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Nahman of Bratslav (näkh`mən, brät`släf), 1772–1810, Jewish Hasidic leader, the great-grandson of the Baal-Shem-Tov Baal-Shem-Tov (bäl-shĕm-tôv), c.1698–1760, Jewish founder of modern Hasidism , b. Ukraine. ..... Click the link for more information. . His messianic pretensions put him in conflict with other Hasidic (see Hasidism Hasidism or Chassidism (both: hăs`ĭdĭz'əm, khă–) [Heb. ..... Click the link for more information. ) leaders. Nahman differed from other Hasidim by his consciousness of God's absence from the world, and his concern about sin. He told stories to convey the struggle against evil and for redemption. After his death, his followers did not choose a new leader, but continue to revere him to this day. BibliographySee his tales, tr. and ed. by A. Band (1980); biography by A. Green (1979). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Roskies, one of the two keynote speakers at the conference, presents a comprehensive overview of Yiddish literature beginning with Nahman of Bratslav, continuing with scores of other important writers and critics, and concluding with contemporary criticism. This is the essence of devotional repentance in the thought of the early nineteenth-century Hasidic master Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav. Roskies, one of the two keynote speakers at the conference, presents a comprehensive overview of Yiddish literature beginning with Nahman of Bratslav, continuing with scores of other important writers and critics, and concluding with contemporary criticism. |
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