Entering Sukkot with Rav Shlomo Katz
Sep 22, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min · 12 segments
Rav Shlomo Katz explores the legacy of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov on his Yartzeit during Chol HaMoed Sukkot. Citing stories of Reb Nosson buying an Etrog and teachings from Reb Levi Yitzchak Bender…
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So I want to learn with you a little bit about this nekuda of the Breslev Boyer Esh.
What is this fire about Rabbi Nachman? What is this fire that keeps on getting on the one hand more and more revealed and on the other hand more and more concealed? Rabbi Nachman is such a secret.
But the most beautiful thing that I think our generation has taken from Rabbi Nachman is that we are also secrets.
And we are also, the more we are revealed to ourselves, the more we become concealed to ourselves.
The more we get to know ourselves, the more we realize there's so much more to know.
Rabbi Nachman says all over the place that in order for anyone to function, for us to really function, we must be very makpid on the concept of yeshuvadat, of settling the mind down, of what we like to call here being calm and steady.
Settling the mind down, the pace of the world has caused the yeshuvadat to be almost impossible, almost impossible.
So I saw a few weeks ago by Reb Motta Frank, one of the mashmim in Breslov, he said, this carousel that we're on.
And the Rebbe's Eitzot, which we know will be passionately flamed on fire, Ad Bias Goal Tzedek, by telling us, okay, so what do you do when you get off the carousel? What do you do? Well, start talking, start speaking about what you're experiencing.
One of the greatest mashpim in Breslev, someone who's literally transformed our lives, has been Reb Levitz Chakbender.
The truth is, we began a course on the lives of the Breslover Tzaddikim, the giants, they're called the humble giants.
Going through the lives of these giants of Breslov that brought Rabbi Nachman to Eretz Yisrael, and brought Rabbi Nachman to you and I, to our zikr today.
So I want to learn with you a little bit about this nekuda of the Breslev Boyer Esh.
What is this fire about Rabbi Nachman? What is this fire that keeps on getting on the one hand more and more revealed and on the other hand more and more concealed? Rabbi Nachman is such a secret.
But the most beautiful thing that I think our generation has taken from Rabbi Nachman is that we are also secrets.
And we are also, the more we are revealed to ourselves, the more we become concealed to ourselves.
The more we get to know ourselves, the more we realize there's so much more to know.
Rabbi Nachman says all over the place that in order for anyone to function, for us to really function, we must be very makpid on the concept of yeshuvadat, of settling the mind down, of what we like to call here being calm and steady.
Settling the mind down, the pace of the world has caused the yeshuvadat to be almost impossible, almost impossible.
So I saw a few weeks ago by Reb Motta Frank, one of the mashmim in Breslov, he said, this carousel that we're on.
And the Rebbe's Eitzot, which we know will be passionately flamed on fire, Ad Bias Goal Tzedek, by telling us, okay, so what do you do when you get off the carousel? What do you do? Well, start talking, start speaking about what you're experiencing.
One of the greatest mashpim in Breslev, someone who's literally transformed our lives, has been Reb Levitz Chakbender.
The truth is, we began a course on the lives of the Breslover Tzaddikim, the giants, they're called the humble giants.
Going through the lives of these giants of Breslov that brought Rabbi Nachman to Eretz Yisrael, and brought Rabbi Nachman to you and I, to our zikr today.
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