Rebbe Nachman of Breslov was the founder of the Braslaver Hassidic dynasty. He was the great-grandson of the original Hasidic Rebbe, the Baal Shem Tov. Rebbe Nachman believed that concentrating on one word was a way of meditation.
A hundred years ago one of his more recent disciples "found" a letter from the Rebbe that was signed na nach nachma nachman meuman [Nachman from Uman], which is a play on/meditation on the Rebbe's name.
The phrase appears everywhere, bumper-stickers, storefronts, kippot, and my personal favorite... Graffiti.
1 comment:
are you perhaps the person mentioned here:
http://www.nanach.net/2009/03/holy-saint-rabbainu-na-nach-nachmu.html
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