Notes from a Jewish Thoreau

Musings, insights, stories and nature observations from a Hasidic Jew living in the Great North Woods.
(And respectfully seeking to help my fellow Jews recover from "Nature Deficit Disorder.")

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Sunday, April 25, 2021

My 1997 Uman Pilgrimage to Rebbe Nachman's Grave

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JOURNEY TO UMAN Rosh Hashanah 5758 (1997) by Yonassan Gershom My pilgrimage to Uman really began in the mid-1970's, when I first read R...

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Sunday, May 17, 2020

Social Distancing made me "normal" in the Jewish community

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Breslov Hasid making hisboddidus (courtesy of Wikipedia) For literally decades, I have been an anomaly in the Jewish community. As a H...

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

On Why I No Longer Do Speaking Engagements

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"Hello. I'm Rabbi Gershom, and I'm autistic..." This is how I often introduce myself to a group nowadays, because I ...

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Parable of the Rooster Prince

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A tale of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (As told by Yonassan Gershom) Once there was a prince who went mad and insisted he was a rooster...

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Friday, April 7, 2017

Cleaning for Passover: Don't be a fanatic!

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Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, the great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, once got so caught up in an obsession about getting rid of chometz (le...

Friday, July 1, 2016

Why I avoid the word "Zionism"

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"If you would converse with me, define your terms." -- Voltaire The word "Zionism" is used online in so many differe...

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Yonassan Gershom: I follow the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, but am not affiliated with any particular group, having learned the Breslov way from his books and by meditation in the forest as he taught. I live in northern Minnesota with my wife Caryl, 1 goose, 8 cats, a flock of chickens and a bunch of wildlife. No, there is no synagogue here. We hate the city and few Jews live in the country anymore. But no problem, God is everywhere!

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