The Ichud Breslov in Uman put up an amazing new Paroches (cover) on the Tzion of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov in Uman. The new paroches contains different historical and spiritual themes of Breslov Chassidus. The project tooks months of planning, multiple sketches and hard work. The original planning started before Rosh Hashanah of last year and it was supposed to be ready much earlier but there were many delays. Baruch Hashem, it was completed in time for Shavuos.
The parochet weaves within it central elements of the life and teachings of Rebbi Nachman. Those who examine the parochet will be able to notice special details: the ten types of song from the Tikkun Klali. Alongside the words, musical instruments such as a harp and a violin, were uniquely incorporated, illustrating the subject of music and song. A small section from Yemey Moharnat (Rav Noson of Breslov’s autobigraphy) is also placed on the Paroches. Specifically, the part that talks about Rabbeinu’s departure from this world. It is written that he was “buried in peace” and that “the burial place was prepared for him from the six days of creation to engage there in the correction of the world for generations.”
The well-known words of Rabbi Yitzchak Breiter hy”d from the Shir Yedidus were incorporated into the Paroches:
“His holy Tzion is a holy place, at every time and moment new innovations.”
The choice to emphasize these words is intended to express the profound idea that Rebbe Nachman’s resting place itself is constantly renewed and changed over the years, similar to the constant renewal of Rabbeinu. All this alongside luxurious decorations of precious stones, special fringes and rare design elements that give the veil a royal appearance.
One of the most fascinating innovations in the new cover is found in the lower part, where the extensive history of the Holy Tzion in Uman has been immortalized through a visual combination of three ‘incarnations’ that the place has undergone over the years. The original house – a painting that simulates the historical structure that stood on the grave from its beginnings until the period of World War II. The ancient floor of the Tzion from the 1950s and on it, an exact reproduction of the words “The Tzion of our holy rabbi, a stream flows from a source of wisdom”. This part of the design simulates the old floor of the Kever as it was in years past at a time when the road to the Uman began to slowly open. And then there is the yellow wall – the combination of the kever and the mythological yellow wall that was familiar to every Breslover who came to the place in the following years until the construction and expansion of the Tzion into the structure we know today.
A white Paroches with the exact same design is also being worked and it will be put on the Kever for Shabbos and Yom Tov.
