Reb Nachman of Breslov zy"a, Uman

Reb Nachman of Breslov zy"a

רבי נחמן מברסלב

Years 1772–1810 Yahrzeit 18 Tishrei 5571, during Sukkos
16 October 1810 · during Chol HaMoed Sukkos, usually in September or October Kever / tziyun The tziyun in Uman, Ukraine

Upcoming yahrzeit: 19 October 2027 (5788)

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Biography

Reb Nachman of Breslov zy"a was born in Mezhibuzh in 1772 (5532), a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov zy"a — his mother, Feiga, was a granddaughter of the Besht, a daughter of Adel. His kever is in Uman. The page of the Baal Shem Tov on this site is the Baal Shem Tov zy"a.

His chief sefer is Likutei Moharan. He also told the Sippurei Maasiyos, the stories. Among his teachings is the Tikkun HaKlali: ten kapitlach of Tehillim (16, 32, 41, 42, 59, 77, 90, 105, 137, and 150). Breslover Chasidim have the minhag to say this tikkun, including at his tziyun, as a practice drawn from his Torah, recorded and spread by his talmid Reb Noson (Rabbi Nassan Sternhartz of Nemirov).

He spoke with great weight about spending Rosh Hashanah with him. From that teaching comes the kibbutz of Breslover Chasidim in Uman each Rosh Hashanah. He was niftar in Uman on 18 Tishrei 5571 (16 October 1810), during Sukkos, and he asked to be buried there. A shliach brings your kvittel to the tziyun and sends back a photograph.

Historical background

Uman is a city in Ukraine. Reb Nachman chose to spend his last months there and to be buried there. The tziyun has been a place of pilgrimage ever since, and especially at Rosh Hashanah. In the Soviet years access was often difficult; in later generations the kibbutz has grown very large. The ohel and the surrounding buildings have been rebuilt and expanded more than once.

Before & after

Who came before

The Baal Shem Tov zy"a — His great-grandfather, the founder of Chasidus. He rests in Mezhibuzh.

Who came after

Reb Noson of Nemirov zt"l — His closest talmid, who recorded and printed Likutei Moharan and the other teachings.

In his dor

Sources

The facts on this page come from the earlier site and from the sources listed here. Where the sources are not one shittah, it is written in the text.

Pictures of the tziyun

The tziyun of Reb Nachman of Breslov zy"a inside the ohel in Uman. The heading names him Rebbeinu hakadosh, Rav Nachman ben Rochel.
Photo: Lord Mountbatten, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

A historical photograph of the earlier, modest structure over the tziyun of Reb Nachman of Breslov zy"a in Uman, before the later buildings.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Seforim

Likutei Moharan
Sippurei Maasiyos
Tikkun HaKlali — ten kapitlach of Tehillim: 16, 32, 41, 42, 59, 77, 90, 105, 137, and 150

Specialties and minhagim

The traditional practice of saying Tikkun HaKlali at his tziyun, from his own teaching of those ten kapitlach of Tehillim
The Rosh Hashanah kibbutz in Uman, a minhag of Breslover Chasidim from his words about being with him on Rosh Hashanah
His talmid Reb Noson of Nemirov, who wrote and printed his Torah

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