The Virtue of Saying Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman 51-65

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This is a universal Melody, a universal Melody, "Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman," this is, "It is a big mitzvah (-good deed) to be happy always," so the whole world sings this, the entire world, even the Gentiles sing this. (Saba laughs) He gives life, and renews, and rectifies all of Israel, when Messiah comes there will be a new world, not the world that is now, there will be a new world!

(Tape 23b)

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All the soldiers, those who go to war and into a dangerous place, and there is danger, they should say just, "Na Nach."

(Sichos Saba 22:4)

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The whole world loves Rabbi Nachman, and they praised and say: "Such a sage has never yet been in the world, such radiance of wisdom has never yet been revealed in the world." Now it will be revealed, there will be a new world.

This is a Torah (-holy teaching) of Rabbainu Hakadosh, he revealed that he is "Nachman," this is the explanation: "Nachman" is "Na Nach Nachma Nachman" - the apex of perfection.

[Visitor: Who is "Na Nach" Saba?] "Na Nach Nachman," Rabbainu Hakadosh revealed that he is (this) "Nachman," what is "Nachman"?

He revealed this, there was never yet any revelation of this in the world, now he himself revealed who he is, (he) is "Na Nach Nachma Nachman," that's him/it.

This is - no tzadik revealed this, no (excerpt from the) Talmud, just Rabbainu Hakadoash himself, he revealed this, that he is “Nachman,” “Na Nach Nachma Nachman.”

(Tape 68b)

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By him there are all the cures for us, and all the salvations that we need, instantly, just (with) faith, “Na Nach Nachma Nachman” is replete with all the Torah, and the healings, and all the salvations!

(Tape 28b)

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It is necessary that the whole world will be filled with “Na Nach,” every door. There’s a door? “Na Nach!” [Visitor: Good, and every car as well?] Ah, every car? [visitor: also?] yes.

(Tape 37b)

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“Na Nach” – a song, a melody, such a melody, that it can turn the whole world around to Hashem Yisburach.

(Tape 104a)

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[Visitor: But Saul says that they read the Petek, and they ask, “What is this? What is this?”] This, every/any one can answer this: This is Rabbainu revealing that he is this song, that will turn the whole world around to Hashem Yisburach, to the Torah. “Na Nach” – single (pashoot), double (cafool), triple (mishoolush), quadruple (miroovuh). “Na” with a patach (-a Hebrew vowel in the form of a horizontal line under the consonant) – “Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman.” And also “MayUman (from Uman),” this isn’t regular: The world knows “Breslov,” “Rabbi Nachman of Breslov,” but in the Petek it is written “MayUman (-from Uman)” – “From Uman,” this is the explanation, that it was written and signed in Uman.

[Visitor: Does this have more intentions, Rabbi Yisroel?] Ah? [“And the redeemer will come to Zion (-Zion is also a reference to the marking of a holy tomb, most notably that of Rabbainu’s)(Isaiah 59:20 and in the daily services)”] “And a redeemer will come to Zion…” to the tzion (-marking of a holy tomb) of Rabbainu in Uman, the redeemer will also come! [Visitor: Because of this, this is “From Uman”] “MayUman (-from Uman),” yes, from the place where he is, yes, “from Uman.”

(Sichos Saba 22:2)

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[Saba sings “Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman”] He will give cures to all the severely sick, that are beyond help, then they will be healed immediately.

(Tape 82a)

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Just the melody “Na Nach,” this, the whole world comes for a rectification, already the whole world is in a complete rectification.

The entire way I prayed for you and I sang the tune “Na Nach.”

(Tape 23)

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In the time of the redemption there will be completely new (events/phenomena/news), and Rabbi Nachman is everything, all the Torah, all the wisdom, whoever learns some matter of Rabbi Nachman, he will be completely abnegated. “Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman,” this is the whole world, this is the whole Torah and all the wisdoms.

(Tape 73b)

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I was already in the hand of the Angel of Death, he doesn’t (-didn’t) want to release me, but I sang “Na Nach,” so this killed him, he fled, he fled. (Saba laughs). I was close to death not (just) once, and I had not hope of living, and Baruch (-Blessed, Thank) Hashem, Rabbainu Hakadoash resuscitated me, and extricated me from everything, yes.

(Tape 23b)

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Noo (a Yiddish prompt), do you feel better? [Visitor: Yes, I already feel better] Yes? [visitor: yes] “Na Nach,” then everything is good!

(Tape 23b)

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[Saba and the friends sing] “Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman.” (Saba laughs) What? What do you (plural) think? It is over?! It is still not finished! (Saba sings) “Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman”… [Visitor: This is a song without bounds, a song that renews each time! It renews all the time this song!] Yes! Every day and every night! [Visitor: This is a new song! Every day new!] Yes. (Saba laughs).

(Sichos Saba 28b)

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“Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman” he will drive the whole world crazy.

(Tape 10b)

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Sleep?! It is forbidden to sleep! Because they need to sing “Na Nach.” He doesn’t let sleep! (Saba laughs).

(Sichos Saba 38)

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman!

Rabbi Nachman's Stories can awaken you or not

HH

A few years ago we posted how the friends gave the Legendary Tales of Rabbainu to Jennifer Aniston and the stories healed her insomnia, which is seemingly contrary, the complete opposite of what Rabbainu said that his stories wake people up. There are different ways of shrugging this question off, but it has now occurred to me that this is in fact a direct affirmation of what Rabbainu said about his stories, that a true tzadik can reveal even these extremely holy esoteric secrets to everyone and not be liable for giving over secrets of the Torah to the unworthy, because the true tzadik effects that those who are unworthy will immediately forget everything they had heard. And we know that sleeping and forgetting are the very same aspect. Thus when someone who is unworthy reads the stories they will be stricken with forgetfulness or sleep.

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Rosenthal's memories of Saba Yisroel -- NEW MATERIAL

In תשמו 1986 this guy – (if I remember correctly) Shmuel Rosenthal, who now hangs out by Nekuda Tova (Chanania Ehrman's kolel in Meah She-urim right opposite Neturay Karta), was learning in a baal teshuva yeshiva in Bney Brak (even though he wasn't a baal teshuva…) on Rechov Yerushalayim, and someone directed him to get a blessing from Saba Yisroel who was then residing right around the corner on Rechov Maimon. Upon visiting Saba he realized that Saba could use some help, so he started going over to Saba every day from around 6 pm to 2 am, for about 7 months.

He said Saba used to be up the whole time, he only slept from about 3 am to 4:30 and another hour during the day. Later, Rosenthal added that Saba would sleep a bit every night right before midnight - see below.

Once he saw Saba on the floor doing Tikun Chatzos for two hours, crying intensely, but immediately upon rising he was dancing. Once (maybe on that occasion) he heard Saba crying and sobbing to HY that there was a girl in Haifa, so and so, who needed a shidduch and a boy, so and so, in Jerusalem (I forgot the exact details) who needed a shidduch… after a few months this boy and girl came to Saba as a couple, to thank him (people with me challenged the story teller how he knew that it was this boy and girl etc. but he stuck to his guns, saying that he had heard their names etc.).

Once Saba a line down his leg of infection, and our friend warned Saba against going to the Mikva, but Saba went to a cold mikva, did his 310 dips, and came out completely healed.

Another time Saba had pneumonia and they went to the ER where they had to wait and were there for 5-6 hours, getting out at about 11 pm, they gave him medication which had some good effect. All the way home in the car Saba was saying מקוה ישראל ה' וכו'… and sure enough Saba went immediately to the mikva, did his 310, and when he came out he was completely healthy.

When he was deciding to leave Saba to join Asher Freund (A meforsam… who did a lot of chessed – made many soup kitchens and all types of free services for the poor, and he also taught his followers to scream – really scream and scream – especially in the forest) in Jerusalem, he said Saba said that AF was the real thing, and he was a fan of his.

Once our friend saw a guy come to AF begging him to help him because he was overcome with promiscuity, and AF kicked him out. So our friend went over to AF and said you are **** (in Hebrew “cha...”), how can you reject a Jew, Rabbainu says there is absolutely no despair in the world etc...” and AF sat there and looked at him for a bit, and then exclaimed “You are right!” and AF called the guy back and spoke to him for a bit, one of the things he told him was to say Tikun Haklali every day in the morning after going to the mikva.

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B"H after posting this I had the good fortune of meeting up once again with our new friend and I asked him to review what I wrote to make sure that I got everything right. B"H he gave his approval, and he pointed out that I omitted one point - that in each of the stories above where Saba went to the mikva, he first assured them that he would only dip once, and then once he got to the mikva he did all the 310. Saba did the 310 each time with his head (not just with his finger).

Rosenthal also said that the most important and significant thing to tell over about Saba was how he was always extremely happy and joyous, and how he used to tell people that if only they were happy the could accomplish - pull off - so very much.... (Rabbainu revealed that joy breeds success...).

BH meeting up another time with Rosenthal he told me that he personally recorded three songs that Saba composed and sang from Shir Hashirim, but the tape got caught and lost.

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BH after getting to hear these stories, I had the good fortune of speaking again with our new friend and now I got the half stories and the juice... 

Saba once cut himself between his toes from a nail jutting out of a bench by the mikva, and he had to get stitched up by a local doctor, and he got a tetanus shot.

Saba was once visited by the notorious fraud "moharash," and he received him pleasantly - this was in 1986 (We know from Morriss that in America, a few years before, Saba once removed a Likutay Tefilos from the table and put it on the floor, and it was discovered that it was from a printing of the above mentioned fraud). Afterwards Saba's immense dislike for his falsehood became blatant.

Once after Saba recited Tikun Haklali, Rosenthal told him it was time to make a feast of Rosh Chodesh or Shabbos, Saba said fine, but we have to bring the people to faith. Shortly after a bunch of people arrived - people Rosenthal didn't recognize, and Saba began speaking with them about belief in HY. He was telling one of them how there is a Creator, and the person was like; really? where is He etc.. Saba said He is inside of you, your soul is a part of HY.... Later this person repented and became observant, and he credited Saba for bringing him  back to the holy faith.

Many people came just to jeer at Saba or for a quick thrill, and Rosenthal would often throw people out. Saba was never bothered by anyone, even still Rosenthal guestimates that 40% of the times that he threw people out, Saba was happy and relieved. Saba used to great everyone with the greatest reverence and attention. Rosenthal says he regrets leaving Saba, and that before leaving Saba took his hands and asked him to stay. Before he left, Rosenthal warned Yisroel Dagan that Saba needed constant attendance, to get rid of people and to look after his health etc.. But after he left the young French took over and a completely different era unfolded.

Saba used to go the mikva everyday, very rarely missing. He would go at chatzos.

Saba had a very loose stomach, and the food that was brought to him was not sensitive to his needs, which just compounded the matter. Once Saba was bleeding in his stool, and it took him till 4pm until he was able to pray the morning prayer.

Sometimes Gedalia Kenig would have to come over to get Saba to take his medication.

Previously we wrote Saba's sleeping order, now Rosenthal added that Saba used to sleep for a little - around 20 minutes every night before chatzos, so that he could fulfill Rabbainu's directive that the main job of a Jew is to get up (i.e. wake up and start the day) at chatzos.

BH last night - the eve of 14th of Kislev 5777 at the wedding of Avi Pretter I had the good fortune of meeting up again with SR, as the Talmud in Brachos (6b) says that the reward for going to a wedding are "words" - and so I merited to get more vintage stories about Saba. SR told me that Saba was prone to come up with something new to repent on every half hour. Once on Friday night SR went over to help serve Saba the Shabbos meal, and he heard Saba speaking to HY before making Kiddush - "Do You remember the "shehakoal" blessing I made in the morning, I didn't really put intention into blessing You, of course You remember, for it says "ain <there is no> shichichu <forgetting> lifnay <before> keesay <the throne> kivoadechu <of Your glory>" and Saba proceeded to recite the veedoy (confession) clapping his chest, "ushamanoo <we have sinned>, bugadnoo <we have been disloyal>, guzalnoo <we have stolen>...." and continued in this vein of repentance for three and a half hours!


Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

AD - BC

HH

AD and BC kind of revolve around the time of the destruction of the 2nd temple.

The secret of sleep - of the first half of the night.

The 4 primary elongated Names of YHVH

72 - Av
63 - Sahg
45 - Mah
52 - Bahn

Av shines only into Bahn, leaving Mah and Sahg in the dark. This is like AD - A - Av shines only into the 4th and lowest - D, because without the Temple it is like the darkness of the first half of the night. But with the temple we had BC - the radiance of Sahg and Mah.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

Win the Lottery, not Nanach

HH

The story is told that the wife of R' Yisroel Salanter bought a lottery ticket, when he heard of this he was very agitated and immediately wrote up a contract disowning himself of his wife's possessions. He said what if she should win all that money, how would I be able to sleep when there are people hungry in the streets and I am sitting on money that could feed them.

The story seems a bit strange, because wouldn't he rather be able to help as many people as possible. Probably RYS realized that although feeding these people is a high priority, it would not be the ultimate solution, and definitely not in areas further away. So since he was involved in working on his system to really bring rectification to the world, and having to tend to feeding people would detract him from this, he shied far away from such responsibility.

So the other day my friend bought a lottery ticket, and I told him straight up 100% he wasn’t going to win, and it was foolish of him even to think otherwise. For if a Nanach such as himself who has only one thing on his mind day and night to spread Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman, if he would come into a few million dollars that would already finance so much hafatza that would be forsure a huge step, if not the final step, to the ultimate redemption. And since it is highly doubtful that this is the way HY is going to bring the redemption, through this lottery ticket, there's just no way it's the winning ticket. It seemed to me that he agreed completely.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!