Safer Likutei Etzot

Safer Likutei EtzotRabbi Nachman of BreslavCollecting advice in HasidismRabbi Nachman of Breslav [Was born 1st of Nisan, April 4, 1772 - Deceased 18th of Tishri, October 16th, 1810] was the founder of Hasidism in Breslav and its only rebbe. Rabbi Nachman was an original spiritual teacher who emphasized the many obstacles on the way to knowing God and the importance of joy, simple faith, and innocence, as well as attachment to the righteous and in particular the - True righteous. He often protested what he saw as the institutionalization and loss of the path of Hasidism and got into serious disputes with other rebbes, due to the originality and difference in the way he founded, as well as regarding his claim that he alone is the - Truthful tzaddik. His most prominent student, Rabbi Natan of Breslav, compiled according to his words the Moharan Collections and other fundamental books of Hasidism. Since he did not appoint a successor, Breslav Hasidism continued to function as a movement with teachers who were well versed in Rabbi Nachman's Torah even after his death, and not as a court headed by a line of rebbes. During his lifetime, Rabbi Nachman stirred up a storm and strong opposition, and Hasidism in Breslav was a small and persecuted group until it gained interest and revival in the second half of the 20th century. Its followers today number tens of thousands, many of them repenting. Born in the town of Mzyboz in the Podolia region, in the Polish-Lithuanian Union [today in Ukraine]. During his time, Poland was partitioned, and the surrounding territories were handed over to Imperial Russia. His mother, Paige, was the daughter of Adele, the daughter of Baal Shem Tov. His father, Simcha, was the son of Rabbi Nachman of Hordenka, one of the close disciples of the holy Baal Shem Tov, and named his son after him. Raised in a Hassidic-Kabbalic atmosphere. From his youth he spent a lot of time in solitude, fasting and praying for many hours. He married at the age of 13 to Sashia, Ephraim's daughter. He had no distinct rabbi, although he cites conversations of his grandfather from Horodenka. He learned most of his Torah independently, under the influence of the leaders of the Hasidic movement who would come to visit the grave of his great-grandmother, the Baal Shem Tov, in Mezhiboz.