Translated by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan. Captivating, moving, amusing, even startling, Rabbi Nachman's stories possess far more than a surface brilliance. Their purpose is to arouse men from their sleep using the most powerful weapon of all: the hidden secrets of Torah. R' Kaplan's translation seeks to convey as much of the richness of the original as possible while remaining scrupulously faithful to the text. The commentary presents a wealth of authentic exegetical material from R' Nachman's pupils and followers.(Chassidic)