Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Naḥman ben Simḥah of Bratslav
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Read Next
Candles Burning On Table In Church
What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?
Shofar, Thalit, Torah, Judaism, yom kippur
Yom Kippur
A Jewish man blowing the shofar at the Western Wall (Jerusalem, Israel)during Rosh Hashanah Jewish Holiday on September 18, 2009. (holidays, Judaism, new year)
Rosh Hashana
Four year old boy with grandfather and father lighting Hanukkah menorah. Photo taken on: December 21st, 2009
Which Is Correct: Hanukkah or Chanukah?
Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,
Which Religion Is the Oldest?
Discover
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing on rock, side view, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
The Fastest Animals on Earth
Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?
Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
How Deadly Is Quicksand?
Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)
Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?
Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)
6 Important Mughal Emperors
Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.
Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

Naḥman ben Simḥah of Bratslav: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Nahman-ben-Simhah-of-Bratslav
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Nakhmen ben Simkhe of Bratslav
Born 1772 • Poland
Died 1811 (aged 39) • Uman • Ukraine
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Baʿal Shem Ṭov
Polish rabbi
Simon Markovich Dubnow
Russian historian
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
British actor, author, and director
Augusta Braxton Baker
American librarian and storyteller
Robert Munsch
Canadian author
Lucy Terry
American poet and activist
James Stephens, 1925
James Stephens
Irish writer
The baron surprising artillerymen by arriving mounted on a cannonball, illustration from a 19th-century edition of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe.
Baron Münchhausen
Hanoverian storyteller
Yosef Lapid
Israeli journalist and politician
Albert Halper
American author
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Babel, Isaac
Isaac Babel
Russian author
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
German-American physicist
Philip IV
Philip IV
king of France
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
German-language writer
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Osip Emilyevich Mandelshtam
Russian poet
The father of modern Zionism
Theodor Herzl
Austrian Zionist leader