Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement (died 1810)

Nachman of Breslov

Hasidic rabbi (1772–1810)

Nachman of Breslov, also known as Rabbi Nachman of Breslev, Rabbi Nachman miBreslev, Reb Nachman of Bratslav, Reb Nachman Breslover, and Nachman from Uman, was the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement. He was particularly known for his creative parables, drawing on Eastern…