User:Rooster613
Who is rooster613?
[edit]Rooster613 is Yonassan Gershom, a Breslov Hasid who lives in Sandstone, Minnesota, a small town about 100 miles north of Minneapolis. I was born in Berkeley, California in 1947, grew up in the Philadelphia area, and moved to Minnesota in 1973. My family and I currently live on a small 15-acre hobby farm, where we have chickens, geese, dogs, cats, and an organic garden. (No, there are no other Jews here except my family -- it's a long story. You can read more about our life here on my personal family farm page and on my blog. (NOTE: "rabbigershom.com" is NOT ME! It is some sleazy hyjacker using my name to defame me -- I have NOTHING TO DO WITH that site!)
I originally came to Wikipedia because somebody had linked one of my websites here. I checked it out and liked what I saw. I also noted that the Breslov Hasidism page left much to be desired at the time. So, I added more content there, and have been working on other Wikipedia pages related to Breslov and other forms of Judaism. I created the following pages:
- Nathan of Nemirov
- Yisroel Ber Odesser
- Na Nach Nachma
- Yisroel Halpern
- Ani Maamin
- The Rooster Prince
- Young Israel
- Lamedvavnik -- was a separate page but is now combined with Lamed Vav Tzadikim
- Lionel Friedberg
To-do list:
[edit]- Improve Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev stub.
- Improve the page on the Jewish Peace Fellowship and link it to the pacifism page (actually, that page should have a section on Judaism under the religion section -- will do that also.)
A few brief facts about me (not to brag, but people do ask):
[edit]- Professional writer with five books in print (Beyond the Ashes, From Ashes to Healing, Jewish Tales of Reincarnation, Jewish Themes in Star Trek, and Eight Candles of Consciousness: Essays on Jewish Nonviolence. My work has been translated into seven languages (that I know of.) My blog is at JewishThoreau.com.
- Top Reviewer on Amazon.com
- On Advisory Board of Jewish Vegetarians of North America(JVNA) since 2005
- Master Gardener from 1995-2006 with the University of Minnesota.
That's all for now -- thank you for checking out my page here.
Why is my username rooster613?
[edit]Well, "613" refers to the 613 mitzvot or commandments in Orthodox Judaism. As for rooster, of course, that is a male chicken -- and also refers to a Breslov teaching parable, The Rooster Prince.