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 Every year, thousands of men (in 2005, over 20,000!) leave their families and travel to Uman, a military city located in the Ukraine, to spend Rosh Hashana with "the Rebbe" – Rebbe Nachman of Breslov.
Why? What's so special about Rebbe Nachman's gravesite? |
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 Circumcision has always been referred to as "Brit". Although the Torah uses the word Brit in different contexts, the most common usage refers to circumcision.
What is so unique about circumcision that is referred to as a covenant, an agreement between two parties?
What is Breslev's innovative approach to this covenant? |
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 Ask any Breslever, he'll tell you that Rebbe Nachman is his prime source of spiritual guidance – his Rebbe, although he is no longer alive. Rebbe Nachman's personality – his inner essence - remains a mystery.
With this short biographical sketch, we provide a glimpse into the outer trappings of the Breslever Rebbe's greatness. |
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 The relationship Rebbe Natan Sternhartz of Breslov had with his Rebbe, Rebbe Nachman, has been compared to the relationship between Moshe Rabbeinu and his chief disciple, Yehoshua. Moshe Rabbeinu is compared to the sun, while Yehoshua is compared to the moon. Just as the moon reflects the light of the sun, so too, Yehoshua reflected the great light of his teacher, Moshe. In the same fashion, Rebe Natan reflected the light of the Rebbe – Rebbe Nachman of Breslev. |
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 Rebbe Nachman spoke about almost every subject under the sun, providing us with practical lessons on how to live our lives to its fullest, forming the basis of Breslev's unique philosophy.
Here is a small sampling of Rebbe
Nachman's wisdom. |
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 Rebbe Nachman related an interesting parable about the power of his books:
A king's son was so ill that the doctors despaired of his recovery. A very wise doctor arrived in the kingdom and truthfully explained to the king that although the prince had almost no chance of getting well, there was one remedy that they could try as a last resort. “But I do not know if I should even bother telling you about it, because I doubt that you will be willing to do it." |
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