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For Free Estimates 681-8280 Ceramic Tile Marble Granite • Whirlpool Tubs Faucets Bath Accessories CERAMIC TILE SALES TJ Marble and Granite Shop 23455 Telegraph Rd. North of / Mile in Southfield 356-6430 SINCE 1892 Riat 313-647-9090 805 East Maple, Birmingham, MI News Bratslav Chasidim Visit Rebbe's Grave Uman, Ukraine (JTA) — a tradition that dates back to the beginning of the last century, thousands of Chasidic pilgrims made their way to this small Ukrainian city lying halfway between Kiev and Odessa, to visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav at Rosh Hashanah. Uman today looks like a typical post-Soviet-era city. The square in the center of town still has a huge statue of Lenin, alongside of which dozens of private en- trepreneurs sell produce or consumer products brought over the border from Poland. On the outskirts of Uman, factories, smokestacks and rows of gray Soviet-style apartment buildings are pil- ed next to old, little cottages. If it were not for the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and the thousands of Jews who have come to his grave wearing their best black hats and caftans, there would be nothing to distinguish Uman from the hundreds of other small Ukrainian cities. Born in 1772, Rabbi Nachman became famous for his teachings and mystical interpretations of Jewish texts. A great-grandson of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Toy, the founder of Chasidism, Rabbi Nachman emerged as one of the leading figures of the burgeoning Chasidic move- ment. Suffering from tuber- culosis, Rabbi Nachman moved to Uman to be near the mass grave of the Jews of Uman, who were forced to choose between conversion or death during the Chmielnicki revolt and massacres of 1648-49. According to his wishes, when he died, Rabbi Nachman was buried amid the 20,000 martyrs of the Haidamak persecutions in the 18th century, which were more limited in scope than the Chmielnicki massacres, but even more terrible in their cruelty. On his death bed, he prom- ised his followers that he would personally intercede on behalf of anyone who visited him, saying that he would lift them out of hell by their peyos (earlocks). Since then, his followers have returned to Uman every year on Rosh Following A Chasid of the 1900s. Hashanah to pray, sing and dance at his grave. He re- mains the only leader, or rebbe, that the Bratslav Chasidim have ever had. After the Russian revo- lution, the Communist government tried to stop the gatherings by forbidding Jews from Poland to enter the county and by closing in 1937 the last synagogue in the city, turning it into a metalworks factory. During World War II, Uman and its graveyard became the scene of inten- sive fighting between the Soviet and German armies. Returning to the site after the war, the Jews of Uman discovered the cemetery had been devastated and the gravesite had been demolished by a hand grenade. Soon after the war, the Soviet government an- nounced plans to build hous- ing units on the site. The sole remaining Bratslav Chasid living in Uman, a convert to Judaism named Reb Daniel, quickly bought the land. The precise site of the grave was found, and Reb Daniel built a house near it. The wall of the house was placed flush against the grave with a window above it to prevent extensions and insure that nothing else would ever be built over the site, thus protecting the sanctity of the grave. Before he left for Israel, Reb Daniel sold the house to Yakob, a now-Cderly Ukrainian who still lives there today. Though the site was