Not to be confused with Nachmanides, a 13th Century sage.
Nachman of Breslov
Grave of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
Title
Breslover Rebbe
Personal
Born
Nachman of Breslov
4 April 1772 (Rosh Chodesh Nisan 5532)
Międzybóż, Kingdom of Poland
Died
16 October 1810 (18 Tishrei 5571)
Uman, Kyiv Governorate, Russian Empire
Religion
Judaism
Spouse
Sashia, daughter of Rabbi Ephraim of Ossatin[1]
Children
Adil Sarah Feiga Chaya Miriam daughter (died in infancy) Yaakov Shlomo Ephraim
Parents
Simcha (father)
Feiga (mother)
Main work
Likutey Moharan
Dynasty
Breslov
Nachman of Breslov (Hebrew: רַבִּי נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶבRabbīNaḥmān mīBreslev), also known as Rabbi Nachman of Breslev, Rabbi Nachman miBreslev, Reb Nachman of Bratslav and Reb Nachman Breslover (Yiddish: רבי נחמן ברעסלאווערRebe Nakhmen Breslover), and Nachman from Uman (April 4, 1772 – October 16, 1810), was the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement. He was particularly known for his creative parables,[2] which drew on Eastern European folktales to infuse his teaching by creating deeply kabbalistic and yet universally accessible remedies, advices and parabolic stories, through which anyone can project himself into and draw spiritual and practical guidance. He emphasized finding and expressing a person's uniqueness, while steering away from despair in a world he saw as becoming more and more standardized. Through Martin Buber's translation, his teaching is thought to have influenced some 20th century writers, including Franz Kafka.[3]
Nachman, a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, revived the Hasidic movement by combining the Kabbalah with in-depth Torah scholarship. He attracted thousands of followers during his lifetime, and his influence continues today through many Hasidic movements such as Breslov Hasidism.[4] Nachman's religious philosophy revolved around closeness to God and speaking to God in normal conversation "as you would with a best friend". The concept of hitbodedut is central to his thinking.[4]
^His first wedding had to be at thirtheen as was the custom in the period he lived
^Solomon Grayzel, A History of the Jews, The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1968, p. 533: "Nachman of Bratslav, possessed a remarkable gift for telling stories and parables which became the spiritual heritage of all Israel"
^https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Nahman_of_Bratslav: "to help redeem the fantasy life of his disciples (and himself) from domination by evil, Naḥman in 1806 began to tell fantastic stories, derived from East European folkloric motifs but interwoven with intimations of kabbalistic symbols and suffused with an air of mythic reality. The most important of these stories were published after his death as Sipure ma‘asiyot (1815), in a Hebrew and Yiddish bilingual edition. Historians of modern Jewish literature in both languages have regarded them as important literary compositions... Through Martin Buber’s adaptive translation (1906), it is likely that they influenced Franz Kafka and other modern writers."
^ abShragai, Nadav (3 November 2008). "Singing a different tune". Haaretz. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
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