Yserb, appointing a sefer to be a rebbe, so to speak, was only done once as far as i know. In Europe, they used to call Breslovers the “toiter chasidim,” because they never appointed a new rebbe after Rav Nachman. He was a unique case; he didn’t want a successor in the form of a rebbe… Breslov is a fascinating body of chasidishe torah that isn’t learned very often. But the satmar rov, for instance, was extremely machshiv rav nachman.
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