{"id":266749,"date":"2007-12-25T19:42:25","date_gmt":"2007-12-25T19:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/%d7%9c%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%a7%d7%98%d7%92%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%94\/shacharit-part-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T14:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:11:13","slug":"shacharit-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/266749\/","title":{"rendered":"Shacharit, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Le\u2018ilui nishmat Leib ben Yitzchak Ya\u2019akov Sears, a\u201dh – Yartzeit: 30 Shevat, Rosh Chodesh Adar<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Le’ilui nishmat Yosef ben Shmuel Zeitlin, a”h – Yartzeit: 18 Menachem Av<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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We continue with our new series of minhagim and hanhagot tovot of Breslev. We invite you to peruse our previous entries by accessing our archives.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Reb Gedaliah would be \u201cmeshalshel” <\/i>the \u201cHallelukahs\u201d in Pesukei de-Zimra<\/i>. That is, he would connect the final \u201cHallelukah\u201d of one psalm with the first \u201cHallelukah\u201d of the next. This was the Breslever minhag <\/i>in Uman (heard from Rabbi Dovid Shapiro.; see Tur, Orach Chaim <\/i>51, citing Rav Amram Gaon).<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rabbi Nachman Galant of Tzefat, a grandson of Rabbi Yochanan Berditchever, also heard that this was the Breslever minhag <\/i>in the Ukraine (heard from Rabbi Hillel Lubman).<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Rebbe states that in “Vayevarekh Dovid,” <\/i>when one recites the phrase “u-tzeva’ah hashomayim Lekha mishtachavim . . . <\/i>The heavenly hosts prostrate themselves unto You” (Nehemiah<\/i> 9:6), it is a favorable time for one to add a personal prayer. According to Kitzur<\/i> Likutei Moharan <\/i>I, 231: “[At this moment] one may pray for everything, for then all the angels prostrate themselves and render homage to God, may He be blessed. Therefore, it is good to entreat that Hashem command them to transmit whatever one needs. For example, if one needs healing, one should meditate that Hashem command [the angels] to invest the spiritual powers of healing into one’s bread and water, etc.” (Cf. Likutei Moharan <\/i>II, 1, re. the role of the angels in the transfer of shefa\u2019, <\/i>etc.)<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Reb Gedaliah would do so verbally, asking Hashem to command his angels to bring about the healing of various individuals, whose names he mentioned (heard from Rabbi Elazar Kenig and Rabbi Noach Cheifetz).<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In Yishtabach, <\/i>the conclusion of the berakhah <\/i>is “Melekh Yachid Chei ha-‘Olamim.” <\/i>This phraseology parallels that in the opening berakhah <\/i>of Pesukei de-Zimra: “Barukh she-amar . . .<\/i> Yachid Chei ha-‘Olamim, Melekh meshubach\u2026” <\/i>Reb Avraham Sternhartz attested that this was the Rebbe\u2019s custom, which has been followed by Breslover Chassidim ever since. (This corresponds to the nusach <\/i>in the Chabad Siddur. <\/i>Since this is an unusual nusach, <\/i>for which we have not yet found an earlier source, it is possible that this was something that the Rebbe and Baal ha-Tanya once discussed and agreed upon; ve-tzorekh iyyun<\/i>. The Manistricher Chassidim, whose Rebbe lived in Uman, also had this nusach<\/i>. However, it seems that they inherited it from Chabad, as stated by Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Rabinowitz, \u2018Ehrkei Yehoshua, Kuntres Perach Shoshanim <\/i>17.)<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rabbi Shmuel Shapiro and Rabbi Shmuel Chechik both concurred, \u201cThere is no special Breslever nusach hatefillah <\/i>except to conclude \u2018Yishtabach<\/i>\u2019 with the words \u2018Melekh Yachid Chei<\/i> ha-‘Olamim\u2019\u201c<\/i> (heard from Rabbi Symcha Bergman).<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In Birkhat Kriat Shema’, <\/i>Reb Gedaliah would say “koneihem” <\/i>instead of “konam,” <\/i>as mentioned by the Be’er Heitiv <\/i>in the name of the ARI zal<\/i> (Be’er Heitiv, Orach Chaim <\/i>59:1; similarly, see Machzor Vitry, Abudarham, Pri Eitz Chaim, Siddur<\/i> Rav Shabsai Sofer<\/i>).<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In the kedushah de-meyushav, <\/i>Reb Gedaliah would say “u-vi-ne’imah, kedushah\u2026” <\/i>with a shuruk <\/i>under the letter dalet <\/i>(or a vav <\/i>with a melupum <\/i>after the dalet<\/i>). One should also pause between \u201cu-vi-ne\u2019imah\u201d <\/i>and \u201ckedushah.\u201d <\/i>(This reflects the view of Rashi on Yeshaya <\/i>6:3 and Tosfot, Chagiga <\/i>13b; Rabbi Chaim Vital, Sha\u2019ar ha-Kavannos, Inyan Nusach ha-Tefillah; Siddur ARI Rav Asher<\/i>; Siddur Tefillah Yesharah<\/i>\u2212Berditchev<\/i>; Siddur Heichal ha-Berakhah <\/i>[Komarno]; Siddur Tefillat Yesharim<\/i>\u2212Ben Ish Chai<\/i>; Darkei Chaim vi-Shalom <\/i>[Munkatch], Nusach ha-Tefillah <\/i>138. Alternately, some say “kedoshah,” <\/i>with a cholam <\/i>under the dalet<\/i>. This follows the view of Abudarham; <\/i>Rabbi Yisrael <\/i>Yaakov Algazi, Shalmei Tzibbur, Nusachot be-Birkhat “Yotzer,” <\/i>citing Sefer ha-Kavannot be-ktav yad Rav Chaim Vital <\/i>(which contradicts the standard text); Shiyarei Knesset ha-Gedolah; Sefer Hekhalot; <\/i>similarly, Be’er Heitiv, Orach Chaim <\/i>59, s.k. 3; Eitz Yosef, Otzar ha-Tefillot, <\/i>et al. This is also the nusach <\/i>of the Siddur ha-Rav Baal ha-Tanya<\/i>.)<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In the paragraph that begins “La-E-l barukh,” <\/i>the word “la-Melekh (E-l chai vi-kayam)” <\/i>should be pronounced with a kametz <\/i>under the lamed, <\/i>as stated by the Be’er Heitiv <\/i>in the name of the ARI zal <\/i>(Be’er Heitiv, Orach Chaim <\/i>59:1; cf. Sha’ar ha-Kavannot, Yad Aharon, <\/i>et al.).<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Before reciting the berakhah \u201cYotzer ha-Me\u2019orot,\u201d <\/i>one says \u201cOhr chadash \u2018al Tzion ta\u2019ir ve-nizkeh kulanu bimeheirah le-oro.\u201d <\/i>Reb Nosson explains that this is meant to awaken the soul\u2019s deepest desire for Hashem. (See Likkutei Halakhot, Birkhat ha-Shachar <\/i>5:28. This nusach <\/i>follows the view of the Zohar,<\/i> Pekudei; Abudarham; <\/i>Rabbi Chaim Vital, Pri Eitz Chaim, Sha\u2019ar Ahavah<\/i>, 5, et al. The Minchat Elazar redacts it in his nusach<\/i>, as stated in Darkei Chaim ve-Shalom <\/i>140. However, some omit it, in keeping with the Sefardic custom; see Tur, Orach Chaim <\/i>59, citing Rashi, et al.)<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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According to Sha\u2019ar ha-Kavannot<\/i>, one does not add the words \u201cve-hiskin me-orot mesame\u2019ach \u2018olamo asher bara.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Reb Gedaliah would begin the paragraph before Kriyat Shema <\/i>with the words “Ahavat Olam” <\/i>during the week, and “Ahavah Rabbah” <\/i>on Shabbat, in keeping with the custom of the ARI zal. <\/i>This reflects the tradition that the ARI zal <\/i>prayed according to the Sefardic (i.e. Eidot ha-Mizrach<\/i>) nusach <\/i>during the week, and according to the Ashkenazic nusach <\/i>on Shabbat and <\/i>Yom Tov. Kabbalistically, Ahavah Rabbah <\/i>corresponds to the World of Atzilus <\/i>(Emanation) <\/i>and Ahavat Olam <\/i>corresponds to the World of Beriah <\/i>(Creation) (Rabbi Chaim Vital, Sha’ar ha-Kavannot, Drush Kavannot \u201cYotzer;\u201d Ohr Tzaddikim, <\/i>16:16; also see Eishel Avraham, Orach Chaim <\/i>60:1, who mentions this nusach<\/i>. Rabbi Chaim Elazar Spira of Munkatch, Darkhei Chaim vi-Shalom, Seder vi-Nusach ha-Tefillah <\/i>141, cites it in the name of Rabbi Zvi Elimelekh <\/i>of Dinov, Bnei Yissaschar, Ma\u2019amarei Shavuot, Ma\u2019alat he-Chag <\/i>7, hagahah<\/i>. This also is said to <\/i>have been the minhag <\/i>of the Baal Shem Tov).<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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According to Sha\u2019ar ha-Kavannot<\/i>, upon saying \u201cmaheir ve-havei \u2018aleinu\u2026\u201d <\/i>one allows the talit <\/i>to fall from one\u2019s shoulders, and gathers the four tzitzit <\/i>into one\u2019s left hand, and holds them <\/i>near one\u2019s heart throughout the recitation of the three paragraphs of the \u201cShema.<\/i>\u201c<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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With permission from The Breslov Center for Spirituality and Inner Growth<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Le\u2018ilui nishmat Leib ben Yitzchak Ya\u2019akov Sears, a\u201dh – Yartzeit: 30 Shevat, Rosh Chodesh Adar   Le’ilui nishmat Yosef ben Shmuel Zeitlin, a”h – Yartzeit: 18 Menachem Av   We continue with our new series of minhagim and hanhagot tovot of Breslev. We invite you to peruse our previous entries by accessing our archives.   … Continue reading “Shacharit, Part 2”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62109,"featured_media":5186699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[15140],"tags":[16730,38691],"author_post":[14412],"new_serie":[86691],"class_list":["post-266749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breslev-customs","tag-breslov-customs-and-practices","tag-shacharit","author_post-rabbi-dovid-sears","new_serie-shacharit-breslov-the-way-it-is"],"acf":{"intro_text":"

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