The Yeshiva Gedolah
The flagship yeshiva: deep iyun and diligence joined to Hasidic service of God.
דרעבע ישיבעס
“אִשִּׁי תּוּקַד עַד בִּיאַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ” (“My fire shall burn until the coming of the Messiah”): this is not only a promise, it is a mission. Young men toil day and night over the Torah with joy and devotion. Your partnership is the oil in this menorah.
Do not stay outside while a history of holiness is being written.
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The flagship yeshiva: deep iyun and diligence joined to Hasidic service of God.
The yeshiva ketana: Torah, joy and fear of Heaven.
A warm home for the youngest students, and a respectful welcome to families.
Breslov Institutions
A Beacon of Torah, Hasidut and Joy with Holiness and Purity, in the Holy Land
My fire shall burn until the coming of the Messiah.
A home of Torah
The depth of yeshiva analysis, the Baranovich tradition, joined to the fire of Hasidut and the simple faith of Breslov.
For many years the Breslov Institutions of Bnei Brak have been a home and refuge for seekers of God.
It is your privilege to be partners in sustaining the students who toil in Torah day and night.
The Depth of Analysis, the Fire of Hasidic Warmth
The way of the institutions, from their founder to this day.
Rabbi Shimon Bergstein zt"l is the founder of the institutions.
He was among the students of Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman Hy"d in the Baranovich yeshiva, came up to the Land of Israel, and embraced the teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.
After the Holocaust he established a Hasidic fortress of Torah, to which the remnant of Breslov gathered.
From a small seed the house grew, and became the central yeshiva of Breslov in the center of the country, at 12 Rabbi Nachman of Breslov Street, Bnei Brak.
His son, Rabbi Nachman Eliezer Bergstein shlita, head of the institutions, continues his father's path.
Under his leadership the institutions grew: a yeshiva gedolah, yeshivot for younger students, and educational institutions.
Thus the legacy passes from generation to generation, faithfully and with joy.
"The depth of analysis, with the fire of Hasidic warmth."
When he set out on the journey of his life to the Land of Israel, Rabbi Shimon Bergstein zt"l carried the scars of destruction, but above all he burned with a holy fire received from his great teacher, Hy"d, in the Baranovich yeshiva.
In days when Breslov Hasidut still sat at the side of the road, he resolved to build a fortress of Torah that would be a father's house for everyone thirsting for the truth of Rabbi Nachman, without compromising on scholarship and yeshiva depth.
At 12 Rabbi Nachman Street in Bnei Brak, within four cubits of holiness, he lit a flame that has never gone out.
People saw in him a man who lived in another world, a world in which the holy Gemara and Likutei Moharan are woven together in an enduring bond.
Letters and documents from the founding years. Tap a document to enlarge.
In our yeshiva we do not seek only to close a page of Gemara; we seek that the Gemara should close upon you. When one learns with immense depth, the light of Rabbi Nachman enters the sugya and illuminates it with a new light of joy.
Whoever has not seen the joy of Rosh Chodesh or a hilula at the Breslov Institutions of Bnei Brak has never seen joy. Here they know that there is no despair in the world at all. The young men learn to become a true holy fire.
The depth of yeshiva learning, diligence and analysis in the Talmud and the codes.
Likutei Moharan, prayer with intent, hitbodedut, joy and strengthening of the heart.
Fear of Heaven, guarding the eyes, good character and love of every Jew.
Here the way of learning is this: take the depth of yeshiva analysis, the diligence in the Talmud and the codes, and warm it with the fire of Hasidut.
Likutei Moharan and Sichot HaRan are not a side subject. They are the heart of the day: prayer with intent, hitbodedut, and a joy that is never separated from Torah.
And all of it in humility, guarding the eyes, with good character and genuine love of every Jew.
This is how a Torah scholar who fears Heaven is shaped: his heart burning, and his mind clear.
"It is a great mitzvah to be happy always."
Young men of high caliber, among the finest students of the Hasidic world, from homes that seek Torah depth joined to Hasidut.
An atmosphere of love of Torah, deep friendships, joy and inward service of God.
Graduates of the institutions are teachers of Torah, rabbis, dayanim and community leaders.
A vibrant community life and the shining fire of Hasidut
In the building where we learn today, prayers have been said, lessons learned and young men raised.
It is a modest house, and time has taken its toll. The time has come for a home worthy of what the institutions have become.
The present building, where we learn and pray today, beside the vision of a new home. Illustrative rendering only.
Be a partner in laying the cornerstone of the new building ←
On the second floor, a lofty and bright beit midrash, where the voice of Torah will be heard. Beneath it, on the first floor, a dining hall where the young men sit together, and below that, on a half-floor, the kitchen. Above the beit midrash, classrooms. And beside them a dormitory wing, with the entrance between the dormitory and the dining hall.
Whoever takes part in a floor, a room or a class takes part in the Torah that will be learned there.
The plan is not yet final. There is no architectural plan, and the rendering is illustrative only. Building options are still being weighed: full demolition, or an addition around the existing building.
Every part of the home is a privilege. One may sustain a student, sponsor the little ones of Beit Rabban, and one may memorialize loved ones in the new home.
The gauge will fill once the figures are supplied.
Partnership in building the new home from its foundation. A privilege that opens once in a generation.
Donate ←Dedicating a full day of Torah in the beit midrash.
Because of you, a full day of Torah will be learned in the beit midrash with joy.Donate ←Partnership in sustaining a Torah student for a month.
Have you ever considered what it means to be a hidden partner in the diligence of a young man sitting hours on end over the Torah? In every tear of hitbodedut and every smile of joy, you have a share. This partnership is an eternal privilege.
Because of you, one more young man will learn Torah today with joy.Donate ←Sponsoring a class, and the privilege of seeing children grow in Torah.
Because of you, one more child will recite "Shema Yisrael" with joy.Donate ←Memorializing a loved one in a room of the new home.
There is a stone worth gold. A stone upon which, every time a Torah student opens a Gemara, and every time a sweet child recites "Shema Yisrael" in the new cheder, the soul of your loved one rises another level. Do not miss the privilege of being a builder of the new home of Breslov Torah in Bnei Brak.
Because of you, your loved one's name will be engraved in a home built for Torah.Donate ←Details and amounts will be supplied. At this stage there is no payment on the site.
Golden plaques on stone, with room for the names of loved ones and partners. Your name can be here.
Tap a square to memorialize a soul
12 Rabbi Nachman of Breslov Street, Bnei Brak
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