His major influence was Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld ( 1922 – 1978 ), who single-handedly introduced the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov to American shores beginning in the 1950s, inspiring many students at Brooklyn yeshivas, especially Torah Vodaas.

He also translated and annotated Until the Mashiach: The Life of Rabbi Nachman, a day-to-day account of Rebbe Nachman's life, for the newly established Breslov Research Institute founded by Rosenfeld's son-in-law, Chaim Kramer.

In Judaism, the Tikkun HaKlali, also known as " The General Remedy ," is a set of ten Psalms designed in 1805 by Rebbe Nachman whose recital is intended to serve as repentance for nocturnal emissions.

Grave of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov in Uman.

Breslov ( also Bratslav, also spelled Breslev ) is a branch of Hasidic Judaism founded by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov ( 1772 – 1810 ) a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism.

Its adherents strive to develop an intense, joyous relationship with God and receive guidance toward this goal from the teachings of Rebbe Nachman.

The movement has had no central, living leader for the past 200 years, as Rebbe Nachman did not designate a successor.

" Breslov " is the name used nowadays by Breslover followers for the town of Bratslav, where Rebbe Nachman lived for the last eight years of his life.

Prior to his arrival in Breslov in 1802, Rebbe Nachman lived and taught in other towns in Ukraine such as Ossatin, Moheilov, Zlatopol and Odessa.

Rabbi Shmuel Moshe Kramer also noted that the gematria (" numerical value ") of the Hebrew letters of Breslov ( ברסלב ) is 294, as is the Hebrew spelling of Nachman ben Faiga ( נחמן בן פיגא ) ( Nachman son Faiga ) — the names of Rebbe Nachman and his mother.

Rebbe Nachman also placed great emphasis on Jewish prayer.

Besides the regular daily services in the synagogue, Rebbe Nachman advised his followers to engage in hitbodedut ( literally, " self-seclusion "), on a daily basis.

Rebbe Nachman claimed that every true tzaddik attained his lofty spiritual level almost uniquely because of hitbodedut.

Rebbe Nachman himself used the phrase, Ribono Shel Olam (" Master of the Universe " — i. e., God ), which he pronounced with the Yiddish intonation as: Ree-boy-noy shell oy-lom.

A sub-group of the Breslov sect, colloquially known as Na Nachs, use the Na Nach Nachma Nachman Meuman mantra, which is based on the Hebrew letters of Rebbe Nachman's name.

This mantra was not used by Rebbe Nachman himself, but was taught in the 20th century by Rabbi Yisroel Ber Odesser.

Visiting the grave at any time is deemed beneficial, because Rebbe Nachman said:

The main Hasidic texts revered and studied by Breslover Hasidim are those written by Rebbe Nachman and Reb Noson.

Rebbe Nachman's magnum opus is the two-volume Likutei Moharan ( Collected of Our Teacher and Rabbi, Nachman ), a collection of 411 lessons displaying in-depth familiarity and understanding of the many overt and esoteric concepts embedded in Tanakh, Talmud, Midrash, Zohar and Kabbalah.

In the introductory section of certain editions of Likutei Moharan, the book is likened to the Zohar itself, and Rebbe Nachman is likened to the Zohar's author, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.

This is based on the citation of numerous parallels between the lives of the two sages, as well as the fact that the names " Nachman ben Simcha " ( Simcha being Rebbe Nachman's father's name ) and " Shimon ben Yochai " share the same gematria ( numerical value ) of 501.

In fact, Rebbe Nachman claimed that while even a complete simpleton can become a pure and righteous Jew, the ideal study schedule of an extremely scholarly Hasid should include the Tanakh ( Hebrew Bible ) with its commentaries, the entire Talmud with its commentaries, the entire Shulchan Arukh, all the Midrashic works, the Zohar and Tikkunei Zohar, the teachings of the Arizal and other kabbalistic works, all over the course of a single year.

Breslov teachings emphasize the importance of drawing people to the " true tzadik " as the key to rectifying the world, overcoming evil and bringing people closer to God, according to Rebbe Nachman and Reb Noson.

Rebbes are usually called by the Yiddish name of the geographic region in which they or their predecessors gained prominence: e. g., the first Bobover Rebbe lived in Bobowa, Poland, the first Skulener Rebbe lived in Sculeni, Bessarabia, the first Munkatcher Rebbe in Munkacs, Ukraine and the first Bostoner Rebbe, served as a rebbe in Boston, Massachusetts.

Beginning in the mid-1960s, Hasidim who lived outside Russia began to sneak into Uman to pray at Rebbe Nachman's grave during the year.

* 19th century: Hannah Rachel Verbermacher, also known as the Maiden of Ludmir ( Ludmirer Moyd ), became the only female Rebbe in the history of the Hasidic movement ; she lived in Ukraine and Israel.

Assimilated Jews who lived in Uman and who had been friendly with Rebbe Nachman intervened on Reb Noson's behalf and allowed him to remain in Uman for the holiday.

Then he moved to Uman, Ukraine, the city in which Rebbe Nachman is buried, and lived there for another 18 years.

A special dispensation was arranged wherein the federal judge came to " 770 " to officiate at Rabbi Yoseph Yitzchak's citizenship proceedings, rather than the wheelchair-bound Rebbe travel to a courthouse for the proceedings.

These righteous people's perception ( of both spiritual and physical, not to mention temporal matters ) transcends the apparent boundaries of existence, such that a Rebbe will appear to be able to " see the future ," or at least have strong insight into the life and trials of another.

From 1984 he was Professor of Composition at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, where his students have included Volker Staub, Caspar Johannes Walter, Juan Maria Solare, Josef Rebbe, Branimir Krstic and many other composers & improvisors.

Rebbe Nachman died of tuberculosis at the age of 38 on the fourth day of Sukkot 1810, and was buried in that cemetery.

The neighborhood's relatively large population of Lubavitch Hasidim, at the request of their leader, the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn stayed in the community after other whites left.

The Avraham Mordechai Alter | Gerer Rebbe at a prayer gathering at the synagogue, 1942.

He was appointed Rebbe at the age of 24, and soon after he moved to Vyzhnytsia, a small town close to Kosiv.

Giv ' at Ze ' ev is the center of the Karlin-Stolin Hasidim and one of the town's most notable residents is the Stoliner Rebbe Boruch Yaakov Meir Shochet.

* Nadvorna Rebbe of Bnei Brak dancing at a Wedding

He has been at the helm of the movement's finances since the death of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, the Rebbe ’ s chief of staff.

Great Torah luminaries of the day at the helm of Agudath Yisroel included the Gerrer Rebbe, the Radziner Rebbe, Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Elazar Leiner and the Chafetz Chaim.

With the passing of Rebbe Yissachar Dov in 1926, the mantle of leadership fell on his eldest son, Rabbi Aharon Rokeach, who was 49 years old at the time.

Rabbi Aharon Rokeach, known as the " Wonder Rebbe " was at the top of the Gestapo's " wanted list " of rabbis targeted for extradition and extermination during the Nazi occupation of Poland.

The Rebbe, his brother, and his attendant, shorn of their distinctive beards and payot ( sidelocks ), were disguised as Russian generals who had been captured at the front and were being taken to Budapest for questioning.

Yissachar Dov married at the age of 17 to the daughter of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, and moved to Bnei Brak to be close to his new father-in-law.

The present Kaliver Rebbe at left

After Rebbe Nachman's death, this opposition was directed at Reb Noson, who refused to assume the mantle of leadership and continued to promulgate the teachings of the deceased rebbe as if he were still alive.

Reb Noson began this compilation at Rebbe Nachman's specific request in 1805, and published it for the first time in 1811, after the Rebbe's death.

Teachings of Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai, both from the Talmud and the Zohar, are generally expounded upon by Rebbes at their tishen.