This is about Rabbi Nachman of Bresluv (Breslov, Bratslov), now known as Na Nach Nachmu Nachmun MayUman! This is about his chasid and chief disciple Rabbi Natan, it's about the Saba, the Baal HaPetek.
HH In Avos DiR' Nussun chapter 6 we learn that Rabbi Akiva drew great encouragement and hope from seeing how drops of water wore down stone - certainly words of Torah which is likened to iron can reach and mold his heart.
If you put a small flame to glass, the heat accumulates until the glass explodes. So keep pouring out holy words of prayer and Torah, eventually they accumulate and you will be on fire.
HH the more fires that were kindled and blazed in honor of Lag BuOmer the more Israel was spared from the ravages of fire. Even if a few of the holy fires might have went out of control, this is likened to what Rabbainu said about the importance of getting advice from a true tzadik, because that way even if it doesn't work out one can be certain that he is being dealt exact Divine Providence, whereas without having gotten the advice he might have just been dealt some punishment, similarly any holy fire that went awry, one can be certain that this was the desired intention from Heaven, whereas some belligerent fire is an all probability an act of wrath and judgement.
Of course the main fire is the fire of Rabbainu Na NaCh NaChMa NaChMaN MayUMaN burning strong till the coming of Messiah.
Update!
The morning after I wrote this, I was reading the Zohar about how there is one fire which extinguishes all other fires!!!!
And shortly thereafter I found out that one of the places devastated by fire had been adamant that there be no fires in honor of Lag BuOmer...
May HY have mercy....
Today I got a new table B"H, and I was cleaning it with detergent and water, some of this must of splashed onto the adapter to my little laptop - the little black box, because shortly thereafter while I was working on Azamru, boom - the thing started spewing fire and smoke and snapping and crackling, gevald, until it was done. Amazingly no real damage was done BH! The connection to the box was ruined but my friend was able to tape it back together. The fire is undoubtedly of the Tenth of Av, and the protection was undoubtedly Rabbainu Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!
HH on Friday erev Shabbos parshas Chukas there was a big fire by the holy tomb of Rabbi Akiva and Ramchal. The main combustion was the huge placard with the words כמוך זה - like yourself. It is not fitting for me to explain the significance.
On Shabbos by mincha there was a big brush fire on a property very closeby.
Tomorrow BH some big shot named Avrohom (whom I believe payed for the aforementioned sign) will be coming by helicopter and there will be a feast. Preparations have already begun.
פעם
אחת היה שרפה בברסלב, אחר
כך הלך מוהרנ"ת
ז"ל עם
עוד איזה אנשים להביט על מקום השריפה,
וראה שהבעל הבית
בוכה מאד ומחפש אחר איזה חתיכת עץ או ברזל
שיצטרך לו עוד בעת שיבנה ביתו מחדש וליקט
אותם אחד אחד, ענה
ואמר לאנשיו, הראיתם!
איך שזה הבעה"ב
שנשרף ביתו על כל זה אינו מייאש את עצמו
מלחזור ולבנותו ומלקט כל הדברים שיצטרכו
לו בעת הבנין, כן
הדבר ברוחניות גם כן, אף
שהבעל דבר מתגבר מאד על האדם וכמעט ששורף
אותו לגמרי, אף
על פי כן אסור לו לייאש את עצמו רק צריך
ללקט ולחפש איזה נקודות טובות מתוך רבוי
החטאים שנכשל בהם, ועל
ידי זה יזכה לשוב להשם יתברך באמת כמבואר
בהתורה אזמרה סימן רפ"ב:
Koachvay Ohr (Stars of Light) - article 29
Once,
there was a fire in Breslov, and afterwards our teacher Rabbi Nussun
o.b.m. went with some other men to see the place which was burnt
down, and he saw a homeowner crying very much and searching for any
piece of wood or metal which he would yet need when building his
house anew, and he collected them one by one. Rabbi Nussun spoke up
and said to his men, “Did you see! How this homeowner, whose house
was burnt down, even still he does not despair of himself from
returning to build it, and he collects all the things that he will
need when he builds. So it is in spirituality as well, even though
the ‘bal duvur’ (-litigator – Satan) rises very strong over a
person, and just about burns him down completely, even still it is
forbidden to despair of oneself, just it is necessary to collect and
search for some good points from the midst of the many since he
blundered in, and through this he will merit to truly return to
Hashem Yisburach, as is explained in the Torah-lesson ‘Azamra’ -
Torah 282 (of Likutay Moharan).
Rabbi Akiva's tomb is a cave in the mountains of Tiberius, and reputedly his 24,000 students that died because they didn't accord enough respect to one another are buried in the surrounding vicinity. Tradition says that they died in the days of the counting of the Oamehr.
Today, just a few hours before we began counting the Oamehr a big brush fire started right below the tomb of Rabbi Akiva, and at least two fire-trucks were on scene to keep it contained and extinguish it. The baalay Mussar (moral, morale, ethics) say that bain udum lichavairo - between man and his friend - fighting is the aspect of FIRE.
HH GIVALD song, music by Raanan Nachal n"y. My fire will burn till the coming of Messiah! Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!
At the beginning of this video I put a short video of a little fire which raged on the windowsill of the room adjacent to the holy tomb of Rabbi Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman - the fire started by a few little candles which are sold right there in the container and are lit in memory of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, at the time I was standing in the room of the tomb speaking to Peretz Krohn - the Principal and Executive Director of the Jewish Day Schools in Uman, and while I was speaking to him I observed - looking over his shoulder - the fire growing larger and larger until it caught peoples attention, at which point I joined the excitement and filmed the little clip. Later in the day I was approached by Feux who had heard that I filmed the fire and he asked me if he could get the clip from me so that he could put it up on the social media which he promotes with little news tidbits from Uman. So I thought it over and figured that I was only interested in spreading Nanach and for that I can use this clip in a Nanach video, and let my friend capitalize on it's sensational news worth. So I told Feux I'd be happy to give him the clip, just one catch, my phone was about dead - the battery was like at 4% and the phone was broken so that it couldn't recharge, I had already bought a brand new charger for it, to no avail, and I had already bought a new phone that a friend was bringing me to replace this one - so that I could send this phone to get fixed. Feux was unfazed and said that it was no problem, and he takes out of his pocket a samsung power bank, and said he'll just charge up my phone with this. So I smile at him, and explain to him very patiently that the phone won't charge, it's busted and it's about to be sent for repair. Feux however is still unfazed, and says that this is the real thing - a real samsung charger and it will work! So, I smile at him benignly, not thinking for a second that he wasn't completely wasting his time, and offered him my phone, "be my guest... good luck..." - so he plugs my phone in, and bingo, its charging beautifully! In one second it became clear that the chargers I had been using were garbage, and all I had to do was get a decent new charger. And thus the fire of Rabbainu saved me tremendous hassle, the ordeal of buying a new cheap temporary phone which I would be stuck with, getting my phone to the repair, getting it back, and the whole shabang... and this little fire of Rabbainu saved me all that money and trouble... Yishtabach shimo lu-ad!
HH
When people pray and study the holy Torah their bodies sway back and forth (shuckle), the holy books say this is an expression of their souls which are like flames that jump around. Their is a deeper secret, these people are having se* with G-d.
Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!
ב"ה המתפללים והלומדים את התורה הקדושה גופותיהם מתנועעים, וכתוב בספרים הקדושים זה תוצאת נשמותיהם כמו אש ולהבה שקופצת מפה לשם. ויש סוד יותר עמוק, הם מזדווגים עם השם יתברך.
ב"ה ידוע שהתורה הקדושה היא אש שחורה על אש לבנה. וכן הוא כל העולם כולו הוא אש לבנה לוהטת וכל היהודים המסתובבים בחללה הם האותיות שחורות הכתובות בה.אשרי מי שזוכה לה שר את זיו התכלת בישיבה של רבינו נ נח נחמ נחמן מאומן! HH the Torah is black fire written on white fire. This world as well is a burning conflagration of white fire and all the Jews traversing it are letters of black fire! Fortunate is he who merits to bask is the Divine emanation of the Techailis which glows and radiates in the yeshiva of Na Nach Nachma Nachma Nachman Me'Uman!