goldstein raised his daughter's son, abraham sternhartz, after the latter was orphaned of his parents as a young child. as the grandson of reb noson's leading disciple and at the same time a great-grandson of noson through his father's line, sternhartz was privy to all the family traditions and stories about rebbe nachman's closest disciple. these formed the basis for his definitive collection of breslov oral traditions, entitled "tovot zichronot".