Will one of the world’s most popular Jewish pilgrimage sites be relocated to Israel? Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, founder of the Breslov Hassidic movement, was buried in the Ukrainian town of Uman 207 ...

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“Na, Nach, Nachma, Nachman m’Uman.” It’s a secret message, and if you repeat it, you are promised salvation, miracles and wonders. Wherever you go in Israel, and particularly in Jerusalem, you will ...

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish pilgrim blows a shofar, near the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov during the celebration of Rosh Hashanah holiday, the Jewish New Year, in Uman, Ukraine, Sept. 21, 2017.

A delegation from Israel's Foreign Ministry visited the Ukrainian town of Uman last week in order to inspect the handling of the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov by the Ukrainian authorities. Legal ...

Anybody who has been following my divrei Torah over the years knows that I view Parashat Va’Yiskhlakh as one of the spiritual highlights of the Torah. Jacob wrestles with the unknown being that is ...

The following thoughts come from Michal Shneur, who lives in Shomria, a religious kibbutz in the south: "Lockdown again, confusion again, feeding everyone non-stop again, juggling again – and feeling ...

Batya Ayala Darmonlives with her husband and daughter in Eli and recently started a long-term transcription project of Likutei Moharan on Wikisource. “The wicked receive their ruach from… the impure ...

Schocken/Nextbook, 384 pages, $25. In “Burnt Books: Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and Franz Kafka,” Rodger Kamenetz has set for himself the ambitious task of bringing about a meeting of sorts between two ...

The vandalization took place in the city of Kremenchuk, Ukraine, where she was buried 186 years ago, with other family members being buried in the same cemetery. The gravesite of Sarah, daughter of ...