Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810) was a chassidic mystic, rabbi, and radical storyteller who looked directly at the cracks of modern life. In the midst of the 18th century’s great fracture — Enlightenment, secularization, and the collapse of religious certainty — he spoke to the struggles that still define our age: loneliness, doubt, alienation, despair, fragmentation, and the endless search for meaning.

In his teachings and his strange, multi-layered stories, R’ Nachman offers not a system or a dogma, but stories, fragments, and paradoxes. Not solutions but ways to wrestle: to live with paradox, to find sparks of purpose, to walk the “very narrow bridge” of existence. This 5-part series will dive into his Torah and tales as tools for confronting post-modern questions head-on.

Learn more about Rabba Mor Shimonie here

Included in Kitchen Membership
Non-members — $100

Taught by Rabba Mor Shimonie
Wednesdays, 6:00–7:30 PM
Oct 29; Nov 5, 12; Dec 3, 10
The Firehouse — Anne Germanacos’ studio space in Cole Valley