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- proper noun A town in
Ukraine .
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Examples
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And for this, too, Andy has prepared, combing research books for insights into tomorrow morning's Haftorah reading until he found an interesting commentary by Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and a relevant verse from the Baghvad Gita.
The Search Susan Kleinman 2011
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Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav taught: "The entire world is a very narrow bridge, and the main thing is not to be afraid."
Rabbi Andrea Myers: On Corn And Marriage: A Rabbi's Reflections From The New York Senate Gallery Rabbi Andrea Myers 2011
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Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav taught: "The entire world is a very narrow bridge, and the main thing is not to be afraid."
Rabbi Andrea Myers: On Corn And Marriage: A Rabbi's Reflections From The New York Senate Gallery Rabbi Andrea Myers 2011
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He has just completed Burnt Books, a dual biography of Franz Kafka and Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, which Schocken Books/Nextbook will release in October.
Rodger Kamenetz: Kafka Manuscripts: The Fight Over Kafka 2010
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Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, the great Chassid, used a similar metaphor when he famously said, All the world is a very narrow bridge.
The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010
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Her Ph.D. thesis in theater, which focused on hasidic creativity and ritual, demonstrated a strong influence of European Jewish history, while her dramatic adaptation from the hasidic tales of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav (1772 – 1811), La moisson de la folie (produced by La compagnie des sept mendiants in Paris, 1974), indicated an ongoing preoccupation with Jewish mysticism and its kabbalistic tradition.
Michal Govrin. 2009
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But the literature of this particular branch of Hasidism, like that of Bratslav, constitutes a completely separate section of Hasidic literature.
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There was an influential Khasidic rabbi in the 18th century named Nahman of Bratslav.
Jeff Dorchen: Getting Rid of Petroleum Will Require Major Surgery 2008
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Think of it like a Hillel, where the Conservative, Renewal, Bratslav, or whatever minyan meets on friday night and a cooking club meets on tuesday night.
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Many people may love to pray in the Bratslav minyan and cook in the cooking club.
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