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In 1947 his father died and
Rosenfeld assumed his charitable activities, which included fundraising for the small Breslov community in Israel. Rosenfeld began corresponding with Rabbi Sternhartz, and visited him in Israel for the first time in 1949. At that time, he expressed his wish to live in the
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Breslov community in Israel, but
Sternhartz urged him to continue as a teacher in America, telling him "that the merit of saving one Jewish soul was worth more than the merit of living in Israel". Imbued with a sense of purpose, Rosenfeld moved his family to the
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Breslov community in Israel. He collected charity funds to support needy Breslov families there, and was the major contributor of funds for the building of the Breslov Yeshiva in the
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according to the
Sephardic tradition and reading the Torah with the Sephardic accent, Rosenfeld became a mentor to these Americanized, second-generation Syrian Jewish youth.
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together in the synagogue and came to his house on
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In addition to giving thousands of classes to
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at the age of 56, he moved to
Jerusalem to spend his remaining months. He arrived in the summer of 1978 and died on 11 December that year (11
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neighborhood of
Brooklyn, which then had a largely non-religious Jewish community, and continued teaching at the
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Rosenfeld concurrently introduced his students to the teachings of the 19th-century
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teachings. These recordings have been archived online by his son-in-law, Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
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efforts, accusing him of "brainwashing" and "kidnapping" their children, but he persevered.
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to do the translation and he edited the finished work, which was published under the title
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to continue the effort to translate and publish Breslov teachings in English.
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homes to become religious. Dozens of boys transferred from public school to
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Crossing the Narrow Bridge: A practical guide to Rebbe Nachman's teachings
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