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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Blossoms of the Spring - Letter 25

Letter 25 (in some editions this is #23)

 

B.H., Erev (-the day preceding) the holy Shabbos, (day) 43 to (the counting of) the Oamer (28 Eyar; Friday, 5 June, 1959). Tiberias.

 

My precious (one), Mr. Z. Shazar, who understands a matter out of (the understanding of a different) matter, and bores channel ways to find the Tzadik upon whom all his (-your – third person) hope and rectification is by him (-the Tzadik), if he (-you – third person) came to the world for this – it is sufficient. Abundant peace (-Shalom).

 

It is necessary to give heart to understand from out of words, a matter (implied, derived) from a (different) matter, to receive from the hints regarding the binding to the Tzadik, whom on account of his great strength, even one who is far and degenerate in an endlessly deep degeneration can draw close to Hashem Yisburach. Even though our actions do not stand tall, and we did what we did, and we ruined what we ruined, and we alienated ourselves as we have alienated ourselves, and we have come to what we have come to, until we have demolished the house of wisdom, and we have burned (down) the chambers of intellect, and we have exiled our daas (-realization of knowledge) to the place we have exiled it[1], however, Hashem Yisburach does His (thing), and the kindnesses of Hashem do not cease/exhaust and nor is there an end to His mercies[2], because it is not a meaningless thing what Hashem Yisburach brought about with us many, many implementations and schemes so that we merited to know that there is in the world such a true Rebbe etc. who sustains the whole entire world until the end, according to the generation and according to the person, and the place, and the time, and he raises even the very extremely degenerate, from the utmost pinnacle of descent to the apex of ascent, above and (above -) beyond.

 

If all the oceans were ink, and all the lakes quills, and the people scribes, and the tongues praising, it would not be sufficient to thank and to praise and to relate one thousandth of thousands of thousands of myriads of myriads, myriads, myriads, of wonders/wondrous awesome feats, and miracles, and kindnesses such as never been heard of ever, that he drew with his great strength to have mercy on those not worthy of mercy, and to be gracious with those that are unworthy of graciousness, like ourselves today, in such an impoverished generation. Fortunate are we that we merited to be saved with miracles and wonders, from being an opposer and antagonist on the true Tzadik, of whom the rectification of all the souls of Israel is by him, and the entire main redemption is contingent on him.[3] He is our life and our hope.[4] Woe upon them, upon those who oppose him, upon them it says (Psalms 37:22), “and those who curse him they will be cut off,” because they are cut off from their root, and they descend alive to the grave[5], and they can not raise themselves up. And the true Tzadik is such a master of kindness and mercy, so that in the very end he will raise and rectify even those souls of those who opposed him as well, just that they will need to endure great bitterness and great, harsh, and bitter pain for many days and years until finally after the utter bitterness that they endured, and the disgracing and shaming without measure nor estimation, they will need to be further shamed abundantly to come before the Tzadik, (who is) the aspect of Moshe, and receive rectification. The main rectification is when one holds himself with the Tzadik who can raise even those fallen souls from the deepest depth and lowest abyss, from the utmost utter alienation – to high above till above space, and to reveal His kingdom blessed He in the whole world, through which will come the redemption.[6]

When one wants to draw close to the true Tzadik, which everything is contingent upon this, then certainly the impediments strengthen exceedingly, and they spread and lay out before him very, very much, from all sides, to prevent him from this endeavor of holiness, therefore a person should know that there is not any obstacle in the world that he can not break, if he truly desires, because the impediments are just for the sake of strengthening the desire, because through the impediment the desire is strengthened. Because so is the nature of man, that more something is withheld from him – the more he desires to do it, and when he wants and has strong desire and great yearning as is appropriate for this endeavor that he needs to do, certainly he will merit to complete it, and to bring it out from dormancy into enactment.

Someone who goes materialistically all his life, and afterwards he is impassioned and desires to draw close to the Tzadik, that he (the Tzadik) should lead him in the ways of Hashem Yisburach, then the Attribute of Judgment prosecutes against him, and does not allow him, and it summons for him an obstacle, and the fool, when he sees the obstacles, he retreats. However, someone who is sensible (“bar daas” – possessor of daas – realization of knowledge), he draws himself close specifically then, because in reality Hashem Yisburach Himself is hidden in this obstacle.[7] Hashem Yisburach does not send upon any person impediments, just according to his strength and ability that he can withstand (them), if he desires to surmount them properly, therefore in reality there is not any impediment whatsoever, because all the impediments are just optical illusions.[8] And the main thing is a strong and courageous heart, and then one will not have any prevention from drawing close to the truth, because all is null and void for someone who strengthens and emboldens his heart in/with Hashem Yisburach![9]

People have the power to prevent and mislead a person, to distance him from Hashem Yisburach and from the true Tzadik, more than the evil inclination. Therefore someone who truly desires to draw close to the truth, he needs to have great strengthening against the misleaders and the preventors, to stand with great brazenness against their evil brazenness, and to have a strong bearing (“forehead”) opposite their bearing (“forehead”), and not to be embarrassed by the mockers.[10]

Someone who wants to choose life and to draw close to the true Tzadik, it is not possible for him to draw close except through the mindset that there is no one in the world, just he alone, solitary, in the world, and not to look (-pay attention) upon any person who impedes him, like his father and his mother, and his wife, and his children, or the impediments he has from the rest of the world who mock, and mislead, and prevent from the true way, and he needs not to care and not to look upon them whatsoever, just to be in the aspect of “One was Abraham (Yichezkel 33:24 – as explained in the addition preceding the second part of Likutay Moharan),” as if he is the only one in the world.[11]

The true Tzadik and his kosher men are the true guardians of the city (“Nitooray Karta”)[12] who reveal His glory blessed He in the whole world, and through this all those who fell to the disgusting places far from His glory blessed He merit to rise to the apex of ascent, and to find Hashem Yisburach there through seeking and searching alone, when (he) reachs out and seeks and searches for His glory blessed He.[13] And specifically through the strengthening of the force of utter disappearance, through this His glory blessed He is afterwards exalted and heightened exceedingly,[14] and in the end everything is reverted to good, and the world is rectified perfectly![15]

Due to the laboriousness of erev (-day proceeding) the holy Shabbos, it is incumbent to conclude. His (-your, in third person) friend, who is bound to his heart every day always, who supplicates for his wellbeing and benefit in truth. Regards to his refined daughter and to all those under his auspices, abundant peace (-Shalom).

The transcriber and the organizer, Yisroel Dov Odesser

House of Zalman Odesser

Tiberias


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נ נח נחמ נחמן מאומן        Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman

 

 

מכתב כה

 

ב"ה, עש"ק מ"ג לעומר תשי"ט. טבריא


יקירי, מר ז.שזר, המבין דבר מתוך דבר וחותר חתירות למצוא את הצדיק שכל תקוותו ותיקונו על ידו, אלמלא לא בא לעולם אלא בשביל זה די. שלום רב.


צריך לשים לב להבין מתוך דיבורנו דבר מתוך דבר, לקבל מהם רמזים בענין ההתקשרות להצדיק, שבכוחו הגדול יכול גם הרחוק והירוד בירידה  עמוקה בלי קץ להתקרב להשם יתברך. אם אמנם מעשינו אינם עולים יפה, ועשינו מה שעשינו, וקילקלנו מה שקילקלנו, ונתרחקנו כמו שנתרחקנו, ובאנו למה שבאנו, עד שהחרבנו את בית החכמה ושרפנו את היכלי השכל והגלינו את דעתנו למקום שהגלינו, אבל השם יתברך עושה את שלו, וחסדי ה' לא תמו ולא כלו רחמיו, כי לא דבר ריק הוא מה שסיבב ה' יתברך עימנו כמה וכמה סיבות ותחבולות שזכינו לידע שיש בעולם רבי אמת כזה וכו' המקיים את כל העולם כולו עד הסוף כפי הדור וכפי האדם והמקום והזמן, ומעלה גם את הירודים מאד מאד מתכלית תכלית הירידה עד תכלית העליה למעלה למעלה.


אילו כל הימים דיו וכל אגמים קולמוסים ובני אדם לבלרים ולשונות מקלסים, אין מספיקים להודות ולהלל ולספר על אחת מאלף אלפי אלפים ורבי רבבות, רבבות רבבות נפלאות נוראות וניסים וחסדים כאלו שלא נשמעו מעולם, אשר המשיך בכוחו הגדול לרחם את אשר אינם ראויים לרחם ולחון את שאינם הגונים לחון כמונו היום בדור עני כזה. אשריינו שזכינו להנצל בניסים ונפלאים מלהיות מתנגד וחולק על הצדיק האמת שכל תיקון נפשות ישראל על ידו וכל עיקר הגאולה תלוי בו. הוא חיינו, הוא תקוותנו. אוי להם להחולקים עליו עליהם נאמר "ומקולליו יכרתו", כי הם נכרתים משרשם ויורדים חיים שאולה ואינם יכולים להגביה עצמם למעלה. והצדיק האמת הוא בעל חסד ורחמים כזה עד שסוף כל סוף יעלה ויתקן גם אותם הנפשות של החולקים עליו גם כן, רק שצריכין לסבול מרירות גדול וצער גדול וקשה ומר ימים ושנים הרבה עד שסוף כל סוף אחר המרירות דמרירות שסבלו חרפות ובושות בלי שיעור וערך, יצטרכו עוד להתבייש הרבה ולבוא לפני הצדיק בחינת משה ולקבל תיקון. עיקר התיקון כשאוחז עצמו בהצדיק שיוכל להעלות גם הנפשות הנפולות מעמקי עמקי התהום תחתיות, מתכלית תכלית הריחוק למעלה למעלה עד למעלה מהמקום, ולגלות מלכותו יתברך בכל העולם שעל ידי זה תבוא הגאולה.


כשרוצה להתקרב להצדיק האמת שבזה תלוי הכל אזי בוודאי מתגברים המניעות ביותר ומתפשטים ומשתטחים לפניו מאד מאד מכל הצדדים למנעו מזה העסק דקדושה, על כן ידע האדם שאין שום מניעה בעולם שלא יוכל לשברה אם ירצה באמת כי המניעות הם רק בשביל התגברות החשק, כי על ידי המניעה מתגבר החשק. כי כן דרך האדם שכל מה שמונעים אותו מאיזה דבר - הוא חושק ביותר לעשותו, וכשיהיה לו חשק ורצון חזק וכיסופין גדולים כראוי לזה העסק שצריך לעשות, בוודאי יזכה לגמרו ולהוציאו מכוח אל הפועל.


מי שהוא הולך בגשמיות כל ימיו, ואחר-כך נתלהב ורוצה להתקרב להצדיק, שיוליכהו בדרכי השם יתברך, אזי מידת הדין מקטרגת עליו ואין מניח אותו ומזמין לו מניעה, והכסיל כשרואה המניעות, חוזר לאחוריו. אבל מי שהוא בר דעת, הוא מקרב את עצמו אז דייקא, כי באמת השם יתברך בעצמו נסתר בהמניעה הזאת. אין השם יתברך שולח על שום אדם מניעות רק כפי כוחו ויכולתו שיוכל לעמוד בהן, אם ירצה להתגבר עליהן כראוי, על כן באמת אין שום מניעה כלל, כי כל המניעות הן רק באחיזת עיניים. והעיקר הוא לב חזק ואמיץ, ואז אין לו שום מניעה מלהתקרב אל האמת, כי הכל בטל ומבוטל למי שמחזק ומאמץ את לבבו בהשם יתברך!


בני אדם יש להם כח למנוע ולהסית את האדם, לרחקו מהשם יתברך ומהצדיק האמיתי, יותר מן היצר הרע. על כן מי שרוצה באמת להתקרב אל האמת, צריך שיהיה לו התחזקות גדול כנגד המסיתים והמונעים, לעמוד בעזות גדול נגד עזותם הרע, ויהיה מצחו חזק לעומת מצחם, ואל יתבייש מפני המלעיגים.


מי שרוצה לבחור בחיים ולהתקרב לצדיק האמת, אי אפשר לו להתקרב כי אם על ידי שיחשוב שאין בעולם כי אם הוא לבדו יחידי בעולם ולא יסתכל על שום אדם המונעו כגון אביו ואימו ואישתו ובניו, או המניעות שיש לו משאר בני העולם המלעיגים ומסיתים ומונעים מן דרך האמת, וצריך שלא יחוש ולא יסתכל עליהם כלל, רק יהיה בבחינת "אחד היה אברהם", כאילו הוא יחיד בעולם.


הצדיק האמת ואנשיו הכשרים הם נטורי קרתא האמיתיים המגלים כבודו יתברך בכל העולם, ועל ידי זה זוכים כל הנופלים למקומות המטונפים הרחוקים מכבודו יתברך לעלות בתכלית העליה ולמצוא שם השם יתברך על ידי הבקשה והחיפוש לבד, כשדורש ומבקש ומחפש את כבודו יתברך. ודייקא על ידי התגברות תוקף ההעלמה כל כך, על ידי זה נתרומם ונתעלה אחר כך כבודו יתברך ביותר, ולסוף נתהפך הכל לטובה ונתתקן העולם בשלמות!


מחמת טרדת ערב שבת קודש, ההכרח לסיים. אוהבו הקשור בליבו בכל יום תמיד, המעתיר לשלומו וטובתו באמת. דרישת שלום לביתו העדינה ולכל הנלווים אליו, שלום רב.


המעתיק והמסדר ישראל דב אודעסר

בית זלמן אודעסר

טבריא

 



[1] Likutay Tefilos, volume II prayer 10.

[2] Close to the wording of Lamentations 3:22.

[3] Likutay Tefilos, volume II prayer 10.

[4] Ulim Litrufa, letter 286.

[5] As the Torah says of the men of Korach.

[6] Oatzar HaYeeruh, Chaim Viheepoochoa (Life and it’s opposite), article 46, with more drawn from its source in Likutay Halachos, Choshen Mishpat 1, Laws of Giveyas Choav Mayhalikoochoas Vihilchoas Appootukey 5:34-39.

[7] Likutay Aitzoas (A Collection of Advice), Obstacles 4.

[8] Likutay Aitzoas, Obstacles 7.

[9] Likutay Aitzoas, Obstacles 9.

[10] Likutay Aitzoas, Obstacles 11, from Words of Rabbi Nachman 80.

[11] Likutay Aitzoas, Obstacles 6.

[12] Likutay Halachos, Choshen Mishpat, Laws of Selling 1:16.

[13] Likutay Halachos, Choshen Mishpat, Laws of Collecting Debt from Orphans 3:20.

[14] See Likutay Halachos, Yoreh Daya, Slaughtering 3:1.

[15] See Rimzay Haamaseyoas, on the Story of the Master of Prayer.




Thursday, June 14, 2018

The Life of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman - 491-492

HH


The Virtue of Saying Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman



The Life of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman


Articles 491-2 (Gematria- numerical value of Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman & the inclusive)


In the year 5566 (1805) between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur: Rabbainu o.b.m. exited from the mikva and said that it was revealed to him at this time from the Heavens how ‘anshay shloamainoo’ (-the fellows of our persuasion, i.e. the followers of Rabbi Nachman) should conduct themselves all the days of their life with regard to fasting, how many fasts each and every single one of anshay shloamainoo needs to fast every single year, and how and when they should fast. And after the holidays we went in to him, each and every one privately, and he gave over to each and every one a note [‘petek’] when he should fast….

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492
Once, he gave one person the note, and this person who received the note said to Rabbainu o.b.m., “What we conceived was not like this, because we thought that you would instruct us to fast many days of the year, but now we see that they are just a very few days of the year.”
He replied, “Behold Elisha said to Naaman (Kings 2:5:9, 13), ‘Bathe and be purified,’ and he didn’t want to believe that with this easy matter he would be cured, and he (Naaman) said (Kings 2:5:12 not an exact quote), ‘Behold Amunuh and Parpar and the rivers of Damascus are better (than all the waters of Israel), behold I bathed in them and I was purified?’ Until his servants told him (Kings 2:5:13), ‘Master, a tall order had the prophet told you, behold you would do it, all the more so when/since he told you, bath and be purified.’ And then he listened to his servants, and he bathed in the Jordan seven time, and his skin returned (to be healthy) and he was purified (Kings 2:5:14). Similarly, you conceive that it is necessary to specifically dictate for your healing heavy undertakings, and you don’t believe that with an easy matter which I instruct you to do, you will have a complete healing, a true healing of the soul.[2]

And this matter is extremely necessary (to know as it is applicable) many times, because sometimes a person holds himself back from doing some matter of holiness because of heaviness, because of the many impediments that obstruct him from doing it, and he doesn’t strengthen (himself) to break them. And sometimes it is the opposite, that he refrains from (doing) a matter of holiness because of it’s utter easiness, that in his eyes this matter is very easy to do, and because of this he doesn’t believe that the life of his soul is contingent on such an easy thing. And in reality it is necessary to be careful with a light mitzva the same as with a weighty/serious one (Ethics of Our Fathers 2:1), “and the ways of life (i.e. the importance of things are hidden) lest one chart his path (accordingly – choosing only the most rewarding issues) (Proverbs 5:6 explained according to the Medrash by Rashi), “and whatever is in your power to do, do with (all) your strength (Ecclesiastes 9:10).” Because the main sedition and hinderance of the bal duvu (-litigator-Satan-evil inclination) are just mental blocks, that he sometimes inoculates in the person’s mind that it is very hard for him to do the matter, and because of the he wants to prevent him (from doing it). And sometimes it is the opposite, that he makes it light for him, and extremely belittles the matter in his eyes, to the extent that it doesn’t occur to the person that the life of his soul is contingent on this, and all of this (the bal duvur does) in order to prevent him (from doing it) Heaven forbid. And sometimes this hinderance is overly greater than an actual obstruction.

However, “He who goes wholesomely (wholeheartedly/sincerely/honestly…) will go securely (/confidently/safely) (Proverbs 10:9),” and doesn’t pay attention to any impediment or confusion in the world whatsoever. “And all that is in your power to do, do with (all) your might (Ecclesiastes 9:10).”

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman!


[1] This is really the letter Hay, but it is forbidden to enunciate the Name of G-d even by naming the letters, so the custom is to say “kay” instead of Hay.
[2] See Likutay Moharan 2:86 that the stronger one’s faith is, the lighter and easier are his tasks and requirements in the devotion of HY. When you have the right key it opens the door easily!



Thursday, January 4, 2018

The Praises of Rabbi Nachman - part 2 - the order of his voyage to the land of Israel - 10-12

HH
Shivchay HuRan
Part 2
10. The general matter is that these two aforementioned men denigrated him o.b.m. with all types of degradation etc., and he bore it all, and did not want to reveal to them in any way who he was, and he deceived them intentionally and confused them very, very much, until they would degrade him every time for his changing accounts each time. One time he spoke with them, until it seemed clear to them that he was from Lagorna (-a city on the Italian border), and afterwards they saw that it was not so, and they degraded him very, very much; and one time he spoke with them, and it seemed to them that he is the son of the Kamarner, that is, the son of the Maggid of Kamarner, who was in a great quarrel then, as is well known, and afterwards, in middle of the conversation, he o.b.m. began to curse the Kamarner. And they scolded him: "Behold he is your father!" And they saw that they still have not figured him out. And every time he had a different name, and with every name they called him, he answered them and came to them. Suddenly they would let out from their mouth and call: "Yishayuh," in order to test him if he is the son of the Kamarner whose name was Yishayuh, and he of blessed memory came immediately to them, and it seemed to them that certainly he's the son of the Kamarner, and they said to him: "You are certainly the aforementioned's son." And he replied to them and proved to them that he is not his son.
In the meantime they began to speak of the gift that the Kamarner sent to his son, and he o.b.m. began immediately to request and implore there that they should show him his gift, and they saw again that he is his son, and afterwards they spoke with him more, and he (Rabbainu -in the Hebrew there is a typo - they) cursed him, and they were very very shocked/confounded, and they came with great anger, and they degraded him very, very much; and when they asked him: "Why do you say now that your name is such, and afterwards - a different name, and so too with the name of your origins (-place)?" And he answered them likewise, "That every single name is according to the attribute and the Sefirah (-Divine attribute) which it incorporates etc., and I, Baruch Hashem, am replete with all of them.
And everything that transpired in this matter, vast amounts of pages would not suffice to relate it. And he o.b.m. would wake them up sometimes from (their) sleep, and begin speaking with them, until they came to great anger, and they began to curse him more and to degrade him severely. And on the day preceding the holy Shabbos they came from the Mikvah ("house of immersion"), and he o.b.m. was lying on the bunk barefoot, without a belt and without a formal ("top") hat, and he asked them: "Why is it that the whole week my body is light and I do not have heaviness, but now I have very great heaviness, to the extent that I can almost not get up from this spot?" 
And they answered him: "Because every erev (day proceeding) Shabbos Kodesh (-holy) this neshama (-soul) ascends above, and the extra neshama comes down, but by you your neshama went, and the extra neshama you do not merit to receive,  therefore your body remains like a stone."
And he replied to them: "Oy (-woe) upon you! That even on a simple matter like this you do not know what to answer."
And he requested from them that they should receive him for Shabbos by them, but they did not want. And on Shabbos they received the man that was with him, by them for Shabbos, but him they did not want to receive, and he was forced to eat dairy foods, because they did not want to eat meat there; just they (-the two men) had some shoachet (-ritual butcher). And also on Shabbos they had a very great dispute with them, and they wanted to push him out, because he entered by them even though he did not eat with them, and they started to fight with him, until they wanted to push him out, and there was a great commotion there; and also in the morning, it was also like that.

The general matter was, that he o.b.m. acted intentionally, and he allowed himself to be degraded with all types of shaming, and he said to the man that was with him that these degradations would be a great benefit for him on the way there (-to Israel) and on the way back, because the greatness of the enormity of the huge impediments that he had in going to the Land of Israel, is impossible to fathom, or to measure, or to relay, and it was not possible (for Rabbainu) to come to the Land of Israel except through this littleness, as was heard afterwards from his mouth explicitly. And he said, that if he did not have these degradations and the littleness, it would not have been possible for him to come there in anyway; and he said, that he saw that he was forced to remain there in Istanbul, that is, to die there, but this littleness and the shaming saved him, because before one comes to the Land of Israel etc. as mentioned above.
Afterwards Rabbainu o.b.m. ordered the man that was with him, that he should give to the aforementioned men who denigrated him as mentioned above, from their food, and beverages, and various dishes, that they had with them, to give them from everything. And these men traveled to their homes, and they did not want to take a letter from Rabbainu to his home, just from the man that was with him they took a letter, and Rabbainu placed his letter inside the letter of the aforementioned man, and these men wanted to open the letter of the aforementioned man, perhaps they will be able to understand from it some matter of Rabbainu o.b.m., who he is and where he's from, but they were not able to find the letter by them, because it disappeared from them (from) where they placed the letter, and the letter did not come to their hands until they came to the kamer (-inspection room) in Volichai (-a city on the Romanian border), when they found the letter by them, and they saw from the letter, that this had been Rabbainu o.b.m.. They saw and were positively astounded and very confounded (-Psalms 48:6); and that man who degraded him copiously as mentioned above, came to his home and passed away very close to his arrival.
11. And immediately after they (-the two men) embarked from Istanbul, the aforementioned agent came to him (-Rabbainu) and showed him many letters from the tzadikim of the generation which they sent to him with the request that he should help the people that travel from here to there (-Israel), because he is influential in the eyes of the royal ministers.
"Therefore know: If you reveal to me who you (- plural) are and from which family you are - it is fine, but if not - I have the power to do with you bad which you will not be able to amend, and no fortune of monetary bribes will help; and not only will you not travel to the Holy Land, you will also be in jail," and similar words like these.

And when Rabbainu o.b.m. heard this, he immediately told him the truth, that his name Rabbi Nachman, and he is a grandson of the Baal Shem Tov o.b.m. and of Rabbi Nachman of Hordainke o.b.m.. Immediately the aforementioned agent retreated and left him, and on the morrow the agent came with subservience to him, and he said to Rabbainu o.b.m. in an expression of love and fondness: "Rebbe, Hashem is with you! Know, that all the benefits/favors you will receive from me, and your reward is double for this, that you revealed to me the truth, because if you would not have admitted to me, I would have given you over to the jail, and I would have been punished in this world and in the next world; and I request of you (-respectful plural) to receive goodness from me, whether it be with purchasing passage on the boat, or with other things, because I am ready and prepared to serve you."
12. And on the next day he came and said that a boat came from chutz-lu'uretz (-anywhere outside of Israel) with Jews, and they also have a distinct (-highly qualified and experienced) butcher, and there, on that boat, was the Rav the Chusid (-pious) the famous, our teacher the Rav Zi'aiv Wolf may his flame shine, from Tcharney-Austria, and other important people, and they asked about Rabbainu o.b.m., and the man who was with Rabbainu o.b.m. revealed to them the truth, and immediately the aforementioned Rabbi Zi'aiv sent after Rabbainu o.b.m. that he should come to him to his lodging and he will receive him with love to stay with him together, but Rabbainu o.b.m. did not want to go to be by him, because he said: "Here is good before me," because in Istanbul he did all types of puerile things, and he went about barefoot and without a belt and without a formal hat, and he was dressed just in the "inter-shlack" (-inner lining) that he had from some garment, and he would go about in the marketplace in the way of the youth, who run and play in the marketplace, and he waged recreational battles as the youth do, and they would call one person by the name of France, and another - with a different (country's) name, ‎and they waged war, and it was like actual tactical battle, and he would do very many puerile things there in Istanbul.
Afterwards the plague fell, may the Merciful One save us, in this "chan" i.e. courtyard, and he was forced to flee from there. And he was forced to enter the lodging of the aforementioned Rabbi Zi'aiv, and he (R.Z.) made for him a great feast, and the aforementioned Rav, Rabbi Zi'aiv accorded him very, very great immeasurable respect, and Rabbainu o.b.m. did many things then that were against the desire of the aforementioned Rabbi Zi'aiv, but even still (Beraishis Rabah 55:11)- "love distorts (-disregards) the line (-manner of course)," and because of his enormous love he did not pay any attention to this, even though it was great wonderments in his eyes, because every time Rabbi Zi'aiv would pray before the lectern (-lead the service) on Shabbos, as is the way of the famous rabbis, Rabbainu o.b.m. would eat at that time, because he would pray earlier, so that when Rabbi Zi'aiv was praying, he o.b.m. would eat his meal.
And so it was on the night of Shabbos, and on Shabbos morning, and by the third meal of Shabbos, and when Rabbi Zi'aiv sat down for the third meal, Rabbainu had already blessed the grace after meals (-birchas hamazoan), and ordered the man that was with him that he should see you whether there were stars (-nightfall, the end of Shabbos, is officially determined by the visibility of three medium sized stars. However, in all probability Rabbainu would have been accustomed to end Shabbos 72 minutes after sunset, which in Israel is much later than the appearance of three stars. So this instance is cited by many as a precedence to not having to keep the full 72 minutes), and he immediately prayed arvis (-night prayer) and made havdala (-ritual separation between Shabbos and the weekdays), and he took the pipe and entered into the house of Rabbi Zi'aiv, and he (R.Z.) had recently began the third meal, as is the way of the famous rabbis (-to begin the third meal late (this is also somewhat based on their keeping Shabbos at least 72 minutes after sunset)). And immediately when Rabbainu entered there without a formal hat and without a belt and the pipe in his hand, the aforementioned Rabbi Zi'aiv immediately received him with great honor, and promptly blessed the grace after meals, and prayed arvis, and made havdala, and spoke with Rabbainu o.b.m. almost the entire night, and there was great love between them. And Rabbainu o.b.m. did all types of puerile things there as mentioned above, and there, he was by the grave of Rabbi Naftoli o.b.m. (Katz, author of Smichas Chachumim and many other works including poetry and songs, a huge kabalist and holy saint).
And everything that transpired over him in Istanbul physically and spiritually, many folios would be insufficient to tell it over, and according to what can be understood from his words, he was in enormous and dire danger there, and he thought that for certain he would remain there, that is, he would pass away there, however, Hashem Yisburach did with him many miracles, and he traversed over everything, and the aforementioned puerility availed him tremendously. Also when he came from the grave of Rabbi Naftoli, he fell suddenly to the ground, and he lay that way for many hours, and afterwards they placed him on the bed, and he lay there the whole night until midday of the morrow, and he lay as if he had died, until Hashem Yisburach helped him, (so) that he got up from his bed and returned to his strength. And he had great dangerous, many and enormous, and unlimited impediments there at all times and at every moment, and he said, that the aforementioned degradations and the puerility availed him tremendously as mentioned above.
Na Nach Nachma Nachman Meuman


Monday, October 23, 2017

Na Nach on the Torah - Parshas Lech Lichuh - references to all the original Breslov Teachings of Rabbi Nachman and his students on the Weekly Torah Portion


Lech Lichu – לך לך – Go for your own sake


12:1 לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וגומר: Go for you own sake from your land etc..


To come to the Land of Israel one must trouble himself and labor to go even by foot



Life of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman, article 15



12:1 לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וּמִבֵּית אָבִיךָ: Go for your own sake from your land and from your birthplace and from the house of your father.


Go to yourself, to your point of truth unrelated and not influenced by others



Even from good people there are impediments and disruptions on your own truth

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Ginayva (theft) 5:7



12:1 לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וגומר: Go for your own sake, from your land, and from your birthplace etc..


People impede and disturb much more than the evil inclination



Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Blessings of the Morning 5:92



12:1 לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וּמִבֵּית אָבִיךָ: Go for you own sake, from your land, and from your birthplace, and from the house of your father.


The matter of Avrohom's travels transpires over everyone, because it is necessary to undergo untold tests, and refining, and highs and lows, and it is necessary to withstand all of them, and a person is not given any foreknowledge of the test



The main challenge of the test is not knowing what one will merit if he withstands it


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Shabbos 7:75



12:1 אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַרְאֶךָּ: To the land which I will show you.


HY did not reveal to Avrohom where to go, in order that he should yearn more and more, because this is the main thing, to have great yearning for holiness


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Washing Hands for a Meal 6:106

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The main challenge of a test is it's not being revealed, and one has to seek out the desire of HY


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Falling on one's Face (tachanoon) 6:8

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Before coming to the Land of Israel which is the highest maturity of consciousness, it is necessary to descend to extreme littleness


Life of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman, articles 139 & 140.



12:4 וַיֵּלֶךְ אִתּוֹ לוֹט: And Lot went with him.


The darkness always follows the tzadikim and they need to cull the truth from the darkness


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Genaiva (theft) 5:5


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Likutay Halachos, Laws of Shabbos 7:74


12:5 וְאֶת הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ בְחָרָן: And the souls which they made in Churun.


Finding the good in everyone


Therefore Abraham made converts, because he leaned towards kindness and found a good point in each one, and through this he drew everyone close to Hashem Yisburach.

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Waking Up Early In The Morning 1:5, based on Likutay Moharan, Torah 282)

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Through the charity and kindness of Abraham, he made a calm atmosphere through which the call of holiness can reach and rescue the good vanquished by the evil and with that come along converts


Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Plaintiff and Defendant 5

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Abraham engaged in drawing the multitudes to The Faith, and he authored books on this, and so did Isaac and Jacob


The Life of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman, article 395

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This is an aspect of Yaakov's studying Torah for 14 years and composing holy books on faith


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Rosh Chodesh (First of the Month) 6:45



12:10 וַיְהִי רָעָב בָּאָרֶץ וַיֵּרֶד אַבְרָם מִצְרַיְמָה לָגוּר שָׁם כִּי כָבֵד הָרָעָב בָּאָרֶץ: And there was a famine in the land, and Avram went down to Egypt to live there because the famine was severe in the land.


Why did Father Abraham need to leave the Holy Land after he arrived there as he was commanded



Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Prayer of Arvis (night) 4:32



12:15 וַתֻּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה בֵּית פַּרְעֹה: And the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh.


Sara was taken to such a place in order so that from such a place of impurity she would seek and find Hashem Yisburach, and through this she would prepare and establish a way and foundation for all of Israel afterwards to be able to persevere there



Likutay Halachos, Laws of Falling on the Face (tachanoon) 6

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The Kingdom of Evil usurped over Sara and Esther to its utter detriment


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Tefillin 6:26



13:2 וְאַבְרָם כָּבֵד מְאֹד בַּמִּקְנֶה בַּכֶּסֶף וּבַזָּהָב: And Avram was very laden with livestock, with silver, and with gold.


These are the aspect of nitzoatzoas (sparks of) kedusha (holiness) rescued and raised from the evil realm


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Thanksgiving 6:15



13:3 וַיֵּלֶךְ לְמַסָּעָיו: And he (Abraham) went on his journeys.


Borrowing comes from a person thinking that it is presently bad for him and he is deficient



Since he already fell into loans it is hard to get out of them

That which Abraham came to borrowing was a descent for the sake of ascent which a tzadik must undergo

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Loans 5



13:4 וַיִּקְרָא שָׁם אַבְרָם בְּשֵׁם השם: And Avram called out there in the Name of Hashem.


One has to continue to return to call out to Hashem


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Shabbos, end of 7

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Abraham called now in the Name of Hashem because the main remembrance (-consciousness) of His blessed Name is specifically in the Land of Israel


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Matters Pertaining to a Meal 4:6



14:15 וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו וַיַּכֵּם: And the night was divided on/by them [alternate translations: And they split up (in pursuit) at night/ And they deployed against them at night], he and his servants, and he smote them.


Even though Lot was wicked Abraham went to war and rescued him because of the nekuda tova (good point) in him



Likutay Halachos, Laws of Waking up Early in the Morning 1:13



15:5 וַיּוֹצֵא אֹתוֹ הַחוּצָה וַיֹּאמֶר הַבֶּט נָא הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וגומר: And He took him (Abraham) outside and He said look now (/please) at the heavens etc..


Israel is above the conduct of time


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Circumcision 4:16


15:8 בַּמָּה אֵדַע כִּי אִירָשֶׁנָּה: With what will I know that I will inherit it?


One cannot attain everything at once, it is necessary to take breaks of silence



Likutay Halachos, Laws of Partners on Real Estate 5



17:1 הִתְהַלֵּךְ לְפָנַי וֶהְיֵה תָמִים: Go before Me and be tumeem (whole, complete, perfect, also connotative of loyalty and simple sincerity).


Specifically through temeemus (simple sincerity) a person will achieve what he needs



Likutay Halachos, Laws of Damage 5:15



17:23 וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָהָם אֶת יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ וגומר וַיָּמָל וגומר: And Avrohom took Ishmael his son etc. and he circumcised etc..


Circumcision is an aspect of conquering the Holy Land


Likutay Halachos, Laws of Circumcision 3




Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!