tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post2300085716951150514..comments2023-10-22T09:19:57.342-04:00Comments on אישים ושיטות: R Nachman Krochmal's descendantsWolf2191http://www.blogger.com/profile/13577870680689849400noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-24976731547901241792009-02-20T00:53:00.000-05:002009-02-20T00:53:00.000-05:00I'm guessing that Abraham grew up looking very dif...I'm guessing that Abraham grew up looking very different from his father; that is, dressed in modern fashion.<BR/><BR/>The closest I've come to anything like a picture of Nachman which shows how he really looked like any other early 19th century Galicianer, with beard, peyos, etc. is the cover of Jay Harris's books:<BR/><BR/>http://www.danwymanbooks.com/ger6/GER-22-15.jpg<BR/><BR/>Which shows the private beis midrash of Nachman Krochmal. It looks just as one imagines any such room in Galicia did. Completely conventional and traditional, and not unlike a Chassidishe shtieb in Williamsburg in the 1950s.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.com