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Bratslav (Ukrainian: Брацлав; Yiddish: בראַסלעװ) is a rural settlement in Ukraine, located in Tulchyn Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast, by the Southern Bug river. It is a medieval European city and a regional center of the Eastern Podolia region (see Bracław Voivodeship ) founded by government of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland , which dramatically lost its importance during the ...
Bratslav, Ukraine. BRATSLAV, small town in Podolia, Ukraine, on the River Bug. A Jew leased the collection of customs duties in Bratslav in 1506, and it appears that a Jewish settlement developed in the town from that time. In 1545 the Jews were exempted from the construction of roads "so that they could travel on their commercial affairs."
Bratslav is located on the Bug river in Ukraine (latitude 48.82 N., longitude 28.95 E.), midway between Tulchin to the south and Nemirov to the north—9 miles (14 kilometres) from each. Bratslav should not be confused with Wrocław , a town now located in Poland, called in German "Breslau", and also pronounced "Breslov" in Yiddish, which was a renowned Jewish center in its own right.
BRATSLAV , small town in Podolia, Ukraine, on the River Bug. A Jew leased the collection of customs duties in Bratslav in 1506, and it appears that a Jewish settlement developed in the town from that time. In 1545 the Jews were exempted from the construction of roads "so that they could travel on their commercial affairs."
- The Life of Rav Nachman
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Rav Nachman was born in a small town called Medzhybizh in the Ukraine. His mother was the granddaughter of the Baal Shem Tov and his father was the son of one of the Baal Shem Tov’s disciples, and a direct descendant of the Maharal of Prague. Even as a child, Nachman was a diligent student of Jewish texts and apparently a spiritual prodigy.. From t...
Rav Nachman encouraged his followers to strive to become tzadikim (righteous people) through fierce devotion to God. Whereas the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism, had focused more on God’s imminence, Rav Nachman emphasized the struggle to feel close to God. The Breslov Hasid’s objective was to immerse himself in his pain so he could rise abov...
During his lifetime, Rav Nachman opposed both the Haskalah (Enlightenment) movement and the Mitnagdim, who strongly objected to all Hasidic movements as dangerous. Though they were initially a small band, ultimately the Breslov movement, inspired by his personality and his teachings, became large and strong. Because Rav Nachman had no sons who live...
Bratslav [Braclav]. Map: V-9. Town smt (2001 pop 6,044) in Nemyriv raion, Vinnytsia oblast. The town lies on the Boh River in southeastern Podilia and was well known in the 14th century. Under Polish rule it was an important defense post and the centre of Bratslav voivodeship. From 1648 to 1712 it was a Cossack regimental town (see Bratslav ...
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The Ukrainian population of the region resisted Polish domination: in 1541 and 1594–5 the burghers of Bratslav revolted, in 1594–6 Severyn Nalyvaiko led a peasant-Cossack uprising, and in 1692–1703 Andrii Abazyn led a rebellion there. [This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 1 (1984).]
