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Yoni Kempinski writes:

A group of Breslev Hassidim, who's leader Rabbi Nachman of Breslev is buried in the Ukraine town of Uman, are holding prayer sessions and learning at a Jerusalem graveyard during the festival of Rosh Hashanah. The tomb being visited is of Rabbi Yisrael Odesser, a student of Breslev who, according to the Hassidic story, received a message from the late Rabbi Nachman who told him that he should continue his "fire" in this world. Read the story here.