Explore: Bratslav Hasidim

known as Rabbi Nachman of Breslev, Rabbi Nachman miBreslev, Reb Nachman of Bratslav, Reb Nachman Breslover (Yiddish: רבי נחמן ברעסלאווער Rebe Nakhmen Breslover)

Breslov (also Bratslav and Breslev) is a branch of Hasidic Judaism founded by Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810), a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, founder

was formulated by Nachman of Breslov (or Bratslav), a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov. His Breslov Hasidim continued to follow him without appointing

“Hitbodedut is an ideal path to intimacy with God. It is the way of the greatest Hasidim, and through it, the prophets achieved Encounter with God.” He then goes

parody. In 1786, only 13 years old (This needs verification, as Mahler (in Hasidim and The Jewish Enlightenment p 125) dates this to 1816. Similarly, in the

to be known as Nathan of Breslov. He became the leader of the Breslover Hasidim—but not the Rebbe, because Rebbe Nachman did not appoint a successor or

Rebbe Nachman's works. Beginning in the 1980s, Schick began visiting his Hasidim in Israel regularly, and established a synagogue in Safed. In 1985 he founded

stories are still read in highly religious communities, especially among the Hasidim. A commentary written for women on the weekly parashot by Rabbi Jacob ben

the first period of his life among the Hasidim, being himself a disciple of R. Nahman Bratzlaver (from Bratslav, a town in Ukraine, in Yiddish: בראָסלעוו)

ISBN 0-8047-3776-2. Zeitlin, Hillel; Meir, Jonatan (2006). Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav: World Weariness and Longing for the Messiah. Two essays by Hillel Zeitlin;