Q&A: Nachman
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Nachman
Question
A personal question:
Were you a Breslover when you became religious? (Your first son is named Nachman.)
Answer
I didn’t become religious. And I have never had any connection to Breslov. He is named after my father (who also had no connection to Breslov). By the way, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov also wasn’t given that name because he was a Breslover.
Discussion on Answer
Michi,
Did your father immigrate to the Land of Israel before the war?
Do you understand Hungarian?
Why is that important? He came in 1957, and I understand a little. In my childhood I spoke it and understood it.
Whoever has tasted Hungarian wine…
Right.
Rabbi Nachman too was named after his grandfather, Nachman of Horodenka, who also had no connection to Breslov.