Rav Israel Isaac Besançon was born in 1944 in Nice. Since his youth, he has been interested in art, and while continuing to paint and evolve in this field, as an autodidact, he searches for his Jewish roots, and approaches spirituality. Thus, he began to study the Torah at the Yeshiva of Aix les Bains and attached himself to the teachings of Rabi Nahman of Breslev, deepening his message.