Prayer for Taanis Esther and Purim from Likutay Halachos - volume 2 - Prayer 37

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לְפּוּרִים — For Purim (7 paragraphs):

• Opening plea to fulfill the Purim mitzvos with joy and holiness
• The miracles shine in every generation — drawing down Purim's holiness
• The depth of exile and personal distress; needing miracles like those of Mordechai and Esther
• The essential nature of all miracles is the salvation of the soul — Haman-Amalek is the sitra achra
• Confession: "I pursue myself more than any enemy"
• "I am a brute" — yet still calling out from the dust
• Plea to vanquish Haman-Amalek, draw out from exile, arrange circumstances for good

לְפֶּסַח — For Pesach (1 long paragraph):

• Parah Adumah purification flowing from Purim → chametz vigilance → the Seder

לְתַּעֲנִית אֶסְתֵּר — For Ta'anis Esther (2 paragraphs):

• Fast with holiness, selichos with devotion, feel the pain of sins, cry out bitterly — and begin a new beginning
• Closing: all the Purim mitzvos — Megillah, mishloach manos, matanos l'evyonim, the seudah, even the shikrus of Purim — and drawing the joy across the whole year

A ta'anis mivoorach and a frailichen Purim! Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman! 🎉

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Prayer 37  ·  תּפִלָּה לְז

Source: Likutay Moharan II, §37

Recite: Ta'anis Esther · Purim · Pesach · 4–5 Elul

Themes: Purim joy · nullifying Haman-Amalek · fasting & teshuvah · Parah Adumah · Pesach purity

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman

Prayer · תּפִלָּה

לפּוּרִיםFor Purim

עברית ▾ May it be Your will, Hashem our G-d and G-d of our fathers — You Who perform miracles and wonders in every generation, Who contends our contention and judges our judgment, and takes our revenge, and repays retribution to all the enemies of our soul, and exacts our retribution from those who afflict us — that You have mercy upon us through Your abundant mercies and help us through Your wondrous and awesome salvations, that we merit to receive and to observe the holy days of Purim in their appointed time as is fitting, that we merit to fulfill all the holy mitzvos that are practiced on Purim — in great holiness and purity, in joy and in goodness of heart, with exultation, song, delight and very great and mighty gladness, with all their details and their precise requirements and their intentions, and the 613 mitzvos connected to them.

יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, עוֹשֶׂה נִסִּים וְנִפְלָאוֹת בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר, הָרָב אֶת רִיבֵנוּ וְהַדָּן אֶת דִּינֵנוּ וְהַנּוֹקֵם אֶת נִקְמָתֵנוּ, וְהַמְשַׁלֵּם גְּמוּל לְכָל אוֹיְבֵי נַפְשֵׁנוּ וְהַנִּפְרָע לָנוּ מִצָּרֵינוּ, שֶׁתְּרַחֵם עָלֵינוּ בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים וְתַעֲזֹר לָנוּ בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ וְנִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ הַנּוֹרָאוֹת, שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לְקַבֵּל וּלְקַיֵּם אֶת יְמֵי הַפּוּרִים הַקְּדוֹשִׁים בִּזְמַנֵּיהֶם כָּרָאוּי, שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לְקַיֵּם כָּל הַמִּצְוֹת הַקְּדוֹשׁוֹת הַנּוֹהֲגוֹת בַּפּוּרִים, בִּקְדֻשָּׁה וּבְטָהֳרָה גְּדוֹלָה בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְטוּב לֵבָב, בְּגִילָה בְּרִנָּה בְּדִיצָה וְחֶדְוָה רַבָּה וַעֲצוּמָה מְאֹד, עִם כָּל פְּרָטֵיהֶם וְדִקְדּוּקֵיהֶם וְכַוָּנוֹתֵיהֶם וְתַרְיַ"ג מִצְוֹת הַתְּלוּיוֹת בָּהֶם:

עברית ▾ Master of the Universe — You have already revealed to our ears that all the miracles and wonders that You performed for our ancestors, upon which the holy festivals were established, all of them are performed and revealed and illuminated in every generation, with every person, and at every time. And we must draw down the holiness of Purim and the holiness of all the holy days, and the illumination of the miracles and wonders that were performed then — in each and every year, in every generation and generation, with every single individual. And so I have come before You — Who performs miracles and wonders in every generation, and every day and every time and every hour. Teach me and instruct me and be gracious to me and grant me merit that I merit the joy of Purim in its fullness in truth — that I merit to rejoice very, very greatly with all heart and soul in the holy days of Purim, in every single year, with a joy that has no end. Until I merit, through the joy and holiness of Purim, to draw down upon me and upon all Israel the holiness and purity that flows from the Parah Adumah [Red Heifer] — which purifies from the impurity of the dead — which You have commanded us to engage with the reading of this parashah of the Parah Adumah after Purim; and You have revealed to us that through Purim one merits the purification of the Parah Adumah — so that we merit to be pure, to receive the holiness of the Passover offering [Korban Pesach] in its proper time.

רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, כְּבָר גִּלִּיתָ אָזְנֵינוּ, שֶׁכָּל הַנִּסִּים וְהַנִּפְלָאוֹת שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ, אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶם נִקְבְּעוּ הַיָּמִים טוֹבִים הַקְּדוֹשִׁים, כֻּלָּם נַעֲשִׂים וְנִתְגַּלִּים וּמְאִירִים בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר בְּכָל אָדָם וּבְכָל זְמַן, וְאָנוּ צְרִיכִין לְהַמְשִׁיךְ קְדֻשַּׁת פּוּרִים וּקְדֻשַּׁת כָּל הַיָּמִים טוֹבִים, וְהֶאָרַת הַנִּסִּים וְנִפְלָאוֹת שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ אָז, בְּכָל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר וּבְכָל אָדָם וְאָדָם בִּפְרָטִיּוּת. וּבְכֵן בָּאתִי לְפָנֶיךָ עוֹשֶׂה נִסִּים וְנִפְלָאוֹת בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר, וּבְכָל יוֹם וּבְכָל עֵת וּבְכָל שָׁעָה. לַמְּדֵנִי וְהוֹרֵנִי וְחָנֵנִי וְזַכֵּנִי שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לְשִׂמְחַת פּוּרִים בִּשְׁלֵמוּת בֶּאֱמֶת, שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לִשְׂמֹחַ מְאֹד מְאֹד בְּכָל לֵב וָנֶפֶשׁ בִּימֵי הַפּוּרִים הַקְּדוֹשִׁים בְּכָל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה בְּשִׂמְחָה שֶׁאֵין לָהּ קֵץ. עַד שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה עַל־יְדֵי הַשִּׂמְחָה וְהַקְּדֻשָּׁה שֶׁל פּוּרִים לְהַמְשִׁיךְ עָלַי וְעַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל הַקְּדֻשָּׁה וְהַטָּהֳרָה הַנִּמְשֶׁכֶת מֵהַפָּרָה־אֲדֻמָּה שֶׁמְּטַהֶרֶת מִטֻּמְאַת־מֵת, אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתָ עָלֵינוּ לַעֲסֹק בִּקְרִיאַת הַפָּרָשָׁה הַזֹּאת שֶׁל פָּרָה־אֲדֻמָּה אַחַר פּוּרִים, וְגִלִּיתָ לָנוּ שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי פּוּרִים זוֹכִין לְטָהֳרַת הַפָּרָה־אֲדֻמָּה, לְמַעַן נִזְכֶּה לִהְיוֹת טְהוֹרִים לְקַבֵּל קְדֻשַּׁת הַקָּרְבַּן־פֶּסַח בִּזְמַנּוֹ:

עברית ▾ Master of the Universe — You know that through the very depth of our descent and our fall into the depths of this bitter exile, and the extreme and numerous afflictions of the soul that pass over every single Jew — and over me in particular — and the extreme and numerous deeps of the flooding sea that overwhelm me, pursuing me exceedingly from all sides; and I am in very, very great distress — beyond measure and reckoning — and I know of no opening of hope to rectify and to be saved from all of this: for all of this, I now stand in need of wondrous miracles and great and awesome salvations, as You performed with the entirety of Israel throughout the generations — wondrous and awesome miracles the like of which have never been — in the days of Mordechai and Esther, when the wicked Haman, may his name and memory be blotted out, rose against them, etc. This miracle of Purim is greater than all the miracles that You ever performed for us — as You have made known to us through Your holy Sages, of blessed memory. And all the moadim [festivals] will be nullified, but Purim will never be nullified [Yalkut Shimoni, Mishlei 944]. And formerly all beginnings were from Pesach — for all the festivals are a remembrance of the Exodus from Egypt — and now, etc.

רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, אַתָּה יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁבְּעֹצֶם יְרִידָתֵינוּ וּנְפִילָתֵנוּ בְּעֹמֶק הַגָּלוּת הַמַּר הַזֶּה, וְעֹצֶם וְרִבּוּי צָרוֹת הַנֶּפֶשׁ שֶׁעוֹבְרִים עַל כָּל אֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְעָלַי בִּפְרָטִיּוּת, וְעֹצֶם וְרִבּוּי הַמְּצוּלוֹת יָם הַשּׁוֹטְפִים עָלַי, וְרוֹדְפִים אוֹתִי מְאֹד מְאֹד מִכָּל הַצְּדָדִים, וּבְצָרָה גְּדוֹלָה אֲנִי מְאֹד מְאֹד בְּלִי שִׁעוּר וָעֵרֶךְ, וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ שׁוּם פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה לְתַקֵּן וּלְהִנָּצֵל מִכָּל זֶה, הֵן עַל כָּל אֵלֶּה אֲנִי צָרִיךְ עַתָּה נִסִּים נִפְלָאִים וִישׁוּעוֹת גְּדוֹלוֹת וְנוֹרָאוֹת, כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ עִם כְּלָל יִשְׂרָאֵל לְדוֹרוֹת עוֹלָם נִסִּים נִפְלָאִים וְנוֹרָאִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא הָיוּ כְּמוֹתָם, בִּימֵי מָרְדְּכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר כְּשֶׁעָמַד עֲלֵיהֶם הָמָן הָרָשָׁע יִמַּח שְׁמוֹ וְזִכְרוֹ וְכוּ', אֲשֶׁר נֵס זֶה שֶׁל פּוּרִים גָּדוֹל מִכָּל הַנִּסִּים שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ עִמָּנוּ מֵעוֹלָם, כַּאֲשֶׁר הוֹדַעְתָּ לָנוּ עַל־יְדֵי חֲכָמֶיךָ הַקְּדוֹשִׁים זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, וְכָל הַמּוֹעֲדִים יִהְיוּ בְּטֵלִים וִימֵי הַפּוּרִים לֹא נִבְטָלִים. וּבַתְּחִלָּה הָיוּ כָּל הַהַתְחָלוֹת מִפֶּסַח, כִּי כָל הַמּוֹעֲדִים הֵם זֵכֶר לִיצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם, וְעַכְשָׁיו וְכוּ':

עברית ▾ Master of the Universe — Moray d'alma kola [Master of the entire universe] — Lord of wonders, the One Who causes salvations to flourish — You know the truth: that all the miracles and wonders that You performed for us at the Exodus from Egypt, and in the war against Amalek in the days of Moses, and in the days of Mordechai and Esther, and all the miracles and wonders You performed for us in the days of Chanukah, and in every generation — the essential miracle and salvation is the salvation of the soul. For the essential jealousy and hatred of all those who afflict us and pursue us physically and spiritually, is solely because we believe in You, Hashem our G-d, and yearn to walk in Your holy ways and to fulfill Your awesome commandments, and to reveal and publicize the truth of faith in Your G-dliness and Your Providence and Your sovereignty in the world. It is only for this reason that not one alone has stood against us to destroy us — but in every generation they rise up against us to destroy us, and the Holy One, Blessed be He, saves us from their hand [Passover Haggadah]. And therefore the essential miracle and salvation from all the afflictions is the fact that You are zealous for Your honor, and You perform miracles and wonders — in order to uphold the Torah and the mitzvos, so that they not be nullified from the world, G-d forbid, as the enemies and the deniers — may their names be blotted out — desire; for all of them are from the side of Haman and Amalek, may his name be blotted out.

רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, מָרֵיהּ דְעָלְמָא כֹּלָּא, אֲדוֹן הַנִּפְלָאוֹת מַצְמִיחַ יְשׁוּעוֹת, אַתָּה יוֹדֵעַ הָאֱמֶת, שֶׁכָּל הַנִּסִּים וְהַנִּפְלָאוֹת שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ עִמָּנוּ בִּיצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם וּבְמִלְחֶמֶת עֲמָלֵק בִּימֵי מֹשֶׁה וּבִימֵי מָרְדְּכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר, וְכָל הַנִּסִּים וְנִפְלָאוֹת שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ עִמָּנוּ בִּימֵי חֲנֻכָּה, וּבְכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר, עִקָּר הַנֵּס וְהַיְשׁוּעָה הוּא יְשׁוּעַת הַנֶּפֶשׁ. כִּי עִקָּר הַקִּנְאָה וְהַשִּׂנְאָה שֶׁל כָּל צָרֵינוּ וְרוֹדְפֵינוּ בְּגַשְׁמִיּוּת וְרוּחָנִיּוּת, הוּא רַק עַל אֲשֶׁר אָנוּ מַאֲמִינִים בְּךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, וּמִשְׁתּוֹקְקִים לֵילֵךְ בִּדְרָכֶיךָ הַקְּדוֹשִׁים וּלְקַיֵּם מִצְוֹתֶיךָ הַנּוֹרָאוֹת, וּלְגַלּוֹת וּלְפַרְסֵם אֲמִתַּת אֱמוּנַת אֱלָהוּתְךָ וְהַשְׁגָּחָתְךָ וּמֶמְשַׁלְתְּךָ בָּעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר רַק בִּשְׁבִיל זֶה לֹא אֶחָד בִּלְבָד עָמַד עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵינוּ, אֶלָּא שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵינוּ וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם. וְעַל־כֵּן עִקָּר הַנֵּס וְהַיְשׁוּעָה מִכָּל הַצָּרוֹת הוּא מַה שֶּׁאַתָּה מְקַנֵּא קִנְאָתְךָ וְאַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה נִסִּים וְנִפְלָאוֹת, כְּדֵי לְקַיֵּם הַתּוֹרָה וְהַמִּצְוֹת לְבַל יִתְבַּטְּלוּ מִן הָעוֹלָם חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, כִּרְצוֹן הַשּׂוֹנְאִים וְהַכּוֹפְרִים יִמַּח שְׁמָם, שֶׁכֻּלָּם הֵם מִסִּטְרָא דְהָמָן וַעֲמָלֵק יִמַּח שְׁמוֹ:

עברית ▾ And now — what shall I say before You, O Dweller on high? And what shall I recount before You, O Dweller in the heavens? When after all these miracles and wonders, I myself pursue myself more than any enemy — for I did not prevail against my desires; on the contrary, I drew upon myself the evil inclination, and I did what I did — until I brought myself, with my own hands, into these afflictions, these afflictions of the soul, which are harder and more bitter than all other afflictions. For there is no affliction like the afflictions of the soul — and this is the greatest of all the compassions, to bring out a soul of Israel from sins and blemishes.

וְעַתָּה מָה אוֹמַר לְפָנֶיךָ יוֹשֵׁב מָרוֹם, וּמָה אֲסַפֵּר לְפָנֶיךָ שׁוֹכֵן שְׁחָקִים, אִם אַחֲרֵי כָּל הַנִּסִּים וְהַנִּפְלָאוֹת הָאֵלֶּה, אֲנִי בְּעַצְמִי רוֹדֵף אֶת עַצְמִי יוֹתֵר מִכָּל הַשּׂוֹנְאִים, כִּי לֹא הִתְגַבַּרְתִּי נֶגֶד תַּאֲווֹתַי, אַף גַּם הִמְשַׁכְתִּי עָלַי אֶת הַיֵּצֶר הָרָע, וְעָשִׂיתִי מַה שֶּׁעָשִׂיתִי, עַד אֲשֶׁר הֵבֵאתִי עַצְמִי בְּיָדַיִם בְּצָרוֹת הָאֵלֶּה צָרוֹת נַפְשִׁי, אֲשֶׁר הֵם קָשִׁים וּמָרִים מִכָּל הַצָּרוֹת כִּי אֵין צָרָה כְּצָרוֹת הַנֶּפֶשׁ, כִּי זֶהוּ הָרַחֲמָנוּת הַגָּדוֹל מִכָּל הָרַחֲמָנוּת לְהוֹצִיא נֶפֶשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעֲוֹנוֹת וּפְגָמִים:

עברית ▾ Master of the entire universe — Singular and Primordial One — Hashem G-d of Truth — You alone know where these words of mine touch, for in truth I am a brute [Psalms 73:22] and I do not know the full force of the miracle of Purim in physical and spiritual matters — and in particular, how to merit to draw down upon myself the full force of this miracle and salvation. But You alone know everything — and You hint to me from afar to draw near to You at all times, through many kinds of sparks [hisnots'tsus] and countless hints. Yet I, through the very stubbornness of my neck, have still not returned from my error. But this is my consolation in my bitter affliction: that I still stubbornly persist in speaking such words as these before You, and in chirping my utterance from the dust toward You [Isaiah 29:4], and in still hoping for Your mercies and Your salvation.

רִבּוֹנוֹ דְעָלְמָא כֹּלָּא, יָחִיד קַדְמוֹן, יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים אֱמֶת, אַתָּה לְבַד יוֹדֵעַ לְהֵיכָן נוֹגְעִים דְּבָרַי אֵלֶּה, כִּי בֶאֱמֶת בַעַר אֲנִי וְלֹא אֵדַע תֹּקֶף הַנֵּס שֶׁל פּוּרִים בְּגַשְׁמִיּוּת וְרוּחָנִיּוּת, וּבִפְרָט אֵיךְ לִזְכּוֹת לְהַמְשִׁיךְ עָלַי תּוֹקֶף הַנֵּס וְהַיְּשׁוּעָה הַזֹּאת, אֲבָל אַתָּה לְבַד יוֹדֵעַ הַכֹּל, וְאַתָּה מְרַמֵּז לִי מֵרָחוֹק לְהִתְקָרֵב אֵלֶיךָ בְּכָל־עֵת, בְּכַמָּה מִינֵי הִתְנוֹצְצוּת וּרְמָזִים רַבִּים בְּלִי שִׁעוּר, וַאֲנִי בְּעֹצֶם קַשְׁיוּת עָרְפִּי עֲדַיִן לֹא שַׁבְתִּי מִטָּעוּתִי, אֲבָל זֹאת נֶחָמָתִי בְעָנְיִי הַמַּר, מַה שֶּׁעֲדַיִן אֲנִי מִתְעַקֵּשׁ עוֹד לְדַבֵּר דִּבּוּרִים כָּאֵלֶּה לְפָנֶיךָ, וּלְצַפְצֵף אִמְרָתִי מֵעָפָר אֵלֶיךָ, וּלְצַפּוֹת עֲדַיִן לְרַחֲמֶיךָ וִישׁוּעָתֶךָ:

עברית ▾ Master of the Universe — You alone know the full force of the miracle that occurred then in the days of Mordechai and Esther — that they merited to vanquish the battle of Haman-Amalek, to blot out their name and memory from the world. And how through this they merited to draw down a wondrous illumination and awesome salvation in every generation. And how now all our vitality and hope to emerge from our exile — in body and in soul — rests only upon the force of this miracle. For we stand and await Your salvation — as You helped them then to subdue and to break the kelipah [husk/shell of evil] of Haman-Amalek, to uproot and nullify and subdue his great contamination, and to reveal the faith of Your Providence in the world, and to return and to uphold and to receive anew the holiness of Your holy Torah. So too stand with us in Your help, forever, in every generation — until You vanquish the battle completely, to blot out the remembrance of Amalek utterly, and to remove the spirit of impurity from the earth [Zechariah 13:2], and to return us to You in truth, and to take us out from our bitter exile swiftly. Therefore I have come before You — O Lord of wonders — that You direct Your heart to the greatness of the afflictions of our soul, and look upon our affliction and our toil, and do not look upon our deeds — and perform with us wondrous and awesome miracles, the miracles of Purim, in such a manner that You arrange circumstances for good, that we merit to return to You in our lives, swiftly and speedily — and never again return to foolishness [Psalms 85:9].

רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, אַתָּה לְבַד יוֹדֵעַ תֹּקֶף הַנֵּס שֶׁהָיָה אָז בִּימֵי מָרְדְּכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר, שֶׁזָּכוּ לְנַצֵּחַ מִלְחֶמֶת הָמָן עֲמָלֵק, לִמְחוֹת שְׁמָם וְזִכְרָם מִן הָעוֹלָם. וְאֵיךְ זָכוּ לְהַמְשִׁיךְ עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה הֶאָרָה נִפְלָאָה וִישׁוּעָה נוֹרָאָה בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר. וְאֵיךְ עַתָּה כָּל חַיּוּתֵנוּ וְתִקְוָתֵנוּ לָצֵאת מִגָּלוּתֵנוּ בְּגוּף וָנֶפֶשׁ, הוּא רַק עַל־יְדֵי תֹּקֶף הַנֵס הַזֶּה. כִּי אָנוּ עוֹמְדִים וּמְצַפִּים לִישׁוּעָתֶךָ, כַּאֲשֶׁר עֲזַרְתָּם אָז לְהַכְנִיעַ וּלְשַׁבֵּר קְלִפַּת הָמָן עֲמָלֵק, לַעֲקוֹר וּלְבַטֵּל וּלְהַכְנִיעַ זֻהֲמָתוֹ הַגְּדוֹלָה, וּלְגַלּוֹת אֱמוּנַת הַשְׁגָּחָתְךָ בָּעוֹלָם, וְלַחֲזוֹר וּלְקַיֵּם וּלְקַבֵּל מֵחָדָשׁ קְדֻשַּׁת תּוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה. כֵּן תַּעֲמוֹד בְּעֶזְרָתֵינוּ סֶלָה בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר, עַד אֲשֶׁר תְּנַצֵּחַ הַמִּלְחָמָה בִּשְׁלֵמוּת לִמְחוֹת זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק לְגַמְרֵי, וּלְהַעֲבִיר רוּחַ הַטֻּמְאָה מִן הָאָרֶץ, וְלַהֲשִׁיבֵנוּ אֵלֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת וּלְהוֹצִיאֵנוּ מִגָּלוּתֵנוּ הַמַּר מְהֵרָה. עַל־כֵּן בָּאתִי לְפָנֶיךָ אֲדוֹן הַנִּפְלָאוֹת שֶׁתָּשִׂים לִבְּךָ לְגֹדֶל צָרוֹת נַפְשֵׁנוּ, וְתַבִּיט בְּעָנְיֵנוּ וַעֲמָלֵנוּ, וְאַל תַּבִּיט בְּמַעֲלָלֵנוּ, וְתַעֲשֶׂה עִמָּנוּ נִסִּים נִפְלָאִים וְנוֹרָאִים, נִסִּים שֶׁל פּוּרִים, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁתְּסַבֵּב סִבּוֹת לְטוֹבָה, שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ בְּחַיֵּינוּ חִישׁ קַל מְהֵרָה, וְלֹא נָשׁוּב עוֹד לְכִסְלָה:

לפֶסַחFor Pesach

עברית ▾ Master of the Universe — Giver of life to all life — living G-d and King of eternity. Have mercy upon us and give us life and sustain us, and sanctify us and purify us from the impurity of the dead — which is the primary source of all impurity — which is [the impurity of] adulterous thoughts [hirhuray niuf] that have greatly intensified and spread throughout the world, until we have sunk in the miry depths and there is no footing; we have come into the deep waters and the flood overwhelms us [Psalms 69:3]. Grant us merit through the power of the holiness of the mitzvah of Purim, that we merit to receive and to draw down upon us the holiness and purity of the unblemished Parah Adumah — to purify us truly from the impurity of the dead in this world and in the World to Come. And I should merit through this to receive the holy Chag HaPesach — the season of our freedom — with great holiness and very great and mighty joy. And we should merit through Your mercies to fulfill all the mitzvos of Pesach with great holiness and great and wondrous joy. And help us and save us and guard us through Your abundant mercies from even a trace amount [mashehu] of leaven [chametz] — that no trace of leaven whatsoever be found in our domain and our possession, for all the days of Pesach. For it is revealed and known before You — Master of the entire universe — that it is impossible for flesh and blood by its own power to be watchful over a trace of chametz, except through Your salvation and Your mercy. Have mercy upon us through Your abundant mercies, mighty Redeemer, true Merciful One — and guard us and save us from a trace of chametz for all the holy days of Pesach. And help us and grant us merit to go forth from slavery to freedom, from grief to joy, from mourning to festival, from darkness to great light [Haggadah]. And may we merit to arrange the Seder of Pesach with great arousal and wondrous ardor and very great and mighty joy. And may we merit that there come upon us and illuminate within us with wondrous illumination all the mochin d'gadlus and mochin d'katnus [expanded and contracted states of consciousness] that shine on Pesach — with a great, wondrous, and awesome light. O You Who are full of mercy — help us and save us to fulfill the mitzvos of Purim with such great holiness and joy, that we thereby merit to be truly watchful from even a trace of chametz on Pesach, and to fulfill all the awesome mitzvos of Pesach with great holiness and awesome and mighty joy. Have mercy on us for the sake of Your Name — and grant us the power now to accomplish our request before You in mercy. Help us and save us according to this Torah to return and to draw near to You swiftly in truth; save us through the power of the holiness of the wondrous miracle and salvation of Purim, that we merit to transform ourselves from now — from evil to good — and merit to go forth from grief to joy and from darkness to great light.

רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, מְחַיֵּה חַיִּים, אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים וּמֶלֶךְ עוֹלָם. רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ וְהַחֲיֵינוּ וְקַיְּמֵנוּ, וְקַדְּשֵׁנוּ וְטַהֲרֵנוּ מִטֻּמְאַת מֵת שֶׁהִיא אֲבִי אֲבוֹת הַטֻּמְאָה, שֶׁהֵם הִרְהוּרֵי נִאוּף שֶׁהִתְגַּבְּרוּ וְהִתְפַּשְּׁטוּ בָּעוֹלָם מְאֹד, עַד אֲשֶׁר טָבַעְנוּ בִּיוֵן מְצוּלָה וְאֵין מָעֳמָד, בָּאנוּ בְּמַעֲמַקֵּי מַיִם וְשִׁבֹּלֶת שְׁטָפָתְנוּ. זַכֵּנוּ בְּכֹחַ קְדֻשַּׁת מִצְוַת פּוּרִים שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לְקַבֵּל וּלְהַמְשִׁיךְ עָלֵינוּ קְדֻשַּׁת וְטָהֳרַת הַפָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְמִימָה, לְטַהֲרֵנוּ בֶּאֱמֶת מִטֻּמְאַת מֵת בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וּבָעוֹלָם הַבָּא. וְאֶזְכֶּה עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה לְקַבֵּל חַג הַפֶּסַח הַקָּדוֹשׁ זְמַן חֵרוּתֵנוּ בִּקְדֻשָּׁה גְּדוֹלָה וּבְשִׂמְחָה רַבָּה וַעֲצוּמָה. וְנִזְכֶּה בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ לְקַיֵּם כָּל הַמִּצְוֹת שֶׁל פֶּסַח בִּקְדֻשָּׁה גְּדוֹלָה וּבְשִׂמְחָה וְחֶדְוָה רַבָּה. וְתַעַזְרֵנוּ וְתוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ וְתִשְׁמְרֵנוּ בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים, מִמַשֶּׁהוּ חָמֵץ וּשְׂאוֹר שֶׁלֹּא יִמָּצֵא בִּגְבוּלֵנוּ וּבִרְשׁוּתֵנוּ מַשֶּׁהוּ דְּמַשֶּׁהוּ שְׂאוֹר וְחָמֵץ כָּל יְמֵי הַפֶּסַח. כִּי גָלוּי וְיָדוּעַ לְפָנֶיךָ רִבּוֹנוֹ דְעַלְמָא כֹלָּא, שֶׁאִי־אֶפְשָׁר לְבָשָׂר וָדָם בְּעַצְמוֹ לִהְיוֹת נִזְהָר מִמַּשֶּׁהוּ חָמֵץ, אִם לֹא עַל־יְדֵי יְשׁוּעָתֶךָ וְרַחֲמֶיךָ. רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים, גּוֹאֵל חָזָק, רַחֲמָן אֲמִתִּי, וְשָׁמְרֵנוּ וְהַצִּילֵנוּ מִמַּשֶּׁהוּ חָמֵץ כָּל יְמֵי הַפֶּסַח הַקְּדוֹשִׁים, וְתַעַזְרֵנוּ וּתְזַכֵּנוּ לָצֵאת מֵעַבְדּוּת לְחֵרוּת, מִיָּגוֹן לְשִׂמְחָה, מֵאֵבֶל לְיוֹם טוֹב, מֵאֲפֵלָה לְאוֹר גָּדוֹל. וְנִזְכֶּה לְסַדֵּר הַסֵּדֶר־שֶׁל־פֶּסַח בְּהִתְעוֹרְרוּת גָּדוֹל וּבְהִתְלַהֲבוּת נִפְלָא וּבְשִׂמְחָה רַבָּה וַעֲצוּמָה. וְנִזְכֶּה שֶׁיָּבוֹאוּ עָלֵינוּ וְיָאִירוּ בָּנוּ בְּהֶאָרָה נִפְלָאָה כָּל הַמּוֹחִין דְּגַדְלוּת וְקַטְנוּת הַמְּאִירִין בַּפֶּסַח בְּאוֹר גָּדוֹל וְנִפְלָא וְנוֹרָא. מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, עָזְרֵנוּ וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְקַיֵּם הַמִּצְוֹת שֶׁל פּוּרִים בִּקְדֻשָּׁה וּבְשִׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה כָּל־כָּךְ, עַד שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה לִהְיוֹת נִזְהָרִים בֶּאֱמֶת מִמַּשֶּׁהוּ־חָמֵץ בַּפֶּסַח, וּלְקַיֵּם כָּל הַמִּצְוֹת הַנּוֹרָאוֹת שֶׁל־פֶּסַח בִּקְדֻשָּׁה גְּדוֹלָה וּבְשִׂמְחָה נוֹרָאָה וַעֲצוּמָה. רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ, וְזַכֵּנוּ עַתָּה לִפְעוֹל בַּקָּשָׁתֵינוּ בְּרַחֲמִים אֶצְלְךָ, עָזְרֵנוּ וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ עַל־פִּי הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת לָשׁוּב וּלְהִתְקָרֵב אֵלֶיךָ מְהֵרָה בֶּאֱמֶת, הוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ מִכֹּחַ קְדֻשַּׁת הַנֵּס וְהַיְשׁוּעָה הַנִּפְלָאָה שֶׁל פּוּרִים, שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לְהִתְהַפֵּךְ מֵעַתָּה מֵרַע לְטוֹב, וְנִזְכֶּה לָצֵאת מִיָּגוֹן לְשִׂמְחָה וּמֵאֲפֵלָה לְאוֹר גָּדוֹל:

לתּעֲנִית אֶסְתֵּרFor Ta'anis Esther

עברית ▾ And help us and save us to observe the fast of Ta'anis Esther before Purim with great holiness — and to recite selichos [penitential prayers] with great concentration and devotion, and to cry out and to wail before You very, very greatly. And open my heart that I merit to feel the pain of my sins truly in my heart, and the extreme affliction of my soul — which is beyond estimation — until I merit to cry out a great and bitter cry, as is fitting for me to cry out according to the multitude of my sins and my great transgressions, and my very many and great blemishes — until Your mercies are truly aroused upon me, and You hasten to save me and to redeem me from myself. And You do: “that I shall walk in Your statutes and guard Your commandments” [Ezekiel 36:27] — in truth and with a whole heart. My Father, my King, my Fashioner and Creator and Maker — instruct me in the path: how to begin from the aspect of the holiness of Purim, as You have hinted to us through Your holy Sages. Help me in the way of a miraculous and wondrous and awesome salvation, in the way of a wondrous and awesome renewal — in such a manner that I merit from now to return to You in complete teshuvah in truth. And I merit to begin anew — a complete and true beginning — with all heart and soul in Your true service.

וְעָזְרֵנוּ וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְהִתְעַנּוֹת תַּעֲנִית אֶסְתֵּר קוֹדֶם פּוּרִים בִּקְדֻשָּׁה גְּדוֹלָה, וְלוֹמַר סְלִיחוֹת בְּכַוָּנָה גְּדוֹלָה, וְלִצְעוֹק וְלִזְעוֹק אֵלֶיךָ מְאֹד מְאֹד. וְתִפְתַּח אֶת לְבָבִי שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לְהַרְגִּישׁ כְּאֵב עֲוֹנוֹתַי בֶּאֱמֶת בְּלִבִּי, וְעֹצֶם צָרַת נַפְשִׁי אֲשֶׁר אֵין לְשַׁעֵר, עַד שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לִזְעוֹק זְעָקָה גְּדוֹלָה וּמָרָה כָּרָאוּי לִי לִזְעוֹק לְפִי רִבּוּי עֲוֹנוֹתַי וּפְשָׁעַי הָעֲצוּמִים, וּפְגָמַי הַגְּדוֹלִים וְהָרַבִּים מְאֹד, עַד אֲשֶׁר יִתְעוֹרְרוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ עָלַי בֶּאֱמֶת, וּתְמַהֵר לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי וּלְגָאֳלֵנִי מִמֶּנִּי בְּעַצְמִי, וְתַעֲשֶׂה אֵת אֲשֶׁר בְּחֻקֶּיךָ אֵלֵךְ וְאֶת מִצְוֹתֶיךָ אֶשְׁמוֹר בֶּאֱמֶת וּבְלֵב שָׁלֵם. אָבִי מַלְכִּי יוֹצְרִי וּבוֹרְאִי וְעוֹשִׂי, הוֹרֵנִי הַדֶּרֶךְ אֵיךְ לְהַתְחִיל מִבְּחִינַת קְדֻשַּׁת פּוּרִים, כַּאֲשֶׁר רָמַזְתָּ לָנוּ עַל־יְדֵי חֲכָמֶיךָ הַקְּדוֹשִׁים, עָזְרֵנִי בְּדֶרֶךְ נֵס וִישׁוּעָה נִפְלָאָה וְנוֹרָאָה, בְּדֶרֶךְ חִדּוּשׁ נִפְלָא וְנוֹרָא, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה מֵעַתָּה לָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ בִּתְשׁוּבָה שְׁלֵמָה בֶּאֱמֶת. וְאֶזְכֶּה לְהַתְחִיל מֵחָדָשׁ הַתְחָלָה שְׁלֵמָה וַאֲמִתִּיִּית בְּכָל לֵב וָנֶפֶשׁ בַּעֲבוֹדָתְךָ בֶּאֱמֶת, וְתוֹרֵנִי וּתְלַמְּדֵנִי בֶּאֱמֶת מִמַּה לְהַתְחִיל וּבְאֵיזֶה דֶרֶךְ וְעֵצָה אֶזְכֶּה לָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת:

עברית ▾ Master of the Universe — Great of counsel and mighty of deed [Jeremiah 32:19] — set me right with good counsel from before You, and save me swiftly for the sake of Your Name — in such a manner that I merit from now to complete teshuvah in truth for all the days of my life, and not turn from now from Your will, right or left. And I merit to learn and to teach, to observe and to perform and to fulfill all the words of Your Torah with love, and to fulfill all the mitzvos and all the matters of holiness, and to do each and every thing at its appointed time — and I will do everything beautifully in its time with great holiness and purity. And strengthen me in joy and gladness always. And I merit, through the power of the true tzadikim, to banish and to nullify from me and from all Israel the kelipah of Haman-Amalek, may his name be blotted out — and to draw down upon me the holiness of the miracle and salvation of Purim. And have mercy upon us in every generation and every year — that we merit to rejoice very, very greatly in the days of Purim, with great joy and very great gladness. And we merit to fulfill the mitzvah of reading the Megillah with great holiness and purity and very great and mighty joy. And we merit to contemplate the greatness and the force of this wondrous miracle and awesome and mighty salvation — and to publicize the miracle [pirsumai nissa] before every people and congregation. And we merit to fulfill the mitzvah of mishloach manos [sending portions] — each person to his fellow — and matanos l'evyonim [gifts to the poor], and the mitzvah of the Purim feast [seudas Purim] — in great fullness and very great and mighty joy. And we merit to fulfill the mitzvah of the intoxication [shikrus] of Purim as our Sages, of blessed memory, have commanded us [Megillah 7b] — and help us and guard us that the drinking and the intoxication of Purim not harm us at all — neither in body nor in soul — and we not harm any person or any thing through the intoxication; rather, through the intoxication of Purim we merit to enter into great joy and very great gladness — into the joy of Purim — at which time there shines a wondrous and mighty illumination: the illumination of Mordechai, the like of which does not exist at any other time of the year. And I merit to be joyful with all heart, and to make others joyful as well — to gladden all Israel Your people with the joy of Purim, with very, very great and mighty gladness. “We will exult and be glad in Your salvation” [Psalms 21:2] — with true joy — in such a manner that it be for You a delight and a pleasure, and You receive great sha'ashu'im [divine delights] from our drinking and our joys on the holy Purim. And we merit even now, in every year, to the great miracle and the wondrous salvation of Purim — to subdue and to banish and to uproot and to nullify from us the kelipah of Haman-Amalek and his great contamination, and to blot out his name and memory from the world, and to purify ourselves from his contamination with great holiness and purity, and to draw down upon us the holiness of Mordechai and Esther. And we merit to draw the joy of Purim across the entire year — to rejoice always in You with joy and very great gladness in truth. And through this we merit the holiness and purity of the Parah Adumah, and the holiness of Pesach in truth, and we merit to be in joy always. And may there be fulfilled in us the verse that is written: “For in Him our heart will rejoice, for in His holy Name we have trusted” [Psalms 33:21]. “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, {Hashem} my Rock and my Redeemer” [Psalms 19:15].

רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, גְּדֹל הָעֵצָה וְרַב הָעֲלִילִיָּה, תַּקְּנֵנִי בְּעֵצָה טוֹבָה מִלְּפָנֶיךָ, וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי מְהֵרָה לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה מֵעַתָּה לִתְשׁוּבָה שְׁלֵמָה בֶּאֱמֶת כָּל יְמֵי חַיַּי, וְלֹא אָסוּר מֵעַתָּה מֵרְצוֹנְךָ יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל. וְאֶזְכֶּה לִלְמֹד וּלְלַמֵּד לִשְׁמוֹר וְלַעֲשׂוֹת וּלְקַיֵּם אֶת כָּל דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָתֶךָ בְּאַהֲבָה, וּלְקַיֵּם כָּל הַמִּצְוֹת וְכָל הַדְּבָרִים שֶׁבִּקְּדֻשָּׁה, וְלַעֲשׂוֹת כָּל דָּבָר וְדָבָר בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ וּבִזְמַנּוֹ, וְהַכֹּל אֶעֱשֶׂה יָפֶה בְּעִתּוֹ בִּקְדֻשָּׁה וּבְטָהֳרָה גְּדוֹלָה. וּתְחַזְּקֵנִי בְּשִׂמְחָה וְחֶדְוָה תָּמִיד. וְאֶזְכֶּה בְּכֹחַ הַצַּדִּיקִים הָאֲמִתִּיִּים לְגָרֵשׁ וּלְבַטֵּל מִמֶּנִּי וּמִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל קְלִפַּת הָמָן־עֲמָלֵק יִמַּח־שְׁמוֹ, וּלְהַמְשִׁיךְ עָלַי קְדֻשַּׁת הַנֵּס וְהַיְשׁוּעָה שֶׁל פּוּרִים. וּתְרַחֵם עָלֵינוּ בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר וּבְכָל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה, שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לִשְׂמֹחַ מְאֹד מְאֹד בִּימֵי הַפּוּרִים בְּשִׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה וְחֶדְוָה רַבָּה וַעֲצוּמָה. וְנִזְכֶּה לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת קְרִיאַת הַמְּגִלָּה בִּקְדֻשָּׁה וּבְטָהֳרָה גְּדוֹלָה וּבְשִׂמְחָה רַבָּה וַעֲצוּמָה, וְנִזְכֶּה לְהִתְבּוֹנֵן גֹּדֶל עֹצֶם הַנֵּס הַנִּפְלָא וְהַיְשׁוּעָה הַנּוֹרָאָה וְהָעֲצוּמָה הַזֹּאת, וּלְפִרְסוּמֵי נִסָּא בִּפְנֵי כָּל עַם וְעֵדָה. וְנִזְכֶּה לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת מִשְׁלוֹחַ מָנוֹת אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ, וּמַתָּנוֹת לָאֶבְיוֹנִים, וּמִצְוַת סְעוּדַת פּוּרִים, בִּשְׁלֵמוּת גָּדוֹל וּבְשִׂמְחָה רַבָּה וַעֲצוּמָה. וְנִזְכֶּה לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת הַשִּׁכְרוּת שֶׁל פּוּרִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוּוּנוּ חֲכָמֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, וְתַעַזְרֵנוּ וְתִשְׁמְרֵנוּ שֶׁלֹּא יַזִּיק לָנוּ הַשְּׁתִיָּה וְהַשִּׁכְרוּת שֶׁל פּוּרִים כְּלָל לֹא בַּגּוּף וְלֹא בַּנֶּפֶשׁ, וְלֹא נַזִּיק שׁוּם אָדָם וְלֹא שׁוּם דָּבָר עַל־יְדֵי הַשִּׁכְרוּת, רַק נִזְכֶּה עַל־יְדֵי הַשִּׁכְרוּת שֶׁל פּוּרִים לָבֹא לְתוֹךְ שִׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה וְחֶדְוָה רַבָּה וַעֲצוּמָה מְאֹד, לְתוֹךְ שִׂמְחָה שֶׁל פּוּרִים, אֲשֶׁר אָז מֵאִיר הֶאָרָה נִפְלָאָה וַעֲצוּמָה שֶׁהוּא הֶאָרַת מָרְדְּכַי אֲשֶׁר אֵין דֻּגְמָתָהּ בְּכָל יְמוֹת הַשָּׁנָה. וְאֶזְכֶּה לִהְיוֹת שָׂמֵחַ בְּכָל לֵב, וּלְשַׂמֵּחַ גַּם אֲחֵרִים, לְשַׂמֵּחַ כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמֶּךָ בְּשִׂמְחַת פּוּרִים בְּחֶדְוָה רַבָּה וַעֲצוּמָה מְאֹד מְאֹד, נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ בְּשִׂמְחָה אֲמִתִּיִּית, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לְךָ לְנַחַת וּלְרָצוֹן, וּתְקַבֵּל שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים גְּדוֹלִים מִשְּׁתִיָּתֵינוּ וְשִׂמְחוֹתֵינוּ בַּפּוּרִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ. וְנִזְכֶּה גַּם עַתָּה בְּכָל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה לְהַנֵּס הַגָּדוֹל וְהַיְשׁוּעָה הַנִּפְלָאָה שֶׁל פּוּרִים, לְהַכְנִיעַ וּלְגָרֵשׁ וְלַעֲקוֹר וּלְבַטֵּל מֵאִתָּנוּ קְלִפַּת הָמָן־עֲמָלֵק וְזֻהֲמָתוֹ הַגְּדוֹלָה, וְלִמְחוֹת שְׁמוֹ וְזִכְרוֹ מִן הָעוֹלָם, וּלְטַהֵר עַצְמֵנוּ מִזֻּהֲמָתוֹ בִּקְדֻשָּׁה וּבְטָהֳרָה גְּדוֹלָה, וּלְהַמְשִׁיךְ עָלֵינוּ קְדֻשַּׁת מָרְדְּכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר, וְנִזְכֶּה לְהַמְשִׁיךְ שִׂמְחַת פּוּרִים עַל כָּל הַשָּׁנָה כֻּלָּהּ לִשְׂמוֹחַ תָּמִיד בְּךָ בְּשִׂמְחָה וְחֶדְוָה רַבָּה בֶּאֱמֶת, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה נִזְכֶּה לִקְדֻשַּׁת וְטָהֳרַת הַפָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה, וְלִקְדֻשַּׁת פֶּסַח בֶּאֱמֶת, וְנִזְכֶּה לִהְיוֹת בְּשִׂמְחָה תָמִיד, וִיקֻיַּם בָּנוּ מִקְרָא שֶׁכָּתוּב, כִּי בוֹ יִשְׂמַח לִבֵּנוּ כִּי בְשֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ בָטָחְנוּ. יִהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן אִמְרֵי־פִי וְהֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי לְפָנֶיךָ יְהֹוָה צוּרִי וְגוֹאֲלִי:

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Likutay Tefilos Part II, Prayer 37 · English Translation · ajew.org Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman ✡

Yartzeit (anniversary of death) of Nachman Shabsai (Reuvain) ben Tzadok (who passed away this year) and Giula - post from 7/6/10

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**** there's a great picture of him on the Hebrew na-nach.net ****

At the azkara (remembrance) last night, some guy named Baruch told over a few stories about N”S.
Once there were a group of guys in Uman by Rabbainu and it was erev Pesach midday and they didn’t have anything for Pesach and they weren’t at all prepared either. The atmosphere was very depressing, until N”S walked in and promised them that they would have 100 kilo of meat, x amount of chickens, x kilos of Matzo etc., new clothing from head to foot etc.. This guy Baruch asserts that before sunset all had been fulfilled, he was there.
Baruch says that in that time period in Uman they often had very little food and N”S would always reassure them that all would be well.
Baruch also told over, I couldn’t hear so well but this is the upshot, that N”S promised him that he would get married that year, Baruch went through some difficult times, N”S came to him in a dream and told him because Baruch had believed him he would in fact get married that year, and so it happened . [it could be that N”S came to him in a dream after the engagement, and told him…].
Nachman Shabsai would frequently tell people, תחשוב טוב יהיה טוב – think good and it will be good.
Someone at my table told me a very typical and common story that happened with him. He was in Meron as his custom to go for 21 days every year for Lag BuOmer. N”S asked him if he could take him to the Maayan (spring) of Shmaya ViAvtalyon, this guy replied that he didn’t have a car, N”S told him don’t worry there will be a car, and just then someone pulled up and asked them if they wanted a ride to the Maayan.


Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman!

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

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Boa – פרשת בא – Come <to Pharaoh>

10:2 וּלְמַעַן תְּסַפֵּר בְּאָזְנֵי בִנְךָ וּבֶן בִּנְךָ וגומר: And in order that you tell over in the ears of your children and childrens' children etc..

It is necessary to make known the might of Hashem Yisburach

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Power of Attorney 4:7

10:22 וַיְהִי חֹשֶׁךְ אֲפֵלָה בְּכָל אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים: And there was pitch darkness in all of the land of Egypt three days.

Reason of the plague of darkness

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Chudush-New Produce 3:4

11:4 כַּחֲצֹת הַלַּיְלָה אֲנִי יוֹצֵא בְּתוֹךְ מִצְרָיִם: At about midnight I will go out into Egypt.

Exile is the lack of daas (holy realization of knowledge) that everything is with Hashgacha (Divine Providence) and it is attributed to nature, and this is the matter of darkness and night, and when HY redeems Israel He extends upon them Hashgacha from the aspect of the Future World

Therefore the redemption was at night that specifically then He illuminated to them that everything was with Hashgacha (Divine Providence)

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Washing Hands in the Morning 2

12:12 וְעָבַרְתִּי בְאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה: And I will pass through (/reveal myself) in the land of Egypt in this night.

Through the great light which HY radiated the power of the evil realm was nullified, and the Jews had to flee because after a nullification there is an even more powerful resurgence

This matter transpires over every person, and it is necessary to not be dissuaded from this even it strikes myriads of times.

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Washing Hands in the Morning 4:4

12:15 שִׁבְעַת יָמִים מַצּוֹת תֹּאכֵלוּ אַךְ בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן תַּשְׁבִּיתוּ שְּׂאֹר מִבָּתֵּיכֶם: Seven Days you should eat matzah however on the preceding day you should put to cessation the leaven from your houses.

Matzah is the aspect of Hashgacha (Divine Providence) the opposite of chumetz (leaven) and therefore on Passover it is forbidden to eat chumetz

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Washing Hands in the Morning 2

12:21 מִשְׁכוּ וּקְחוּ לָכֶם צֹאן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶם וְשַׁחֲטוּ הַפָּסַח: Draw and take for yourselves sheep for your families and slaughter the Pesach.

Before the exodus from Egypt they slaughtered the Pesach which quells the physicality and Egyptians

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Chudush-New Produce 3:4

12:39 וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לְהִתְמַהְמֵהַּ: And they could not tarry.

First He radiated upon them a great light from above in the aspect of “rutzoa” (running/entering) and afterwards it left and this is the aspect of “shoav” (returning)

And this matter is so with every person always, that first he is illuminated with a great light

In every generation it is so, that the tzadikim extract people from disgusting places, and some of them fall again afterwards even more

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Blessings on Fruit 5:6

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When one is bestowed with Supernal Arousal he must run with it

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Shaving 3:12

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Utter Supernal arousal without increments

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Honoring one's Father and Mother 2:11

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First all the moachin (consciousness, higher states of mind) were given at once, and then they left – to allow for becheera (free choice) and are regained incrementally

Likutay Halachos, Laws of a Guarantor 4:10

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The exodus was in the aspect of resurrection which pertains to the paradigm of humility of a person which is associated with the higher states of mind and consciousness

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Tefillin 6:31

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This is the process with every person, first he is illuminated with a great light superior to his level, and he is given to enter the courtyard

However when he desires to enter the house, then it is already necessary to return and rectify the outside, and then begin the trials and tests.

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Division of Partners 5:6

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At the beginning of one's drawing close to Nanach he is led and taken by the hand, and then he is let go and must begin to walk by himself

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Sending Away from the Nest 5:15

13:7 וְלֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ חָמֵץ: And you should not have discernible chumetz (food with leaven).

One is culpable only for his own improper thoughts but not those that come to him on their own unless he reviews them and considers them

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Gezaila (open theft) 4:5

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

Phone One plus One goes Nanach!

HH

The iconoclast phone company One plus One first attracted our dear friend Yisroel Blumenthal who was not able to purchase it but proceeded to use their cynogen version of android, and from a friend of his I found out about it, and bought one, and have since helped directly two more Nanachs obtain the phone, so it is not all that surprising to see the company make a huge step in the direction of Nanach --- they have announced the name of the new model: One plus Two -- for those who still haven't understood -- One = Na plus Two = Nach!!!! If the trend continues we should eventually see a model called the One plus Two plus Three plus Four MeUman, may this be soon in Jerusalem.

It is interesting to note that today, the first day I have had chumetz since before Pesach, I also took up the offer from One plus One to update to the after Pesach lollipop version of their operating system, apparently it wasn't kosher for Pesach...

Also good for every Nanach to know (as promulgated by Aron Chai), that One plus One = One....

Absolutely Nanach Nachma Nachman MeUman!!! 

Freedom of Nanach

HH
Just saw an article which claims that marijuana was first delivered throughout America as an aid to pacify the slaves. Think about it, the slaves were supposedly freed, and now with more and more people taking pot, everyone are becoming passive slaves.

Saba said the pot is worse than niuf (promisuity). It is the antithesis of the tzaddik, for the Tzadik is the daas (realization of knowledge) of the humanity, and drugs abscond daas.

Shlomo Carlbach tells over that when he opened up the House of Love and Prayer in San Francisco people thought that it must be a drug haven, and on Pesach someone came in looking for drugs and he found a hippy sitting on the floor eating Matza. The guy asked, "hey brother, where are the goods?!" So the hippy held up a piece of matza and said -- get into matza - it doesn't get better than that.

Matza is the nourishment of daas. Deferment the brain from all the fungus and levenation  (levitation?) of the dimyon (imagination, fantasy, conjecture), and achieve true realization with freedom of the mind from all the constraints (mitrayim -- borders). First you might have to go through a dessert, but it will be with clarity and you will reach the holy land.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!