The right balance to introduce HY into your life

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Rabbainu made a big revelation in the beginning of the second volume of Likutay Moharan. The holiness of the Temple is not because HY constricted Himself to be there, rather since the temple is so beautiful and magnificent, HY extends holiness there. The difference here is extremely profound to the way we live our lives.

Man is created in the image and design of the Temple, and the big question is how he will merit to have HY preside-reign-pervade in and over his little Temple. There is one school of thought held by the scholarly, that almost rules out any real association of a person to the Divine Presence. They do not G-d forbid deny that G-d dwells in the world and that good deeds and Torah learning earn His attention and companionship, but they see this relationship as something beyond a person’s grasp to actually work on it directly, it is something that they consider a Divine consideration not something mere humans can understand, whomever or wherever HY deems worthy for reasons and considerations only He can fathom, there He will be.

The Baal Shem Tov came to dispel such despair, self-abasement, and false humility. The Baal Shem Tov crusaded to make known that even the most distant and alienated person can and should have a very intimate relationship with HY, and can very readily merit to have HY preside over his life, fully interacting with him in all his affairs.

Rabbainu revelation here cements the foundations for a person to be a Temple mamash. As long as people are mistaken to believe that the Temple held a special constriction of HY, then it is certainly out of reach, sure we must believe and do what we can to do His Will and only His Will, but we have no real connection to Him, for HY is completely above any paradigm of His creation, and according to this mistaken opinion that the Temple is a special constriction, that means that the only special connection one can have with HY, is for HY to make a special constriction for Him, and who can merit to such a thing? So this school of thought does their best to trek through life, doing the mitzvos and Torah as best as they can, hoping that they are fulfilling the Divine Desire, and that they will merit to ultimately be with HY. However, in truth, the Temple is not a special constriction of HY, for HY constricted Himself to be the very space of all creation, and the Temple exists in this space, and only because of its beauty, its special design and configuration that HY revealed in the Torah, because of this magnificence HY draws extra special holiness to preside-reign-pervade there. Knowing this a person can understand that the more he grooms himself, fixing his character and his fulfillment of the Torah and mitzvos, the more he will merit directly to draw extra special attention and holiness from HY.

May we merit, in the merit of Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman!

Starting up your engine

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When I was a kid many people would have to spend a long time every day at the ignition of their cars trying to get them started, this was daily trials and tribulations, and it was not infrequent that they were simply unsuccessful and that was that. This is something I haven't seen in a very long time - even computer problems - like unsaved documents being deleted - are B"H much much more rare things of the past. And I see all of this as a sign of the times that today one can connect so powerfully and meaningfully to HY without any arduous preparations and the like, one can simply turn aside and speak to HY and really get through, whereas in previous good times it wasn't so simple, devotion of HY demanded much much more, it was a very demanding discipline, very taxing and demanding, and not necessarily fulfilling. Be appreciative and take advantage...

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!  

Marches and demonstrations, protests and petitions do they really matter?

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Our Sages (Talmud Sanhedrin 26) revealed that the connection and banding together of wicked simply doesn't aggregate, they don't add up - קשר רשעים אינו מן המנין. They said this even regarding a scholar who gave lectures and taught Torah to tens of thousands of people, and King Chizkeyahu was worried that perhaps therefore this felon would have clout and merit which could empower his bout for evil, so our Sages simply dismissed him and his antics (Rashi there gives two possible reasons why he was sidelined and written off, from memory - either because he was into sensual pleasures, or he was even leaning towards homose**ality).

Rabbainu revealed in Likutay Moharan, Torah 181 that people can band together to bring down even a very important personage, by amassing their collective honor they can gain more honor than him and knock down his honor. So there are two factors, one is that their aggregate honor has to surmount the honor of the person they are trying to knock down, and second, they cannot be wicked, because wicked people do not have the ability to make a collective honor.

And by the way, where would they knock him down to? Rabbainu provides that information for us as well - they knock him down into promiscuity.

So when I judge some of the crazy demonstrations that took place recently, especially those campaigning for and by means of the most degrading things, I don't see how even millions of such people can amass substantial honor, and they probably also constitute a band of wicked which simply has no cohesive ability, and they remain as individuals.

Whereas even the smallest demonstration - where people get together to honor something even of diminutive status - will have a definite and strong force of empowerment. At least they have a gathering - an actual group. Even a little dance of some holy brothers, a few Nanach infinitely outweighs a billion demonstrators honking and jeering to high heaven.

Be apart of the KEEBOOTZ - gathering - rally honor to the Most High!

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

Rosh Hashana by Rabbi Nachman - for those who couldn't make it to Uman and for those in Uman

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HY gave Rabbainu a gift of Rosh Hashana, the grand coronation of HY on Rosh Hashana over the entire universe takes place in Uman, so it is critical and of utmost importance to be by Rabbainu for Rosh Hashana. Those who for whatever reason couldn't make it should not throw in the towel and give up completely GF, despair doesn't exist definitely not since the advent of Na Nach Nachma Nachman Me'Uman. There is still attainable a back door quasi attendance and participation. Our Sages revealed that when one reads aloud the Torah of a holy tzaddik the tzaddik's lips - in the grave - move in unison with him, and it is like they are kissing {see Likutay Moharan Torah 12}. Furthermore, Rabbainu revealed {Lkm 56} that since the holy Torah is really Divine Names of HY, when one reads the Torah aloud he is calling HY, and certainly HY will come to him. So wherever one might be on Rosh Hashana, even if he is in Uman, he should make a point to read and learn aloud the holy Torah of Rabbainu, and particularly to sing the holy song of redemption which Rabbainu revealed to be in actuality, his name, in this form: Na Nach Nachma Nachman Me'Uman. In this way a person will have established a definite connection and bonding with Rabbainu.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman Me'Uman.