No excuse

HH

Being scared is a valid excuse, of course it has to be addressed and fixed but in the interim it is understandable and acceptable. However when someone proclaims with defiance and arrogance that he is not a Jew with trembling knees, he's proud and strong and not scared of anything, so the question presents itself and there is no longer any excuse: Why didn't you build the holy temple?! Why didn't you reinstitute the study of the holy Torah of Rabbi Nachman into the education system, at least something, his stories, something, some element of holiness?!  Instead, for decades you involved yourself in empty politics, kidnapping children, selling out the holy Land, and all of this you did, not because you were scared but out of proud arrogance?! May we not know from such vain revolting pride ever.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman

Pray for your life!

HH

Imagine you are in middle praying Shmone Esray (the standing prayer of 18/19/20 blessings) and you hear a rustling and you see a large poisonous snake between you and the door, you would start praying with all your heart, like never before. This is something we always have to visualize, because every day that passes we are attacked by the evil inclination which is the most venomous snake, and even the simple passage of time, that we let so much time slip by without true accomplishment of euphoric attachment to G-d in Divine prophecy, this itself is the a cruel bitter agonizing calamity, so we got to see these imminent dangers and really really scream to Hashem Yisburach with all we got.

Shlomo Carlbach used to tell over that the son of a big Admur (stullin or karlin) asked his father; if when he prays he is praying as if there is a Cossack standing above with with his sword stretched out over his head GF, is that sufficient. And the father the Admur answered, Yes, definitely, for the beginning, but afterwards you need to pray so much harder...

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!