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Thursday, March 8, 2018

Nanach on the Torah Portions Vayakhail and Pikooday - references to all the original teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and his disciples

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Va'yakhail – פרשת ויקהל – And he (Moshe) gathered



35:5 קְחוּ מֵאִתְּכֶם תְּרוּמָה לַיהֹוָה כֹּל נְדִיב וגומר: Take from yourselves a contribution to Hashem every benevolent etc..


The commandment of making the Tabernacle after the sin of the golden calf, and the transient holiness of the Tabernacle, are matters of the seeking and searching of “A-yay <where>?!”


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Collecting Debt From Orphans 3:1, 7



36:1 נָתַן ה' חָכְמָה וּתְבוּנָה בָּהֵמָּה: Hashem gave wisdom and understanding in them.


To use timeemoos (wholehearted simplicity) for holiness


Likutay Halachos, Laws of an Object Given Over For Safekeeping 4








Peekooday – פרשת פקודי – Accounting (of the materials and vessels of the Tabernacle)



39:33 וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶל מֹשֶׁה וגומר: And they brought the Tabernacle to Moshe etc..


It is necessary to bind oneself in prayer with the tzadik of the generation


Likutay Moharan, Torah-lesson 2



40:9 וְלָקַחְתָּ אֶת שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וּמָשַׁחְתָּ אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ: And you should take the anointing oil and anoint the Tabernacle and everything that is in it.


The tzadik brings a good fragrance – the aspect of awe of Hashem from where all the holiness of the Tabernacle is drawn


Likutay Halachos, Laws of a Synagogue 6:18



40:17וַיְהִי בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן וגומר הוּקַם הַמִּשְׁכָּן: And it was in the first month etc. the Tabernacle was erected.


They had the intention and desire to do it, and it was done of itself alone


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Shabbos 3:4





Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!


Friday, March 2, 2018

Nanach on the Torah Portion of Kee Seesuh - references to all the original teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and his disciples

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Kee Seesuh – פרשת כי תשא – When you receive the count



30:12 כִּי תִשָּׂא אֶת רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם וְנָתְנוּ אִישׁ כֹּפֶר נַפְשׁוֹ וגומר: When you receive the head count of the Children of Israel each man shall give atonement for his soul etc..


The construct of the counting is in order to make boundaries for constriction, so that there should not be to much fervor, and so that one does not breech the bounds of his friend, because everyone has his own portion


Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Prayer of Mincha 7:14



30:34-38 – The kitoaress - incense


This is discussed in Likutay Moharan: 13:1, 24:2, 35:8, vol. 2: 16.




32:1 קוּם עֲשֵׂה לָנוּ אֱלֹהִים: Rise up and make for us a god.


Their defect was due to their viewing the Torah as laws of etiquette the mannerism of this worldliness


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Lifting the Palms (Priestly blessing) 5:25



32:1 זֶה מֹשֶׁה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לֹא יָדַעְנוּ מֶה הָיָה לוֹ: This man Moshe who took us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what happened to him.


Through the parting from the tzadik comes the great calamity of idolatry


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Damages 4:14

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When one attempts to understand the tzadik and questions him this leads to bad things


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Shabbos 6:13

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The main sin of the golden calf was the defection in faith, which is primarily contingent on faith in the Sages and therefore when one hears about infighting between the Sages he should not get embroiled, rather he should repent


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Rosh Chodesh (first of the month) 7:34

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The main sin of the golden calf was that they concluded that Moshe was dead and finished with



Likutay Halachos, Laws of Meat With Milk 5:22

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The mistake that led to the golden calf was that they didn't seek and wait for Moshe like Yehoshua did



Likutay Halachos, Laws of Messengers 5:10

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One must not be daunted by a fall in his will, but hold on without doubting and wait and wait hopefully



Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Blessings of the Morning 5:30




32:4 וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלֶּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל וגומר: And they said, “These are your gods Israel etc..”


Because Moshe was not with them they fouled, because the main clarification of the faith is received specifically through the tzadik of each and every generation


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Fragrance 4:33




32:7 לֶךְ רֵד כִּי שִׁחֵת עַמְּךָ: Go descend for your nation has acted corruptly.


It is necessary to attach oneself to the public, even Moshe Rabbainu


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Reading the Torah 6:37

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Moshe is accountable for drawing close the Erav Rav (mixed multitude) who sinned – because he acted prematurely, one must never force things before their time


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Matters Pertaining a Meal 4:7




32:11 לָמָה יְהוָֹה יֶחֱרֶה אַפְּךָ בְּעַמֶּךָ: Why shall Hashem be angry with Your nation.


Moshe found good points in Israel and judged them favorably and through this Hashem was appeased and commanded the building of the Tabernacle which is comprised of the good points of each and every one of Israel


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Waking Up Early in the Morning 1



32:32 וְעַתָּה אִם תִּשָּׂא חַטָּאתָם וְאִם אַיִן מְחֵנִי נָא מִסִּפְרְךָ אֲשֶׁר כָּתָבְתָּ: And now, if You waive their sin (good), and if not erase me now (/please) from Your book which You wrote.


read left to right – I am Nachman – and the acronym is MeUman.


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The tzadik who is humble can atone for us, and this was what Moshe Rabbainu requested here from Hashem Yisburach


Likutay Moharan, Torah-lesson 4

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Moshe requested do invoke the ordinance of kindness gratis


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Circumcision 3:8



33:11 וְדִבֶּר ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה פָּנִים אֶל פָּנִים כַּאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ וְשָׁב אֶל הַמַּחֲנֶה: And Hashem spoke with Moshe face to face as a man speaks with his friend and he would return to the camp.


Even when Hashem is angry with Israel on account of their conduct, He desires that the tzadikim should beseech and pray for them


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Getting Up Early In The Morning 4:11



33:11 וּמְשָׁרְתוֹ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן נוּן נַעַר לֹא יָמִישׁ מִתּוֹךְ הָאֹהֶל: And his attendant, Yehoshua son of Nuen, a lad, did not budge from within the tent.


Yehoshua did not yield and did not leave from waiting by Moshe even in the hardest of times of the battle with the evil inclination


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Matrimony 4:19

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The praise that the Torah saw fit to relate of Yehoshua over all virtues was this that he attended the great tzadik


Koachvay Ohr, Sichos ViSeepoorim (Talks and Stories) 47



33:19 וַיֹּאמֶר אֲנִי אַעֲבִיר כָּל טוּבִי עַל פָּנֶיךָ וְקָרָאתִי בְשֵׁם יְהוָֹה לְפָנֶיךָ וְחַנֹּתִי אֶת אֲשֶׁר אָחֹן וְרִחַמְתִּי אֶת אֲשֶׁר אֲרַחֵם: And He said, “I will pass all My goodness before you, and I will call out with the Name of Hashem before you, and I will be gracious to whom I am gracious, and I will be merciful to whom I have mercy.


The Thirteen Attributes waives the main sin upon which other similar sins accumulated and amassed



Sichos Huran (Words of Rabbi Nachman) 89

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Moshe asked Hashem Yisburach how they would come to fulfilling the Torah, if even after the huge revelation of Mt. Sinai they sinned, and Hashem answered with the 13 Attributes of Mercy


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Rosh Chodesh 5:9



34:3 וְאִישׁ לֹא יַעֲלֶה עִמָּךְ: And a man shall not ascend with you.


Since the sin of the golden calf was due to reeboy ohr (-too much light – spiritual elevation and elation), now they were commanded on modesty, for it is necessary to be wary of reeboy ohr


Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Prayer of Mincha 7:10



34:6 ה' ה' א-ל רחום וחנון וגומר: Hashem, Hashem, G-d, Merciful, and Gracious, etc..


Hashem before one sins and Hashem after; Torah and Repentance, Revealed and Hidden Torah


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Succah 7:4

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The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy – How Hashem inclines to the good even when it is minute and swamped in bad


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Waking Up Early in the Morning 1:3

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Moshe was resolute that there is no despair whatsoever until Hashem actually revealed the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Falling on One's Face (Tachanun) 6:6

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The real truth is that despite the true terrible nature of something, Hashem is infinitely merciful


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Interest 5:33



34:8  וַיְמַהֵר מֹשֶׁה וַיִּקֹּד אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּחוּ: And Moshe hastened and he bowed his head towards the ground and he prostrated himself.


The trait of forbearance is necessary for every person



Also on confusion that one has from his own deficiencies it is necessary to have forbearance and not to pay attention to it


The falling of those that fell away from the service of Hashem was through their growing old and not having forbearance

The awesome renewal of Rabbi Nachman

By the power of these tzadikim we can also prevail


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Tefillin 5




Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!


Thursday, February 22, 2018

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

HH



Titzaveh – פרשת תצוה – You should command


27:2 וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ וגומר: And you should command the Children of Israel and they should take to you etc..


The true tzadik unites and connects the souls of Israel


Likutay Halachos, Laws of a Meal 5:24



28:2 וְעָשִׂיתָ בִגְדֵי קֹדֶשׁ לְאַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ לְכָבוֹד וּלְתִפְאָרֶת: And you should make holy clothes for Aaron your brother for honor and for glory.


The kohen (priest) needed grand clothing in order to atone for the defect of garments of feces


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Orlu 5:13




Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!


Thursday, February 15, 2018

Nanach on the Torah Portion of Terumah - references to all the original teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and his disciples

HH


Tiroomu – פרשת תרומה   Donation



25:2 מֵאֵת כָּל אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִדְּבֶנּוּ לִבּוֹ תִּקְחוּ וגומר: From every man whose heart is benevolent they should take etc..


The power of charity to arouse hold desire and will which vanquishes even the idolatry


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Blessings of the Morning 5:45



25:16 וְנָתַתָּ אֶל הָאָרֹן אֵת הָעֵדֻת: And you should put in the ark the testament (-the loochoas – tablets).


The reason that the tablets <luchos> are called “testament” is because the Torah is testimony on His Divinity blessed He


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Testimony 4


26:11 וְעָשִׂיתָ קַרְסֵי נְחֹשֶׁת חֲמִשִּׁים: And you should make clasps of copper, fifty.


The fifty clasps connote fifty gates needed to ascend to the side of the holy of holies and to grasp and inculcate that which is perceived from therefore


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Matrimony 4:12



 Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!


Thursday, February 8, 2018

Nanach on the Torah Portion of Mishpatim - references to all the original teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and his disciples

HH

Mishpatim – פרשת משפטים - Ordinances


21:1 וְאֵלֶּה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים: And these are the ordinances:


The ordinances - “hamishpatim” this word with its seven letters has the numerical value (gematria) of: Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!



22:8 עַד הָאֱלֹהִים יָבֹא דְּבַר שְׁנֵיהֶם: To the court shall come the matter of both of them.


One who defects in business and does not bind his thoughts only to the Torah which is cloaked there, must come before judges who manifest and make from all of it Torah


Likutay Moharan, Torah-Lesson 280

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Judges are called “Elohim” (an appellation for G-d) because they make Divine Torah from every matter


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Judges 4:2



22:24 לֹא תִהְיֶה לוֹ כְּנֹשֶׁה: Do not be to him as a (demanding) creditor.


Taking interest is an insurgency of avarice which is idolatry



Likutay Halachos, Laws of Interest 3



23:5 כִּי תִרְאֶה חֲמוֹר שֹׂנַאֲךָ וגומר: When/if you see the donkey of your enemy etc..


This is an allusion to seeing the plight of a friend overburdened with sin



Likutay Halachos, Laws of Unloading and Loading 2



23:11 וְהַשְּׁבִיעִת תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּה וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּ: And the seventh (year) you should let up and leave it be (from all care and ownership).


Ownerless property is a manifestation that all the various differences are all included in the simple unity


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Unloading and Loading 4:6




23:12 לְמַעַן יָנוּחַ שׁוֹרְךָ וַחֲמֹרֶךָ: In order that your ox and your donkey shall rest.


These two specifically were mentioned because the main mitzva is to draw nullification and to quell the ox and donkey of the klipa (evil husks-forces)


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Interbreeding Animals 4:3



23:17 שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה יֵרָאֶה וגומר: Three times in the year an appearance etc..


Israel would specifically go by foot and not by wagon, because the main tikun (rectification) of the Light of the Countenance of the Temple is drawn by the feet which need guarding from the cheetzoanim (“externals” - evil forces) which are close to the feet


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Divorce 4:10



23:19 רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי אַדְמָתְךָ תָּבִיא בֵּית ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ: The first of the first produce of your land bring to the House of Hashem your G-d, do not cook a goat in the milk of its mother.


A person can be rectified only by a someone of very high standing


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Meat With Milk 5:15



24:7 כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע: Everything which Hashem has said we will do and we will heed.


This indicates extraordinary enormous desire and yearning for Hashem Yisburach


Likutay Halachos, Laws of a Guarantor 3:40



Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!


Thursday, February 1, 2018

Nanach on the Torah Portion of Yisro - references to all the original teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and his disciples

HH

Torah Portion of Yisro – פרשת יתרו – Yisro


19:1 בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה בָּאוּ מִדְבַּר סִינָי: On this day they came to the Sinai Desert.


Everyday there is the Torah is received a new, one must strengthen with new will every day


Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Blessings of the Morning 5:63



19:2 וַיָּבֹאוּ מִדְבַּר סִינַי וַיַּחֲנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר: And they came to the Sinai Desert and they camped in the desert.


The reason why the Torah was given specifically in the desert


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Collecting Debt from Orphans 3:8



19:2 וַיִּחַן שָׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶגֶד הָהָר: And Israel camped there opposite the mountain.


Unity is necessary because in order to attain conception of the Divine many vessels are needed, and every person is a vessel unlike any other



If one looks at the bad in another and doesn't search for his good, there aren't vessels to contain the light

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Damages 4:11



19:8 וַיַּעֲנוּ כָל הָעָם יַחְדָּו וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' נַעֲשֶׂה וַיָּשֶׁב מֹשֶׁה אֶת דִּבְרֵי הָעָם אֶל ה': 9 – ט: וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי בָּא אֵלֶיךָ בְּעַב הֶעָנָן בַּעֲבוּר יִשְׁמַע הָעָם בְּדַבְּרִי עִמָּךְ וְגַם בְּךָ וכו' וַיַּגֵּד מֹשֶׁה אֶת דִּבְרֵי הָעָם אֶל השם: And the entire nation responded in unison and they said, “everything which Hashem said we will do,” and Moshe relayed the words of the nation to Hashem. 9: And Hashem said to Moshe, “Behold I am coming to you in the thickness of the cloud, in order that the nation will hear when I speak with you, and also in you etc.,” and Moshe said the words of the nation to Hashem.


The main test of bechira (free choice) especially by the tzadik is in the correct decision making


Likutay Moharan, Torah-lesson 190



19:15 הֱיוּ נְכֹנִים לִשְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים: Be prepared for three days (from now).


The preparation for Matan (the giving of the) Torah was to constrict the great light, which is the essential task of man in the lower world, to constrict the light of Ain Sof (the No Limit – the Infinite One B”H) through the Torah and receive it cumulatively


Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Prayer of Mincha (afternoon) 7:35



19:18 וְהַר סִינַי עָשַׁן כֻּלּוֹ וגומר: And all of Mount Sinai was smoking.


The fire and sounding of the shofar was in order to burn the klipos (husks – external forces) of evil by means of the fire of mishpat (justice/judgment)


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Converts 3



19:21 פֶּן יֶהֶרְסוּ: Lest they break through.


The warning “lest they break through” is because too much light is destruction


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Nedarim (vows) 3

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Even though they might be truthful it is necessary to know that there is an enormous difference between them and the true tzaddik


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Interest 3

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It is necessary to be proficient in returning (down from a high) not to break the boundaries


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Blessings on Fruit 5:20

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Not to break through and enter the border of a friend, not on the way up/in nor on the way out


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Shabbos 7:74



19:24 וְעָלִיתָ אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן: And you shall ascend, you and Aaron.


It is impossible to enter the company/arena of the tzadik and understand his ways


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Interest 5:38



20:8 זָכוֹר אֶת יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ: Remember the day of Shabbos to sanctify it.


The main holiness of Israel is the holiness of Shabbos


All the ways to happiness are very radiant on Shabbos


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Boundaries 6



20:9 שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תַּעֲבֹד וְעָשִׂיתָ כָּל מְלַאכְתֶּךָ: Six days you shall work and you shall do all you work.


Specifically through the six days of work there is Shabbos, specifically through the existence of falsehood which needs to be culled to glean the truth from the falsehood



Likutay Halachos, Laws of Hiring Workers 5:1

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Likutay Halachos, Laws of Oaths 2:7



20:10 וְיוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבָּת וגומר: And the seventh day is Shabbos etc..


Explanation of how Shabbos in the aspect of Malchus (Kingdom – usually the lowest attribute) is higher than the weekdays


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Circumcision 4:13



20:10 וְיוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבָּת לה' אֱלֹקיךָ: And the seventh day is Shabbos of Hashem your G-d.


Shabbos is unrestrained from the evil realm


Likutay Moharan, Torah-lesson 139



20:10 וְיוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבָּת לַהשם אֱלֹקיךָ לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה כָל מְלָאכָה וגומר: And the seventh day is Shabbos of Hashem your G-d do not do any work etc..


The prohibition against work on Shabbos is because on Shabbos there is no culling of holy sparks


Likutay Halachos, Laws of a Synagogue 5:32



20:12 כַּבֵּד אֶת אָבִיךָ וְאֶת אִמֶּךָ לְמַעַן יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ: Honor your father and your mother so that  you lengthen your days.


Even though it would have been better not coming into the world it is very well worth it even for the most slightest achievement of the lowest of the low


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Oaths 2:8



20:17 וּבַעֲבוּר תִּהְיֶה יִרְאָתוֹ עַל פְּנֵיכֶם לְבִלְתִּי תֶחֱטָאוּ: And in order that His fear (/awe) should be upon your faces so that you don't sin.


At the very least raise the fallen fear to the fear of G-d and raise your fear of G-d to awe of his lofty grandeur


Likutay Halachos, Laws of a Kosher Animal 4:5

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One must be abashed before HY, even still one must not be deterred by shame from asking forgiveness after sinning however severely


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Loans 3:4

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Abashment before Hashem to the extent that one's face turns colors


Sichos (Words of) Rabbi Nachman 168



20:18 וַיַּעֲמֹד הָעָם מֵרָחֹק וּמֹשֶׁה נִגַּשׁ אֶל הָעֲרָפֶל וגומר: And the nation stood at a distance and Moshe approached the thick cloud etc..


There is a thick cloud which prevents a person from drawing close to HY, however it is necessary to enter there because also there Hashem is found


Likutay Moharan, Torah-lesson 115



20:21 בְּכָל הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַזְכִּיר אֶת שְׁמִי אָבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ וּבֵרַכְתִּיךָ: Wherever I (permit) mention (of) My Name, I will come to you and bless you.


When one remembers and believes that Hashem Yisburach is found in every place and everything, then one is blessed and protected from all evil



Laws of a Renter 3



 Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!