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Rabi Nahman emphasized the value of praying, isolation (seclusion) and the simple
innocent faith. Most of his writing were written by his greatest disciple Rabi Nathan
from Breslov, taken from verbal conversations they had.
He placed great stress on living with faith, simplicity, and joy. He encouraged his
followers to clap, sing and dance during or after their prayers, bringing them to a
closer relationship with God
He taught that his followers should spend an hour alone each day, talking aloud to
God in his or her own words, as if "talking to a good friend", to make oneself be in
solitude. Nahman taught that the best place to do this was in a field or forest, among
the natural works of God's creation.
Even though Rabi passed away almost 200 years ago, his candle is still on fire and
enlightening, and his doctrine is giving light and happiness to myriads of people.
The chair:
This chair was used by him while given his doctrines at different occasions.
According to the tradition, this chair was a gift given to the Rabi by one of his
disciples in the end of 1808. The person was a slaughterer as an occupation, and he
worked on the chair for a period of 6 months. When he brought his present to the
Rabi, the Rabi asked him: ""Did you make it all day long ?"" Then he replied: ""No,
but everyday I worked on it for one hour."" The Rabi answered with admiration:
""Asa ? You thought of me half a year, every day, for one hour !""
After the death of the Rabi the chair was held in Tesharin a town in Ukraine by a
disciple named Rabi Hirsh. In The second decade of the 20th century, the chair was
disassembled and hidden. In 1936 a Ukraine family brought it to Jerusalem. In
Jerusalem he was renewed in the Museum of Israel in the year of 1959 and latter was
repaired.