 Rabbi Nachman’s 13 "Sippurei Ma'asiyot" Wonder-Tales of 1816 take mystical parable to a self-contained literary purpose and art.Where the analogies of other masters have direct messages, Rabbi Nachman's imaginative, intricate tales, that can involve stories within stories, offer layered mystical and devotional commentaries, or literary readings.Rabbi Nachman alluded to some meanings when he orally told each tale in Yiddish.