Rabbi Nachman Burstein
(b.1934). The eldest son of Rabbi Moshe Burstein, Reb
Nachman's expertise
in the traditional melodies of Breslover Chassidim is unparalleled. At
age thirty, he was appointed the prayer leader for Musaf in the Breslov
minyan in Meron on Rosh HaShannah. An erudite scholar, he is a walking
encyclopedia on Rebbe Nachman and his teachings and currently one of
the
leading Breslover Chassidim in Jerusalem.
His father, Reb Moshe Burstein (b.1912), was a leading figure in Breslov in Jerusalem, Reb Moshe was born in Poltosk, Poland and arrived in the Holy Land in 1935 with his wife and infant son. Moving to Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter, he founded the daily Breslov minyan there. During the War of Independence (1948), he was held as a civilian hostage by the Jordanians along with eight other Breslovers. After his release, he was resettled in the Katamon section of Jerusalem, where he bought, rebuilt and administered the Breslover Synagogue. Reb Moshe was one of Reb Avraham Sternhartz's closest disciples and was a ba'al tefilah in the Meron kibutz for Rosh HaShannah for many years. For fifty years he longed to be worthy of getting to Rebbe, Nachman's gravesite. When this finally happened, in the spring of 1988, he recited the Shehechiyanu Blessing. |
Reb Moshe
Burstein was a
student of Reb Avraham Sternhartz. Reb Avraham arrived in
Jerusalem's
Old City in 1936, where he was received and recognized as the
outstanding
Breslover elder of his generation. In 1940 he established the kibutz in
Meron for Rosh HaShannah. Exiled from the Old City during the War of
Independence
in 1948, he was resettled in Katamon together with many other Breslover
Chassidim. Among his disciples were a number of the major Breslover
leaders
of the past few decades, including: Reb Moshe and Reb Reb
Nachman Burstein, Reb Michel Dorfman, Reb
Shmuel
Horowitz (d.1973), Reb Gedaliah Aharon Koenig, Reb Zvi Aryeh Lippel
(1903-1979), Reb Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld,
Reb Shmuel
Shapiro and
Reb Yaakov Meir Shechter. This music is broadcast using streaming audio should begin playing as soon as the links are clicked on. To listen you need to download one of the Media Players below: |
Shiurim in
Parashas Hashavuah
by R' Nachman Burstein
Parshas Masei (in preparation) |