Na Nach on the Torah Portion of Va-Yishlach - references to all the original teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and his disciples

Va-Yishlach – פרשת וישלח – And he (Yaakov) sent (messengers to Esau)

32:5 עִם לָבָן גַּרְתִּי וָאֵחַר עַד עָתָּה וגומר: With Laban I sojourned and I delayed until now etc..

The kingdom of holiness is built on da'as (holy realization of knowledge) of HY in vessels of the words of the Torah, whereas the evil desires and struggles to amass material wealth and preys on that which was not successfully contained in vessels

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Making Vessels Kosher 3

32:6 וַיְהִי לִי שׁוֹר וַחֲמוֹר: And I got oxen and donkeys.

Yaakov culled everything to holiness

This is what is said by Yaakov when he left the house of Laban, “And I got oxen and donkeys,” because he brought everything to holiness, because in the house of Laban he culled and clarified the selection.

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Interbreeding Animals 2:3

32:8 וַיַּחַץ אֶת הָעָם: And he divided in half the people etc..

When a person doesn't know what to do, at least he should do what he can

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Rosh Chodesh (-First of the Month) 6:52

32:17 וְרֶוַח תָּשִׂימוּ בֵּין עֵדֶר וּבֵין עֵדֶר: And a space you should put between a flock and between a flock.

Separate between hardships and do not consider all the hardships that one befalls, united

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Interbreeding Animals 4:8

32:25 וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ: And Yaakov remained alone.

One must be very careful to guard his money because procuring it comes at a very high cost even jeopardizing his spirituality

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Lost and Found Objects 3:10

32:25 וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ: And a man grappled with him.

The battle of the Ministering Angel of Esau with Yaakov was to intensify the sadness of the exile of the soul

Seeing that he didn't have power over Yaakov himself he hit upon the forthcoming generations to intensify the sadness

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Blessing of Thanksgiving 6:25

32:30 לָמָּה זֶּה תִּשְׁאַל לִשְׁמִי: Why is this you ask for my name?

It is impossible to ascertain the exact challenge from on high

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Ginaiva (theft) 5:24

33:14 וַאֲנִי אֶתְנַהֲלָה לְאִטִּי: And I will proceed at my own slow pace.

Do not pressure to bring about something prematurely

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Gizailu (theft in the open) 5:21

34:14 לֹא נוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה לָתֵת אֶת אֲחֹתֵנוּ לְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לוֹ עָרְלָה כִּי חֶרְפָּה הִוא לָנוּ: We can not do this thing, to give our sister to a man who has foreskin because it is a disgrace by us.

Fallen love which consumes the heart with promiscuity must be reconnected with the light of the tzadik

Likutay Moharan, Torah-lesson 34

36:31 וְאֵלֶּה הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר מָלְכוּ בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם וגומר: And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom etc..

Through the death of the kings – the breaking of the vessels – were created all the wrongs and bad desires of the world

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Prayer 4

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The breaking of the vessels was because the vessels weren't able to hold the light

Laws of Falling on the Face (Tachanun) 4:25

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Another reason why the vessels broke was because they were not yet in formation of three columns

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Reciting Shema 1

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The vessels broke because of (their proclamation) “I <annu> will rule <emloach>”

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Buying and Selling 3:9

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The vessels broke because of two much impurity in their composition

Laws of an Object Given to Safekeeping 3:10

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The breaking of the vessels was to get rid of their impurities and bring about purer vessels

Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Prayer of Mincha 7:32

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Originally there was “reeboy <excess> ohr <light>” which the vessels couldn't handle

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Menstruation 2

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How the princess running to the Water Castle (Story of the Beggar Without Hands) relates to the breaking of the vessels

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Worms 4:3

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The loftier the light the less breakage, therefore the lower the person is the more he needs the greatest tzadik

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Tefillin 5:34

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Vessels are constrictions in the nature of the Vacated Space where the Faith is concealed and therefore they pridefully heretical and can not retain light, money is the epitome of this

Likutay Halachos, Laws of an Object Given to Safekeeping 3:10

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The beeroor (Clarifying Selection) is through wisdom and intellect

Likutay Moharan, Torah-lesson 90

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The heresy which stems from the Broken Vessels can be answered and resolved

Likutay Moharan, Torah-lesson 64

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Everything that a person has is because those neetzoatzoas <sparks> kedoashoas <holy> need to be by him at that particular time

Likutay Moharan, Torah-lesson 54

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Torah learning and Prayer raise neetzoatzoas <sparks> of the fallen worlds

Likutay Moharan, Torah-lesson 75

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How to raise the neetzoatzoas <sparks> kedoashoas <holy>

Likutay Moharan, Torah-lesson 94

36:39 וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו הֲדַר: And after him reigned Hadar.

Hadar is the light of the rectification of the paradigm of the Divine Name of M.A.

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Signs of a Kosher Animal and Beast 2

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The eight kings of the Broken Vessels were manifested in eight actual kings in this world

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Blessings of the Morning 3:43

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

Elul - Man and His Beloved

ELUL

Elul is acronym Ani Lidoadee – I am for my beloved, Vidoadee Lee – and my beloved is for me, and we found countless times where the relationship between HY and the Jews is likened to that of a Man and his Beloved.

Previously on this blog I already wrote how this makes it more natural for a woman to connect with HY, then for a man, see there. Here I would like to build on this.

A woman has 4 very strong emotions regarding her man, these her body and whole being scream out, even if she doesn't actually let them escape her lips. These are not simple pronunciations, but repeated and continuous, incessant, flowing and gushing, and pleading. Much of this unfortunately is reduced to vulgar and coarse language, simply because the way of holiness has been despaired[1]. Obviously it will be more powerful if one actually expresses himself out loud to HY, but there is also the factor of streaming the thoughts intensely as described above.

1.       NEED. Even before any contact is made, and throughout any union, there is the overall urgent and or definite NEED.

2.       GRATITUDE. [YES!]

3.       The need to really experience him completely: GIVE IT TO ME….

{particularly on the inhale}

4.       Surrender. I AM YOURS.

{particularly on the exhale}

One should offer these up to HY, every second, for every second in this world one's very being and essence, his composition, consciousness, and breath is all from HY, and one can max out on this, pouring out, even only in thought – in his mind, thanks and gratitude, and plead to receive more, and to fully surrender and be His.[2]

The wise will understand that this is just the groundwork, the beginning, every detail enhances, intensifies, and fortifies the aggregate effect. One must be nak*d – completely bare and open before G-d, completely vulnerable, and then of course there is the factor of humiliation, and so much more.

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[1] There is a story of the Baal Shem Tov who saw that there was great prosecution against Israel because there was a priest who had never experienced a nocturnal emission. So the Baal Shem Tov visited him and caused it to happen, the Baal Shem Tov spoke in holiness cloaking his words in worldly expressions, which were enough to bring the priest over the edge just by hearing them. And as the power of holiness is infinitely greater, who can imagine what the Baal Shem Tov experienced!

[2] These four can parallel the 4 preceding steps of the building of the Malchus in the first blessing of Shemoneh Esray (very succinctly): Melech (Kessehr) – need. Oazair (chaba"d) – gratitude for being there for you. Oomoasheyu (chaga"t) – getting everything. Oomugain (nihe"y) – completely dominated.

Also the three particular expressions can correlate to the three main paradigms of the Yichudim the Ramchal revealed. 1. Gratitude – zivug of the middle – azteelus, where we are just recipients. 2. Give it to me – the second level of Yichudim where azteelus is the soul and the tzadikim are the body – definite players. 3. Utter consummation – the highest and final Yichud of the beginning and the end, where the end shows that there is just the beginning, there is only HY.

The END

HH

Notice how the English word end are three of the four letters of the name of Hashem אנד - from א-ד-נ-י, this is the name associated with the sefira of Malchus - the final sefira - the end! However the missing letter, the YUD, is known in Kabala as the vehicle of bringing everything to the INFINITE - because the Malchus, in one sense is the end - but it is end with a YUD - the Malchus infinitely reflects the Ain Sof (the No Limit - the Infinite Hashem).

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman! 

Make {for} Yourself A Rabbi

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There is no group which propounds the concept of the tzaddik more than Breslov. Rabbainu revealed that everything but everything is completely contingent on the tzaddik. So it is amazing that in the third Torah of Likutay Moharan, Rabbainu brings the famous dictum from Ethics of Our Fathers which commands, "Make for yourself a rabbi." This dictum is often prominently presented as the absolute proof that it is incumbent to have a rabbi, something that should be very welcome to Breslov, who argue that very point, that everyone must take Rabbainu as their Rebbe, so it is amazing that Rabbainu explains this dictum in the exact opposite, saying that the mishna is saying that, "make yourself a rabbi!" I.e. build your own identity, character, and personality (Malchus). This is a beautiful opening into understanding the true role and concept of the rabbi-tzaddik. Society loves rabbis, because they are part and parcel of the corrupt devolvement of humanity. A community hires a rabbi, offering him a salary, power, and prestige, and in return they are absolved of so much unwanted responsibility, now the rabbi will answer forthem all the questions they don't want to answer, whether it is what job to take, or whether or not to undergo surgery, and so forth. So they feed each other to mutual detriment, the rabbi is a sicko living for artificial honor and money, to cultivate a community in a way that they will never mature properly, and never confront themselves.
The real tzaddik is just the opposite, although he is definitely providing amazing support, he is totally not trying to live and decide the lives of others, on the contrary, he will give them even more responsibility. This what we see here in Torah 3, that the true Tzaddik, doesn't pounce on this dictum to assert and promote his hold over the people, but pushes it on the people to force them to get a grip on their lives and build their own reign. [This is similar to the story Rabbainu told of the guy who dreamed of a treasure buried under a far away bridge, upon going there he found out that it was in his own closet. The tzaddik is the bridge, a person has to come to the tzaddik to find his own self].
The messiah that people are always talking about is societies idea of some super grand contemporary rabbi who will tell them exactly what to do, every single question they have in life, when to get up, how much to sleep, what job to take, who to marry, everything he will answer for them and they will have such a wonderful carefree life of post Messianic era.... Even if the real Messiah would make his grand entrance into the world today the majority of the people would have the messiah relegated to this task GF, so how can he come?! Basically they want to remain immature children without any personality or character. Rabbainu says cone to me and I will give you even more problems and responsibility, and I will show you how to be king. The king is in the field, hisbodidus and music and all the advice and teachings of Na Nach that empower a person to rule for himself over his kingdom. This is in itself redemption, the Messiah will just cement the way.
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Yom Kippur is primarily for women

HH according to the Arizal and Ramchal Yom Kippur is completely dedicated to the feminine Sfira of Malchus, and therefore should really only pertain to women, however since men are also completely dependent on the Malchus, they too are included in the theme of Yom Kippur.

If ever there were to be a proper time, it seems to me that Yom Kippur night would be a proper time for women to put on a talis without a blessing.

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