour and Open Gates to Tikkun Chatzos: what it is, why it matters, how it works, practical tips and stories.
Likutei Eitzos — "Collected Advice": the practical guidance distilled from the teachings, by topic.
Shivchei HaRan — accounts of Rebbe Nachman's greatness, his devotions, and his journey to Eretz Yisrael.
Sichos HaRan — his recorded conversations and short teachings on serving Hashem.
Sefer HaMidos — "The Book of Traits": brief, practical sayings on character, arranged by subject.
Sipurei Maasiyos — Rebbe Nachman's famous mystical tales.
Chayei Moharan — accounts of Rebbe Nachman's life, travels, and teachings.
Alim LeTerufah — “Leaves for Healing”: Reb Noson’s collected letters of chizuk, opening with letters from Rebbe Nachman himself — words of encouragement, faith and joy written to individual Chassidim, each dated and placed.
Reb Noson's Life — Yemei Moharnat, Reb Noson's own diary, told piece by piece in easy, flowing English: his early years and how he became close to Rebbe Nachman, the fierce opposition of his wife and family, his journey to Eretz Yisroel, and the years of machlokes against the Breslover chassidim.
Collected Stories — additional stories and accounts from the Breslov tradition.
Anatomy of the Soul — Rebbe Nachman's teachings about the human body and soul, mapped part by part.
Hisbodedus — secluded personal tefilah: the core Breslov practice of speaking to Hashem in your own words. Arranged by what you need rather than by which sefer it came from — Start Here, the Tzaddikim Through the Generations who all walked this path, Getting Practical, Sources, Q&A and Chizuk. The cards are drawn from Hishtapchus HaNefesh, Yichud HaHisbodedus (Rav Avraham Tzvi Kluger), Where Earth and Heaven Kiss (Rabbi Ozer Bergman) and The Meeting (Rav Yosef Levi), and each card says which sefer it is from.
Shevach HaTzaddikim — testimonies from leading tzaddikim across every camp of the Jewish people — Chassidic, Lithuanian, Mussar, Sephardi and Yemenite, including many outside Breslov — who treasured and learned Rebbe Nachman's works.
Kabbalah Basics — a beginner-friendly introduction to the foundations of Kabbalah — the Ten Sefiros, Partzufim, the Olamos, the soul, the four-letter Name, the Divine Names and the Kelipos — drawn from Yehuda Davis's Blueprint of Kabbalah.
Chizuk — "Strengthening": the home for encouragement and never giving up. Its heart is the sefer Meshivas Nefesh ("Restorer of the Soul"), Reb Noson's collection of chizuk from Rebbe Nachman — gathered from Likutei Moharan, Likutei Halachos and Sichos HaRan — together with further chizuk teachings from across Rebbe Nachman's works. Its single message: no matter how far one has fallen, there is no despair and one can always begin again.
The True Tzaddik — understanding the true tzaddik, in three parts you can switch between. Chayei Nefesh (Reb Gedaliah Aharon Kenig) answers, from Torah, Gemara, Zohar and the Breslov masters, the questions people raise about attaching oneself to a tzaddik — is it not an "intermediary," even idolatry? — and shows why binding to the tzaddik, in life and after his passing, is the Torah's own path to Hashem. The Five Unique Souls (חֲמֵשֶׁת יְחִידֵי הַדּוֹרוֹת) is a sourced study of the Breslov teaching that Moshe, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the Arizal, the Baal Shem Tov and Rebbe Nachman are one soul returning to heal each generation, with Rebbe Nachman as the sealing fifth before Moshiach — its pre-Breslov foundations first, then the Breslov formulation, every claim with its Hebrew source and a link. Mevakesh B'Tzion (מְבַקֵּשׁ בְּצִיּוֹן) turns to the aspect of the kever — from the sefer by Rabbi Nissan Shalomayev — on why davening at the graves of tzaddikim is so powerful, and the careful halachah of davening there to Hashem alone, in the tzaddik's merit and never to the dead.
Simcha — "Joy": the core teachings on simcha, the heart of Rebbe Nachman's path, gathered from the seforim of Rav Avraham Tzvi Kluger. Each sefer carries its own powerful messages about joy — even when the sefer as a whole is about something else — and here those ideas are drawn out, one to a card, and told in plain, warm English. Each card's pill shows which sefer the idea is from.
Pearls of Wisdom — Pninei Chochma: short teachings of Rebbe Nachman on the many subjects of life — Torah, melody, money, this world, the end of days, Eretz Yisrael and spiritual growth — gathered by theme, one to a card in warm English, each with its source.
The Generational Chain — Shalsheles HaDoros: the manhigim and mashpi'im of Breslov, from Rebbe Nachman's first talmidim down to our own day, one card each, with a short life story and a story or two. Filter by generation or by era.
The Library — the whole Breslov canon, one card per sefer: its author, its year, and what it actually is. Every sefer links to the man who wrote it, and back again.
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What is Breslov?בְּרֶסְלֶב
An intense, joyous, deeply personal relationship with the Aibishter — reached through the teachings of one extraordinary tzaddik and lived out in daily life through emunah, simcha, hisbodedus and teshuvah. This page is a short introduction for newcomers. Wherever a work is named, you can tap it to open that part of the Otzar and see what is inside.
What Breslov is, and how it began
Breslov is the branch of Chassidus founded by Rebbe Nachman (1772–1810), a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov. Its whole orientation is a warm, joyous, personal bond with Hashem, worked out in daily life through emunah, simcha, hisbodedus and teshuvah.
The name comes from the Ukrainian town of Breslov (also spelled Bratslav), on the River Bug between Nemirov and Tulchin, where Rebbe Nachman lived for the last eight years of his life. As was the custom, the group took its name from the Rebbe's town and has kept it ever since. The Rebbe gave the name a deeper meaning: בְּרֶסְלֶב has the same letters as לֵב בָּשָׂר, the "heart of flesh" of Yechezkel's nevuah (36:26). He said his followers would always be known as the Chassidim of Breslov.
One feature sets Breslov apart from every other Chassidus. Rebbe Nachman appointed no successor and rejected the idea of a dynasty. When he was niftar his Chassidim saw no one of his stature to replace him, and rather than choose a new Rebbe they continued to look to Rebbe Nachman himself as "the Rebbe," studying his writings and following his directives. This earned them the affectionate nickname toite Chassidim ("the dead Chassidim") — a name they wear with pride, holding that the tzaddik is greater after his passing than during his lifetime (Chullin 7b). In this sense the movement has been guided for over two hundred years by a succession of manhigim (guiding elders) rather than by a living Rebbe.
Rebbe Nachman (1772–1810)
Rebbe Nachman was born on Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh Nissan 5532 (4 April 1772) in Medzeboz, the town of the Baal Shem Tov. His mother Feiga was a granddaughter of the Baal Shem Tov; his father, Reb Simcha, was the son of Reb Nachman Horodenker, one of the Baal Shem Tov's closest talmidim, after whom he was named.
Even as a child he gave himself over to avodas Hashem, and from a young age practised hisbodedus — secluded conversation with Hashem in the fields and forests, often at night and often in tears. He married at thirteen, and over the years lived in Ossatin, Medvedevka and Zlatipolia. In 1798–1799, at the height of the Napoleonic upheaval, he made a perilous pilgrimage to Eretz Yisroel, visiting Haifa, Teveria and Tzfas.
The turning point came when he moved to Breslov in 1802. Nearby in Nemirov lived a young scholar from a family of Misnagdim, Reb Noson Sternhartz, who became his closest talmid and scribe. Rebbe Nachman later said: "Were it not for Reb Noson, not a page of my writings would have remained."
In his final years the Rebbe turned to teaching through maasiyos (tales). He contracted tuberculosis, which he said would take his life, and in 1810 — after a great fire destroyed his house in Breslov — he moved to Uman, choosing it deliberately to lie among the some twenty thousand kedoshim massacred there in 1768, and so his Chassidim would have access to his kever. There he issued his famous call, אֵין שׁוּם יֵאוּשׁ בָּעוֹלָם כְּלָל — "Never despair" — and gathered his Chassidim for Rosh Hashana. He was niftar on the fourth day of Sukkos, 18 Tishrei 5571 (16 October 1810), aged thirty-eight, and is buried in Uman.
The Tikkun HaKlali vow. In Nissan 1810, before two witnesses, the Rebbe promised that he would intercede for anyone who comes to his kever, gives a coin to tzedakah, and recites the ten Psalms of the Tikkun HaKlali, resolving not to return to his old ways. This is the root of the annual Rosh Hashana pilgrimage to Uman.
The seforim of Rebbe Nachman
לִקּוּטֵי מוֹהֲרַ״ן (Likutei Moharan) — his magnum opus and the foundational text of Breslov. Part I was printed in 1808, the second part (Tinyana) in 1811. These are his deep Torah discourses, weaving Tanach, Shas, Midrash, Zohar and Kabbalah into practical avodas Hashem. It is the heart of this entire website — every other work is shown growing out of it.
סִפּוּרֵי מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת (Sippurei Maasiyos) — "Rebbe Nachman's Stories," thirteen tales he told towards the end of his life. These are treated as Torah themselves, holding the deepest secrets possible: they contain the entire Torah within them, and were drawn down from an even higher spiritual dimension than the Torah itself — a dimension called Atik. Rebbe Nachman said that even just hearing one of these stories, without understanding any of the deep ideas behind it, can bring a person to do teshuvah (Likutei Moharan I:60). The longest and most celebrated is The Seven Beggars; the first is The Lost Princess.
סֵפֶר הַמִּדּוֹת (Sefer HaMidos, the Aleph-Bes Book) — practical advice on character and conduct, gleaned from Torah sources and arranged alphabetically by topic. He began assembling it in his childhood.
Tikkun HaKlali — the order of ten Psalms (16, 32, 41, 42, 59, 77, 90, 105, 137, 150) revealed as a general remedy, with commentary by Reb Noson.
שִׂיחוֹת הָרַ״ן (Sichos HaRan) and שִׁבְחֵי הָרַ״ן (Shivchei HaRan) — the Rebbe's conversations, sayings and biographical praises, recorded by Reb Noson. There are also the additional, collected stories that he told, and the hidden writings — the "Burned Book" and the "Hidden Book" — which he wrote and then destroyed, said to be too lofty for this world.
Reb Noson (1780–1844)
If Rebbe Nachman was the wellspring, Reb Noson was the vessel that carried the water to the world. Without him there would be no Breslov.
Reb Noson Sternhartz was born in Nemirov in 1780. Though raised among Misnagdim, he was drawn to Chassidus, and when Rebbe Nachman moved to nearby Breslov in 1802 the twenty-two-year-old became his closest talmid and his scribe, writing down the Rebbe's teachings and conversations.
After the Rebbe's petirah, Reb Noson bought a printing press, printed all of Rebbe Nachman's writings, wrote his own seforim, and travelled hundreds of miles by horse and wagon to strengthen the Chassidim. He organised the first Rosh Hashana kibbutz at the Rebbe's kever (1811) and later built the large Breslov shul in Uman. He bore great poverty and, from 1834, fierce persecution instigated by the Savraner Rebbe, including imprisonment and golus, which only waned with the Savraner's death in 1838. Reb Noson was niftar on 10 Teves 5605 (20 December 1844) in Breslov.
The seforim of Reb Noson
לִקּוּטֵי הֲלָכוֹת (Likutei Halachos) — his own magnum opus, eight volumes following the order of the Shulchan Aruch, showing how every halachah flows from Rebbe Nachman's teachings in Likutei Moharan. It is often described as "Rebbe Nachman's mind in Reb Noson's words." On this site you can see, lesson by lesson, exactly how a Torah becomes a halachah.
לִקּוּטֵי תְּפִלּוֹת (Likutei Tefilos) — personal tefilos Reb Noson composed out of the lessons of Likutei Moharan, fulfilling the Rebbe's teaching to turn Torah into tefillah. The English edition is titled The Fiftieth Gate.
לִקּוּטֵי עֵצוֹת (Likutei Eitzos) — practical advice culled from Likutei Moharan and arranged by topic.
He also wrote חַיֵּי מוֹהֲרַ״ן (Chayei Moharan, biographical material and teachings about the Rebbe), Yemei Moharnat (his own diary), Alim LeTerufah (his collected letters of chizuk), the Kitzur Likutei Moharan (an abridgement made at the Rebbe's request), and Shemos HaTzaddikim — a compilation of the names of the tzaddikim, recited as a segulah, which rests on the Rebbe's teaching that mentioning tzaddikim can effect a change in מַעֲשֵׂה בְּרֵאשִׁית. You can browse those names in the שֶׁבַח הַצַּדִּיקִים section.
The chain of teachers after Reb Noson
Because there is no living Rebbe, the mesorah passed through a chain of outstanding manhigim, each of whom both led and wrote.
Second generation
Reb Nachman Chazan of Tulchin (1813–1884) — Reb Noson's most intimate talmid and the leader after him, who published the volumes of Likutei Halachos. Reb Nachman Goldstein, the Tcheriner Rov (d. 1894) — the towering scholar of the generation, who wrote the first systematic commentary on Likutei Moharan, Parparaos LeChochmah, along with many other works, and published Chayei Moharan. Also Reb Yitzchok Sternhartz (Reb Noson's son) and the close talmidim Reb Moshe Breslover and Reb Efraim b'Reb Naftali.
Third generation
Reb Avraham b'Reb Nachman Chazan (1849–1917) — one of the deepest minds in Breslov, author of Biur HaLikutim and Kochavei Or. Reb Avraham Sternhartz (1862–1955) — the great bridge from the Ukraine to Eretz Yisroel, baal tefillah for Rosh Hashana for some seventy years, whose talmidim include almost every major twentieth-century leader. Reb Yitzchok Breiter (1886–1943) spread Breslov through Poland and was murdered in Treblinka. Reb Alter Tepliker pioneered the popular Breslov anthologies, and Reb Yisrael Karduner was a source of many Breslov niggunim.
Rebuilding in Eretz Yisroel and America
Reb Eliyahu Chaim Rosen founded the Breslov Yeshivah in Yerushalayim in the 1950s. Reb Levi Yitzchok Bender (1897–1989) headed the Breslov shul in Yerushalayim and drew thousands of baalei teshuvah. Reb Gedaliah Aharon Koenig rebuilt the community in Tzfas — his sefer חַיֵּי נֶפֶשׁ · Chayei Nefesh, clarifying the questions about attaching oneself to the tzaddik, has its own section on this site. Reb Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld (1922–1978) brought Breslov to America and initiated the first English translations. Among today's leaders are Reb Yaakov Meir Shechter and Reb Elazar Mordechai Kenig.
Signature practices & the Uman Rosh Hashana kibbutz
Rebbe Nachman's whole derech is avodah rather than theory. A few practices carry the entire path:
הִתְבּוֹדְדוּת (hisbodedus) — secluded, personal conversation with the Aibishter in one's own words, ideally an hour a day in the fields. The Rebbe called it higher than everything (Likutei Moharan II:25). You can explore it in its own Hisbodedus section.
שִׂמְחָה (simcha) — joy as the ground of all avodah: מִצְוָה גְּדוֹלָה לִהְיוֹת בְּשִׂמְחָה תָּמִיד (Likutei Moharan II:24).
Never despairing — אֵין שׁוּם יֵאוּשׁ בָּעוֹלָם כְּלָל — and the well-known teaching that the whole world is a very narrow bridge, the essence of which is not to make oneself afraid (Likutei Moharan II:48). The Breslov sefer built entirely on this — that no matter how far a person has fallen there is never any despair, and one can always begin again — is מְשִׁיבַת נֶפֶשׁ · Meshivas Nefesh ("Restorer of the Soul"), compiled by Reb Alter Tepliker from Rebbe Nachman and Reb Noson; it has its own section on this site.
אֲזַמְּרָה (azamra) — finding the good point in oneself and in every Jew (Likutei Moharan I:282).
The Uman Rosh Hashana kibbutz. The Rebbe placed enormous weight on his followers being with him for Rosh Hashana, saying it was his entire endeavour and that no one should be missing. Reb Noson established the annual gathering at the kever after the Rebbe's petirah, and it remains the central event of the Breslover year, drawing many thousands to Uman.
Breslov also offers a remarkable map of the human being — the way each limb and faculty mirrors a spiritual reality. You can explore that in the גוּף הָאָדָם · Anatomy of the Soul section.
The Breslov Research Institute & the modern English corpus
The much-loved English Breslov library is largely the work of the Breslov Research Institute (BRI), whose chain runs straight back through the manhigim above. At Reb Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld's urging, his talmid Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan (1934–1983) produced the first reliable English translation of any of the Rebbe's writings, Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, in 1973. In 1979 his son-in-law Rabbi Chaim Kramer founded BRI to continue the work.
Since then BRI has produced Rabbi Nachman's Stories and Until the Mashiach (the day-by-day biography), the complete fifteen-volume annotated English Likutei Moharan, the English Kitzur Likutei Moharan, the Breslov Siddur, the elucidated English Likutei Halachos, The Fiftieth Gate (English Likutei Tefilos), and over a hundred titles in print — also in Hebrew, Spanish, Russian and French.
Contemporary teachers & researchers
Rabbi Yaakov Klein — an author, musician and educator, originally from Far Rockaway, New York, devoted to sharing the inner light of Torah — and the voice behind the "Stream of Consciousness" walkthroughs of Likutei Moharan on this site, which present each lesson, and all the lessons together, as one flowing narrative of Geulah. He is the founding director of the Lost Princess Initiative (LPI), an educational platform launched in 2020 and built on twenty-five core principles drawn from his work on Rebbe Nachman's tale of the Lost Princess, and he leads a daily Likutei Moharan Amud Yomi chabura whose recordings reach learners worldwide. He has since joined Jewish Futures as founding director of Eilecha, a UK organisation for spiritual growth and experiential education. His seforim: Sparks from Berditchov (Feldheim) — an inspirational guide to avodas Hashem through the teachings of Rebbe Levi Yitzchok of Berditchov; Sunlight of Geulah — an illuminated journey through the first lesson of Likutei Moharan; and The Story of Our Lives — Rebbe Nachman's story of the Lost Princess opened up as the story of every neshamah.
Professor Zvi Mark — among the foremost academic researchers of Rebbe Nachman's life and writings, professor at Bar-Ilan University, where he heads the Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev Chair of Chassidic Studies. His research brought to light writings kept hidden by Breslov censorship for some two hundred years — including the hidden stories (the Story of the Bread and the Story of the Armour) and the Megilas Setarim, Rebbe Nachman's secret scroll — and it is his work that stands behind the Hidden Tales cards in the Collected Stories section of this site (cited there as Hisgalus veTikkun). His books: מיסטיקה ושיגעון ביצירת ר׳ נחמן מברסלב (Am Oved) — in English as Mysticism and Madness: The Religious Thought of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav; מגילת סתרים: חזונו המשיחי הסודי של ר׳ נחמן מברסלב (Bar-Ilan University Press) — in English as The Scroll of Secrets; התגלות ותיקון בכתביו הגלויים והסודיים של ר׳ נחמן מברסלב (Magnes) — in English as The Revealed and Hidden Writings of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav: His Worlds of Revelation and Rectification, the work behind this site's hidden-story material; and כל סיפורי רבי נחמן מברסלב — the complete tales together with the hidden stories, dreams and visions, in a carefully edited edition based on manuscripts.
How to begin
The simplest way in is to start with the heart of it all — Likutei Moharan — pick a lesson, and watch how that single teaching blossoms across Likutei Halachos, Likutei Tefilos and Likutei Eitzos. From there, follow your curiosity. Everything on this site is an index and study map pointing you to the texts themselves.
Sources: drawn primarily from the Breslov Research Institute (Crossing the Narrow Bridge, Until the Mashiach, Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom) and breslov.org, supplemented by Sefaria and corroborating references.
About the creator
This site — Otzar Breslov — was built by Yehuda Davis.
Yehuda was born and raised in London, and educated at Pardes House Primary and High School. From there he went on to learn at Yeshivas Shaarei Torah in Manchester, and then at Yeshivas Heichal HaTorah in Har Nof, Yerushalayim, under Rabbi Tzvi Kushelevsky. He then joined the Mir Yeshivah in Yerushalayim, where he learned for five years under Rabbi Jacky Schoemann. Alongside his learning there, he took part in the Second Seder Kollel under Rabbi Shraga Kallus and Rabbi Yitzchok Boehm, focusing on Hilchos Shabbos.
He then spent two years in Kollel Eitz Pri under Rabbi Peretz Segal and Rabbi Chaim Gross, where he received Semicha. During that time he was also part of the Ner LeElef programme under Rabbi Yirmiyahu Abramov: he completed a course on the Halachos of Kashrus with Rabbi Mordechai Kuber, received Semicha from Rabbi Abramov in “Education for Family Life” — a programme designed to lay the foundations of a Jewish home according to Torah and proper conduct — and undertook Shimush (apprenticeship) with Rabbi Jacky Schoemann in practical Niddah.
Yehuda then returned to the UK to begin his work with Aish UK, spending two years in Nottingham leading university campus outreach. He later moved back to London, where he continues to serve in leadership roles for Aish UK and Jewish Futures, and is an active member of the Jewish Futures Olam HaYedidus Chaburah. Alongside this, he has co-led a number of outreach trips to Israel and the USA with Aish UK and ALT — the Academy of Life Training — and has taught on several Ohr Somayach South Africa trips to Israel, inspiring students through both his teaching and his personal example.
A lifelong passion for self-development lies at the heart of Yehuda’s journey. He has always been committed to growth — spiritually, emotionally and intellectually — and is known for his clarity of thought and his ability to take complex ideas and present them in a systematic, accessible way. It was this combination of passion and skill that led him to write Blueprint of Kabbalah, designed to open up the transformative wisdom of Kabbalah in a way that is clear, grounded and approachable.
He is married with three children, and alongside his communal work he keeps to a rigorous personal learning schedule. He completes Daf Yomi daily, learns Likutei Moharan each morning, and devotes a further two to three hours a day to a structured programme of learning that spans Halacha, Parsha, Mussar, Chassidus and Kabbalah.
In recent years Yehuda has delved deeply into the world of Kabbalah and Chassidus, guided by Rabbi Yaakov Klein. This exploration has been transformative, revealing to him the profound, life-changing potential of these teachings.
Beyond his Torah learning, Yehuda is also a qualified hypnotherapist and life coach, holding a Level 4 Diploma in Counselling and Theory Skills, as well as a Level 5 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling Practice. Drawing on both worlds — timeless Torah wisdom, particularly the teachings of Kabbalah, Chassidus and the guidance of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, together with modern therapeutic approaches — he is pioneering a unique integration that offers profound tools for personal growth and emotional well-being. He also runs the London branch of the Toras Chaim kollel, which learns Likutei Moharan b’Iyun.
Get in touch. Yehuda would love to hear from you — comments, corrections, or just to say hello: yehuda@otzarbreslov.com
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