Tikkun HaKlali
Among the ritual innovations of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810), none has exercised greater devotional power or scholarly fascination than the practice known as Tikkun HaKlali—the "General Remedy" or "Complete Repair." Comprising ten specific Psalms recited in fixed sequence (16, 32, 41, 42, 59, 77, 90, 105, 137, and 150), this practice has become central to Breslov devotional life, recited daily by adherents and particularly following nocturnal emissions or sexual transgression. Yet despite its prominence, the theological logic underlying Rebbe Nachman's selection of these particular Psalms remains insufficiently examined. This introduction situates Tikkun HaKlali within the long history of Jewish psalmic devotion and argues that the practice represents a radical theology of repair without redemption—a mode of spiritual rehabilitation that operates not through cosmic restoration but through the persistent articulation of human brokenness before divine mystery.