The Tales of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav ebook

by Adin Steinsaltz

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Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is internationally regarded as one of the leading rabbis of this century. The world of Rebbe Nachman was replete with allusions to books very few read anymore, in Hebrew and Aramaic, and part of a milieu that has passed by most of modern society.

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is internationally regarded as one of the leading rabbis of this century. So why read them? Foremost, they are like a blueprint for understanding his other works.

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Presents the allegorical tales of the ry Russian Rabbi who played an essential role in the development of Hasidism.

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (Bratslav) was a major early Chassidic master. Since he died and was buried in the Ukranian city of Uman in 1810, his burial site has become a major site for Jewish pilgrimmage, especially during Rosh Hashanah, when thousands of Jews from all over the world flock to Uman. Rabbi Nachman's tales were deep and complex allegories in the form of simple stories that he used to express fundamental truths.

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Beggars and Prayers : Adin Steinsaltz Retells the Tales of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav. Presents the allegorical tales of the ry Russian Rabbi who played an essential role in the development of Hasidism. by Nachman of Breslov. Select Format: Hardcover. ISBN13:9780465005819. Release Date:August 1985.

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz (Hebrew: עדין אבן-ישראל שטיינזלץ) (born 11 July 1937) is an Israeli Chabad Chasidic rabbi, teacher, philosopher, social critic, and publisher, who has been hailed by Time magazine as a m scho.

Rabbi Adin-Even-Israel Steinsaltz. Born in Medzhibozh, Ukraine to a distinguished chasidic family descending from the Baal Shem Tov, Rabbi Nachman was married off at the age of fourteen and went to live with his father-in-law near the village of Medvedevka. There he remained for five years, immersed in study and prayer.

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Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz; Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz. Transcribed by Rabbi Natan (Sternharz) of Bratslav, Rabbi Nachman's chief desciple, they are a mixture of intellectual and poetic imagination, fairy tales rooted in Kabbalistic symbolism and Biblical and Talmudic sources. This button opens a dialog that displays additional images for this product with the option to zoom in or out. Tell us if something is incorrect.

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz begins this book by describing Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav as an "original and outstanding thinker," a phrase that surely describes the reputation achieved by Rabbi Steinsaltz himself. It is therefore no surprise that The Tales of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, retold with commentary by a world-renowned rabbi such as Adin Steinsaltz, is a remarkable volume. Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772-1810) emerged from the hasidic world as a great leader with devoted followers both in his lifetime and to this very day. He produced several masterpieces of religious writing, but of all his works, his tales are considered to be at the peak of his creative life. As Rabbi Steinsaltz writes: "These stories, which are essentially fairy tales dating from Nachman's last years, are a mixture of intellectual and poetic imagination, simplicity of form, and complexity of content. On the one hand, any child can read them as one would a tale of ancient days, as the author himself put it; and, on the other hand, one can as an adult read them again and again, analyze and study them, and constantly discover in them layer upon layer of hitherto unrevealed symbol and meaning." Rabbi Nachman's tales were originally told in Yiddish. They were recorded by his outstanding pupil, Rabbi Nathan, who translated them into Hebrew and published them after Rabbi Nachman's death. While these tales are structurally similar to folk or fairy tales, they include highly compressed and clearly defined Torah teachings expressed in literary and poetic form. Rabbi Nachman's stories are a medium for conveying hidden aspects of Torah, yet in such a veiled way that the content is not outwardly apparent. These complex allegories, intended by their author to have several dimensions, are presented here by Rabbi Steinsaltz with his own commentary, pointing the way for the modern reader to begin to grasp Rabbi Nachman's profound tales. Of the thirteen major tales by Rabbi Nachman, this volume offers six of them, each with extensive commentary

Naktilar

At first reading, the “Tales” seem confused & simplistic. The author’s explanations & explications reveal the spiritual & intellectual depth of the Tales. Without the author’s commentaries, the beauty & depth of the Tales was beyond my understanding.

Nettale

meaningful, transformative,,, really beyond words.

KiddenDan

Reading Adin Steinsaltz's presentation of Rebbe Nachman's tales makes me understand far better why Martin Buber took the stories, trimmed them, glossed over parts, in general, fiddled with the content, form, theme and outcomes.

By and large, the Rebbe's stories are complicated. Part fairy tale, part Kabbalistic and Midrashic symbolic fun fest, the stories defy neat categorization. Definitely, there are themes. Kings, daughter who get lost, sons who go into exile. The Rebbe is not afraid to complicate matters. There are stories within stories (and sometimes stories within those stories).

Frankly, without the commentary by Rabbi Steinsaltz at the conclusion of each story, many of these tales would be incomprehensible. The world of Rebbe Nachman was replete with allusions to books very few read anymore, in Hebrew and Aramaic, and part of a milieu that has passed by most of modern society.

So why read them? Foremost, they are like a blueprint for understanding his other works. Secondly, they have an odd, inexplicable appeal. We KNOW Rebbe Nachman is telling us mysteries of the Torah and the Cosmos. Even if we don't understand all his allusions, the intuition is there. And that can be a spark that starts more investigation.

I have an idea that was the Rebbe's plan in telling them in the first place.

Saberblade

As is the Jewish rabbinic tradition, Rabbi Nachman taught great mystical teachings through the telling of stories. It was reccommended to me many many moons ago that I needed books on Rabbi Nachman's teachings if I was a serious student of Jewish mysticism.

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