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!

The Praises of Rabbi Nachman - part 2 - His Voyage to Israel 31-32

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Shivchay HuRan

Part 2

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And one time, there came to him one of the greats who was very important in the Land of Israel and in Chutz-lu'uretz (-outside Israel), and in his praise they said that he was proficient in the entire Shas (-Talmud) almost by heart, and he was also of the masters of Kabbalah, and he came to Rabbainu o.b.m. and he warned to remove every person from their company, and no man stood with them when they met together. However, the aforementioned man who was with Rabbainu o.b.m. remained there.

And the aforementioned gadoal (-great person, leader) implored him, and said to Rabbainu o.b.m. these words: "We know that kivoad Toarusoa (-he who is honorable on account of his Torah) didn't come to the Land of Israel like the rest of the populace, with small moachin (-consciousness, acumen), i.e. to walk four cubits in the Land of Israel and be a Ben (-son or member of, entitled to) Oalum Habuh (-the future world) (Kesuvos 111a), or other similar considerations, like the way of simple/ordinary people. Just, certainly kivoad Toarusoa came here with moachin digadlus (-mature consciousness - expanded and higher acumen and conception) and to achieve great hasaga (-spiritual conception) in the service of the Creator blessed He. Therefore it is our (-royal we) desire to know in which point of the aspect of the Land of Israel kivoad Toarusoa entered, and what does he (-speaking in the respectful third person) want to achieve here in the devotion of the Creator? And I am prepared to serve him with my body, and my nefesh (-lowest soul), ruach (-spirit - middle soul), neshama (-third highest soul) etc.."

And Rabbainu answered him: "My dear friend, do not pressure me in this matter. Because it is not simple matter to reveal to you (-respectful plural) Heaven forbid, what this devotion is, and for what I came here. And perhaps I stand already sworn over this (-not to reveal it) etc.."

And the aforementioned great rabbi began again to implore him immensely, and said: "Our inquiry and our request (is that) in any case Rabbainu should teach us some chidush (-novelty in Torah) from his desirable and pleasant chidushim which he was graced with by Hashem. He should grace us as well, and give us to taste from them. And our intention is not Heaven forbid for some ulterior motive, just, our intention is to hear original Torah insights from his holy mouth, perhaps our hearts will be aroused anew for His service blessed He, and also perhaps we will merit consequently to understand and to elucidate some hint of the aforementioned point.

Immediately Rabbainu o.b.m. began to be fierly impassioned with intense flaming of the blaze of Hashem, and his face burned and blazed like actual torches. And from the fieriness his hair stood on end, and he threw his top hat off his head, and he began to say these words: "Do you know the secret of the kavanos (-kabalistic intentions) of the Tefilin?" The aforementioned answered him (with) a few kavanos. He (Rabbainu) said to him: "No, that is not the way of the kavanos of the Tefilin, and because you (-respectful plural) do not know the secret of the kavanos of Tefilin, you do not know the secret of the four winds/directions of the Land of Israel. And now I will begin to reveal to you some hint of this." And it was when he began to speak, blood started to come out of his throat, and he said to the aforementioned scholar: "See now with your (own) eyes that they do not approve from Heaven to reveal to you (-respectful plural) a thing." And immediately when the aforementioned scholar saw this with his eyes, he nodded his head to him (-acquiesced), and asked him (Rabbainu) fervently to forgive him for having troubled his so much, and he was very panic stricken from this, and did not want to budge from there until Rabbainu o.b.m. forgave him.

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Also immediately upon his arrival there to Tiberias, the Rav, the Chusid (-pious, hasid), the famous magnate our teacher, Rabbi Moshe o.b.m., son of the rav, the holy, the famous, our teacher, Rabbi Menachem Mendel the tzadik o.b.m. Veetepesker, sent to him that he wants to make a marriage with him (-i.e. between their children). And Rabbainu o.b.m. replied: "How is it possible to refuse a shiduch (-match)? Presumably 'the matter was issued from Hashem (Genesis 24:50 regarding the match between Yitzchok and Rivkah)' that my daughter should be in the Holy Land," and he did not say anything more.

And immediately the shadchan (-matchmaker) went and replied to the rav, the aforementioned Rabbi Moshe, that Rabbainu o.b.m. consented. And immediately they made a grand feast. And at the feast were all the greats of the Land of Israel, both from the country of Lita (-Lithuania) and from the country of Poland, everyone alike - big and small. And they had great joy/celebration. And during the feast they spoke words of Torah between them, and the main speaker was the aforementioned gadol (-great, leader) who wanted that Rabbainu should reveal to him the point etc.. In the middle of their conversation the location of a certain remark of Rashi eluded them, where its place is. And they wanted to bring it up to their memory because it was very necessary for their issue, and they could not budge from there because of this, and it was a wonder to them, because each and everyone of them had recently finished the entire Shas (-Talmud), and not one of them knew the place of the aforementioned Rashi, where it is stated. And Rabbainu o.b.m. was silent as if he also did not know, however, when he saw that they had great distress from this, and they implored him to no end, he answered up and said to them: "Behold this Rashi, its place is in Tractate Zevachim (-offerings), on this daf (-two sided page) at the top of the amud (-one of the two sides)," and so it was. And this brought them joy and happiness. And this feast protracted from the time of mincha gedola (-half an hour after midday, when one can begin to pray mincha) until daybreak, and a union was made between them.

However, afterwards, when Rabbainu left from there, from the Land of Israel to chutz-lu'uretz (outside of Israel) the groom, the son of the rav, our teacher the rav Rabbi Moshe mentioned above, passed away, and Rabbainu o.b.m. made a match with his daughter who had been the bride of the son of the rav, our teacher Rabbi Moshe mentioned above, with the honorable gaon (-prodigee) the famous rav of the holy community of Volitshisk (-Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Volitshisk za.tza.l. from the greatest disciples of the Magid of Mezritch - his son, Rabbi Pinchas got engaged to Miriam, the third daughter of Rabbainu o.b.m. in Elul 5560, and the wedding was in Cheshvon 5565). And circumstances were brought about from Hashem that the aforementioned Rav and Gaon traveled to the Holy Land, and he took his son, the son-in-law of Rabbainu o.b.m., with him there in order that he would learn by him there. And afterwards the daughter of Rabbainu o.b.m. also traveled there. And the words of Rabbainu o.b.m. that he said, that it was from Hashem that his daughter should be in the Holy Land were fulfilled, and one word of his words will not back down empty-handed.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

How did Tzipora merit to marry Moshe

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Amongst many other things...
Everyday Yisro's daughters would bring their sheep to drink, and they would fill up the troughs with water, pail by pail, and the other shepherds would come and banish them. A lesser person would have given up and resolved that it was simply futile to come early to fill the troughs just to be banished and the water stolen. But not the daughters of Yisro, and thus one day Moshe was witness to this daily procedure, and he intervened, saved them, and married Tzipora.

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The way to receive the Torah as delineated by Rabbainu NNNNM in Likutay Moharan

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In Likutay Moharan, Torah-lesson 7, Rabbainu brings an excerpt from the Talmud and explains it in the following way.

Rabba bar bar Chana said, a Yishmaelite merchant <this is the aspect of prayer and emuna-faith, which is the ultimate redemption from exile) said to me, "Come, I will show you Mount Sinai <this is the aspect of the 613 commandments, which are true advice and true seed. Emuna-faith can only be established with these truths>." {So now RbbC is on his way to get the Torah!} I went, and I saw that it was teeming with scorpions <these are the advice of the wicked, those who are not true tzadikim and yet give their advice and counsel which is likened to the advice of the primeval snake who advised Eve to eat from the forbidden fruit, which is adulterous seed. So RbbC saw that Mount Sinai - the Torah had all about it these characters promulgating their falsehood!> and they were standing like white donkeys/clay <this is a reference to the white strings of tzitzis which are likened to a clay seal, which are protection from promiscuity - the adulterous seed of the charlatans - the advisers of the snake. By virtue of the tzitzis one can remain faithful to receive only the true Torah and seed from the true tzadik>. And I heard a bas-kol (a Heavenly declaration) which said, "Woe onto Me for I made an oath, and now that I swore, whom will revoke it?!" <this is the instigation of removing the bonds of exile. When one guards himself from receiving the evil advice and guidance, and only learns the Torah from the true tzadik, he can achieve true Emuna-faith and prayer, which is real redemption, and real knowledge of the Hashem and the Torah>.

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Lakewood feeding the klipos R"L

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In parshas (portion of the Tora) Shemos (Exodus), Pharaoh says that all the boys born should be thrown in the Ya-or and all the girls born should be given life. The Zohar says that the boys are a reference to the Holy study of God and the girls are a reference to the talmudic method of study similar to that of yeshivos of today where they are busy extrapolating intricacies of laws and don't give so much attention to the Holy Blessed Creator. This the Zohar explains was the real servitude of Egypt. The tribe of Levi remained firm in their belief of God and refused to be slaves to the mental gymnastics and competition taking place by their brothers. The Leviites spent their time singing and praising God and clinging to Him.

The word Ya-or, a reference to the Nile, is spelled with an Aleph, it means, Lake. If you spell Ya-or with an Ayin (as the Ramchal does) it means, Woods. Together you get: Lakewood. This is a clear allusion to the sending of boys to Lakewood, so that they can find girls - to get married. And on a more meaningful level, the servitude to the Talmud instead of hooking up with holiness and Godliness. (thus it is termed the Nile and not Egypt, because the Nile is what feeds Egypt, just as those slaving to the Talmud are R"L feeding the klipos - there is in fact a town Egypt close to Lakewood!).

We must try to be free, free to be Godly. This is the holy way of Na Nach Nachmu Nachman MiUman!

Last Names

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In Likutay Nanach I posit that in the times of the Bal Shem Tov the hanhaga (Divine Rule and Conducting of the world) was set to the mode of Soaf (-as the Ramchal revealed, that HY is One, the very same One before and after and during the creation of the universe. With the creation of the universe there is the creation of beginning and end, and the beginning is G-d's unity as it stands, and the end is G-d's unity as it is reflected from the entire experience that was the universe, ultimately both of these are also One, however in the time of the universe, there are two approaches to reveal the unity, either in one shot to introduce the beginning, or to have to go through the whole rigamarole of the universe, until everything is rectified to reflect the unity of HY) – and that is probably why it was in those times that the advent of surname. Because the Roash is the aspect of the male, and the Soaf the aspect of the female, and in the mode of the Soaf, the Soaf has to reveal in itself the Roash. So as long as the hanhaga was still open to have the Roash prevail by itself, there was no special association given to woman's role, a marriage was primarily just the man's completion. However once the mode of the Soaf became necessary, the woman's role in the marriage became the anchor, and thus a real family indigenous to these two people was created, ultimately following the surname of the male, because the Soaf reveals the Roash, but here the woman has full equal representation in that LAST name.

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Following fraudulent rabbis is like ga* marriage GF

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Rabbainu revealed in Likutay Moharan Torah 7 that receiving advice from the fraudulent rabbis is like receiving their seed GF, and is an aspect of marriage of the kleepah {husks - evil forces}, perhaps today we would call such marriage - ga* marriage GF, the one sin that Rabbainu said cannot be judged favorably (-there is still ways around that: judging the person favorably, and not judging at all).

May HY give the people the courage to man up and stop empowering the fraudulent rabbis.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman Me'Uman

Polygamy

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In the last 20 pages of Outpouring of the Soul - which is a synopsis of Likutay Halachos on Rosh Chodesh, Rabbi Nussun explains different verses of the Prophets which predict how several women will accost one man asking him to marry them. Rabbi Nussun sees this as power to the women; that the women are proposing to the man, and that multiple women can mate with one man. Very interesting take on the issue, which I'll leave you to contemplate...

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Raise Your Hands to Holiness

HH a friend of mine arrived in Uman and he has some skill in palm reading, however he was completely baffled to see three strong lines that would indicate that I was married three times (or some strong relationship of that caliber), and I have never suffered such a device or anything close to it even once.

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Who marries whom

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In Rabbi Nachman's Story of Ancient Times, of a Prayer Leader he recounts:

Once, there was a king and a queen, and they had an only daughter. And it came near the time to marry her off, so they seated advisors to give counsel as to whom she ought to be married. And I too was there among the advisors (i.e. the Prayer Leader, who is still relating this in front of them) because the king liked me, and my advice was that they should give her the geebor, because the geebor had wrought us many benefits, for he had conquered many countries; therefore he ought to be given the queen's daughter for a wife. My advice was very well received, and they all agreed upon it, and there was a big celebration there for having found a groom for the queen's daughter. And they wed the queen's daughter with the geebor, and the queen's daughter had a child.

Notice how originally the princess is to given to the groom, but when the Prayer Leader gives his suggestion he says the reverse, that the geebor should be given the princess (perhaps this was just in defference to the majesty?), and finally Rabbainu says that they were wed together in a neutral fashion.

fascinating.

Another fascinating particular is how Rabbainu refers to the princess as the queen's daughter (over the king).

May HY grant us the knowledge and understanding of these holy awesome stories!

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

American National Debt impacts morality

ב"ה אי תא בגמרא (כתובות יא ועוד) שעבדא בהפקירא ניחא ליה, ורבינו גילה שמי שחייב כסף הוא בבחינת עבד כמו שכתוב עבד לוה לאיש מלוה, וכן רבינו קבע שה חייב כסף יהיה קשה לו לעשות תשובה, כי כמו עבד הוא נמשך אחר הפקירות.

והנה אמירקה חייב כמה טריליון דולר, והרי הם ממש כבר בבחינת עבדים, ולכן הם ממש נמשכים אחר הפקירות לזנות וכמו שהיה לאחרונה שפרצו גדרי עולם שאפילו הגוים שוכ*י זכר בקביעות לא דימו לעשות שטר וטכס על זה כדאיתא במסכת חולין (צב:).

נ נח נחמ נחמן מאומן

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The Talmud says that slaves are inclined to wanton promiscuity. Rabbainu revealed that people who owe money have an aspect of slave to them as the verse says: the borrower is a slave to the man who lent him. Rabbainu further set down that it is difficult for one who owes money to repent. Slaves are not naturally so inclined.

Americas national debt of trillions of dollars gives it a strong aspect of the slave, therefore America will be very inclined to wanton promiscuity, and thus it is we find the latest verdict of the supreme court to provide for recognition of the marriage of two males, one of the last of three vistiges of respect the gentiles had, that even though they had designated homose*uals they didn't have the chutzpa to make a wedding contract. Slave mentality.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman Me'Uman