Breslov Hasidic dynasty

The Breslov movement of Hasidic Judaism was founded by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), who was the great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism. Breslover Hasidim usually refer to him as "Rebbe Nachman" or "Rabbenu" (rah-BAY-noo, meaning "our teacher") or simply "the Rebbe". The name of Breslov itself comes from the town of Bratslav (which was known among the Jews as "Breslov"), where Rebbe Nachman spent most of the last eight years of his life. Bratslav is a small town in the Ukrainian Republic, located o ...

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The Breslov approach places great stress on serving God through the sincerity of the heart, with much joy and living life as intensely as possible. Breslover Hasidism is most unusual in that it has no living rebbe, and has not had one for almost two hundred years. Rabbi Nachman was adamant that he did not want to found a dynasty, and appointed no successor. In 1810, upon Rabbi Nachman's death, it was decided not to select a new leader for the movement, but rather, to study the teachings which the Rebbe left behind. For this reason, Br ...

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Rebbe Nachman was born in Mezhibuz, Ukraine, and in his short life achieved much acclaim as a teacher and spiritual leader. He was an extreme example of the Hasidic movement, living in poverty and better known for his stories and songs and his Torah scholarship, he was also an immense Torah scholar in his own right, as evidenced in his major work, Likutei Moharan which is filled with references to classical Jewish religious texts. Only later did he begin to couch his kabbalah teachings in the form of seemingly simple "ta ...

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Nachman's doctrines were published and disseminated in books and pamphlets mainly after his death, by his disciple Nathan ben Naphtali Steinhartz of Nemirov (Nathan of Nemirov, known to Breslovers as "Reb Noson.") Reb Noson built a synagogue in Uman, in honor of his teacher, and composed a number of prayers to be recited at Nachman's grave by his followers. Many Breslovers flock there annually even to this day during the Rosh Hashanah kibbutz. Reb Noson arranged and published Rebbe Nachman's works as follows: Likkutei ...

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Nachman's doctrines were published and disseminated in books and pamphlets mainly after his death, by his closest disciple, Reb Noson. Reb Noson built a synagogue in Uman, in honor of his teacher, and composed a number of prayers to be recited at Nachman's grave by his followers. Many Breslovers flock there annually even to this day during the Rosh Hashanah kibbutz. Reb Noson arranged and published Rebbe Nachman's works as follows: Likkutei Moharan (vol. i., Ostrog, 1808; vol. ii., Moghilef, 1811; vol. iii., Ostrog ...

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Some academic scholars of Hasidic Judaism hold that some of the charges made against Nachman were true. He is considered to have been influenced by some of the teachings of Sabbatai Zevi and of Jacob Frank, but he was not actually a Sabbatian or Frankist. Nachman's thinking on tikkun olam, the Kabbalistic healing of the universe, especially is said to be influenced by the Sabbatians. However, it should be kept in mind that the Sabbatians based their teachings on the Zohar and Lurianic kabbalah, both of which are consider ...

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Rebbe Nachman developed a following during his lifetime that has continued in the two centuries since his death. His followers today are known as "Breslovers", and the movement itself is called Breslov. The name Breslov is preferred over Bratzlav because it is a play on the Hebrew words bris lev, meaning "circumcision (or covenant) of the heart." (It is also sometimes spelled Breslev or Breslav.) To this day, Breslovers view Rebbe Nachman as their spiritual leader. With the collapse of the Soviet Uni ...

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Nachman was born in the town of Mezhibuzh on the first day of the Hebrew month of Nissan, 1772. On the side of his mother, Feiga, he was a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism. On the side of his father, Simchah, he was the grandson of Nachman of Horodenka (Gorodenka), one of the Baal Shem Tov's disciples. Nachman told his disciples that as a small child, he eschewed the pleasures of this world and set his sights on spirituality. From the age of six he would go out at night to pray at the grave of the Ba ...

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Nachman of Breslov - View within Breslov. This is a difficult question to answer. He definitely believed in the concept of the Tzaddik Ha-Dor ("Tzaddik of the Generation"), which, in Hasidic thought, is the idea that in every generation, there is a special Tzaddik born who could potentially become the Jewish Messiah, if conditions were right in the world. Otherwise, the Zaddik Ha-Dor lives and dies the same as any other holy man. There are many indications that Rebbe Nachman thought he was the Za ...

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He moved to Medvedevka, Ukraine and began preaching there, and in 1800 he moved to Zlatopol (near Shpola), Kiev. Unfortunately, a serious dispute immediately developed between him and Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Shpola, known as the Shpola Zayda (1725–1812) ("Shpola grandfather/sage"). Although the Shpola Zayda had supported him in his early years, after he moved to Zlatipol, the Zayda began to oppose him. (Kramer, p.691) The Shpola Zayda saw his teachings as deviating from classical Judaism and from the teachings of the Baal ...

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Rebbe Nachman placed great stress on meditation. One distinctively Breslov practice is called hisbodedus (hiss-BO-de-dooss), also called hitbodedut (hit-ba-de-DOOT) in Israeli Hebrew. This literally means "to make oneself be in solitude." The Breslov form of hisbodedus is a personalized form of free-flowing verbal prayer which is practiced by the individual Hasid, in addition to the regular daily services in the synagogue. Breslover Hasidim try to spend an hour alone with God each day, pouring out their thoughts and conc ...

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