Reb Avraham ben Rav Nachman
As a youth, Reb Avraham displayed incredible tenaciousness in his devotions. He would often leave home right after...
Reb Avraham Chazan ben Rav Nachman
(1849 – 1917) As a youth, Reb Avraham displayed incredible tenaciousness in his devotions. He would often leave home right after Shabbat with only a sack of bread and a stack of books, to disappear into the forest for an entire week. There he would meditate and study undisturbed. His profundity can be seen from his commentary, Biur HaLikutim, which dissects Rebbe Nachman's lessons point by point by delving into their depths. Even so, Reb Avraham himself said about the Rebbe's simple conversations: "I hope that ten thousand years after the Resurrection, I will be worthy of understanding even one of Rebbe Nachman's statements, the way the Rebbe himself understood it in this world."
The year after Reb Nachman Chazan passed away (1884), Reb Avraham began recording many of the stories and Breslov traditions that he had received from his father. This formed the basis for the Kokhavey Or (five sections), Sichot VSipurim and other books. Around 1894 Reb Avraham moved to Jerusalem, though he would travel back to Russia each year to spend Rosh HaShanah in Uman. He continued this until the outbreak of World War One left him trapped in Russia, where he remained until his passing on Chanukah, 1917. Among his students were Reb Eliyahu Chaim Rosen and Reb Levi Yitzchak Bender, some of the key individuals responsible for the development of Breslover Chassidut in Jerusalem today.
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