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The Last Journey of Dr. Gevald's Nanach Mobile

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On Monday September 2, 2012, I set out from the Swan Lake towards Montreal, at exit 30 of the Thruway, I turned off to get gas, because the car was completely empty. There was no gas there, and some guy told me that the nearest gas was exit 31 - 13 miles away. So without a choice I booked over to exit 31 and I arrived at the pump with the last spurt of gas, so I thought I made it - I put in some gas, and resumed the journey, but I didn't make it very far before the transmission wiped out, just as a shoulder appeared on the side of the road. There was a house in the distance, but I was separated by a fenced hill and the Booulet River. So first I hike off in a different direction and I find a camp site with the burial site of "Zack the best dog in the world". Eventually I headed over to the house, which was not inhabited, but there were some people in trailers behind the house. - The cell phone I have didn't have "minutes" and I tried to add minutes but was unable - the whole night I wasn't able - another bad experience with AT&T. As I approached the house I saw a police car pull up to my car - but I was to far to do anything about it, I tried 911 and got cut off. So this older couple in a trailer let me use their phone, but I couldn't call Canada, and everyone I was calling wasn't answering, finally I got ahold of my cousin MW who tried to help but there wasn't much he could do. Meanwhile I also got through to the police and I told them where I was, they told me to return to the car, after making some plans for what would happen, I headed back to the car, about half way there the police drove off, later the officer complained to me that he wasted a half hour waiting there for me. Another officer told me that he saw me praying there - that must have been Mincha which I did as soon as I was stuck on the shoulder. Back in the Nanach mobile I tried playing around with some prayers, and the car actually moved a few feet, but that was it - today the tow truck guy told me that he examined the transmission and it is completely wiped out, he also thinks that the gas wasn't the whole problem, because there were other tragedies going on as evidenced by leakages of oil. Eventually a policeman came and told me that I should never have left the car, especially since it was very dangerous because there are bears and what not out there, obviously he didn't know about G-d or for That matter - Na Nach. The tow truck guy came and I gave him the car in return for the tow - he left me off at the Essex County Correctional Facility right off of exit 32. Cleaning out the Nanach mobile was a lengthy ordeal, and I also salvaged the stereo. The police were not happy with my being there and told me that they wouldn't give me very much time, they didn't want me using their phone so they directed me to a nearby diner - which was closed, and the adjacent gas station didn't have a phone. There was a guy who pulled up for gas - Li'im, he was very nice and he let me use his phone, and I told him about Nanach. Li'im plays the cello. On the phone I got through to Avi in Montreal, but he couldn't get a car. He got busy calling people, but didn't succeed. Then a Jew from Williamsburg driving a van with his whole family pulls up, he's looking for the house of a Rabbi Lifer - it's supposed to be nearby - but he can't find it. So Liim and I keep at it, and then another Jew from Williamsburg or Monroe pulls up - he's a regular at this gas station, he also heard of Lifer but didn't know his whereabouts. Then a lady cop pulls up, and I tell her you probably came for me - that's what I figured because all my stuff was sitting by their station and I had been gone for some time. She said that she had come to show someone where the gas station was, and she asked me if she could help me in any way. So, nothing to lose, I asked her if she knew where Rabbi Lifer's house was. She said sure - there's only one house here and there's a rabbi there - and it's right there.... Liim is really getting a taste of Nanach now! Then the gas station attendant came out to tell us that he's closing soon at 11:00, and he hears what's going on - and he apologizes to me, saying that he didn't know that I was looking for the rabbi - the house is right there, its open 24 hours a day, with coffee and tea, he's excited about this, as are we all - 2 Chasidishe families in their vans, the Korean (?) gas station attendant and Liim... So Liim has to get going, and B"H he'll be following up on Nanach, and the Chasideshe's drive over to the house - where a third family appeared (I don't remember when they made their appearance, it is possible that they had also been with us the gas station), and I got all my bags from the penitentiary (amazing how earlier I had this discussion with someone about things that cause a person to be incarcerated C"V, as posted recently in nanach.net - and how even in today's time this happens to Nanachs - straight up!) and head over to the Hachnasas Orchim, where I am entertaining the families till about 12:30. The house has a phone and (maybe this is a secret so I won't write it.....). That's the wraps on the first part of the story, B"H there will be a very happy Nanach ending which of course will be a beginning.
Great blessings of Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

The epilogue is that the guy helped me find a ride to Montreal (paying the fare - 2 people actually drove right past) and has since been in contact with me and has given me more more money B"H.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman!

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Hisbodidus - Alone Time

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Introduction

Hisbodidus {pronounced: hisboadidoos} literally means to be alone, and it takes on the meaning and function of all things holy that are best, or can only be achieved, alone. Notwithstanding all the noble and critical devotions that occur and are performed during hisbodidus – many of which will be presented in this book, being alone is of itself an end not just a means. G-d Almighty is One, solitaire, alone. The father of all Israel, Abraham, is extolled in Scriptures (Yichezkel 33:24) as being “one,” and in the preface to the second volume of Likutay Moharan (The Collection of (the holy teachings) of Our Master Rabbi Nachman), Rabbi Nachman makes it clear that devotion to G-d begins only from this point where a Jew takes on this attribute of Abraham and can stand alone even against the antagonism and backlash of all his loved ones, family, and the entire world. Rabbi Nachman even explained to little children how ultimately they would be alone in the grave.[1] Rabbi Nachman said that if a person, even one stooped in sin and vice, would be left alone without any influence of others, ultimately the person would come around to be good.[2] Rabbi Nachman taught how each person is like a monarch with his own kingdom,[3] and each person must take responsibility for himself and the entire world.[4] This was a phenomenally novel idea for those times when the Jew was totally downtrodden under very dismal living conditions and almost without rights. Even still Rabbi Nachman expected everyone to realize their own majesty and take control accordingly (3). Today, when most people enjoy full rights and liberties, and are privileged with so many amenities the likes of which may not have even been accorded to former kings, Rabbi Nachman’s teaching radiates with its truth. The mentality and viewpoint of a king is entirely different than that of a commoner. A king must have full knowledge of his kingdom, and he must maintain proper control and management. A king also has entertainers. A king must have time for himself, especially in private gardens and nature reserves. All these properties and more, Rabbi Nachman wanted every person to achieve and maintain. Rabbi Nachman belittled the shlimazel (-good for nothing),[5] he demanded that people take control of their lives, for and by themselves. Rabbi Nachman demands that a person have complete financial independence and not need anyone’s approval of any sort for anything.[6] Rabbi Nachman warned very strongly against all the contemporary rabbis,[7] and this was not only due to their fraud, and corruption, and bad advice, but because he expected every person to take stock and be their own man,[8] and not be reliant on anyone. Rabbi Nachman himself rarely told anyone what to do, at best he would give a suggestion, some type of advice with a direction,[9] and there are documented stories of when Rabbi Nachman did tell people what to do, fully hoping and expecting them to challenge what he told them![10] All of this needs to be expounded upon properly in its proper place, for here we will just take out the point that hisbodidus, which is one of the most fundamental features of Breslov, isn’t just a means to be able to work on proper devotion of Hashem, hisbodidus is intrinsically and innately an attribute which must be acquired. Thus Rabbi Nachman said it is extremely beneficial just to sit in hisbodidus even if one is unsuccessful to do anything then,[11] and ultimately one should be able to be in a state of hisbodidus even when surrounded by multitudes of people,[12] and even when interacting with them![13]

Rabbi Nachman said (Life of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman, article 107) that in his youth, every time he would return from doing hisbodidus the world looked completely new. This is also an aspect of mastery, because the heightened understanding gained over the world, is new acquisition and secures dominion over it in an even more elevated state (of the world).[14]

There were many great tzadikim who helped elevate their brethren, these tzadikim would imbue those they came in contact with or prayed for, with such holiness that they would uproot them from whatever evils they were caught up in, and immediately bring them to a holy paradigm of existence. Rabbi Nachman reserved such treatment for rectifying the souls of the dead, but for those still living he almost never circumvented their personal bechira (-point of free choice). The person himself would have to overcome and gain in his own personal growth, but Rabbi Nachman would help him in this very point of conflict.[15] Rabbi Nachman said that his entire affair is Rosh Hashana[16] (-New Years), and this is an aspect of knowing the place where everyone stands (because only one who knows where the other stands can judge him, as explained in Likutay Moharan), and thus Rabbainu knows how to help a person in that person’s place. This I believe is part of the secret of what Saba Yisroel Dov Odesser repeated over and over again in the name of Rabbainu: “I am Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman,” meaning that the “I,” a person’s true self and identity is rooted in Rabbainu, particularly in the new revelation of Rabbainu’s name Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman. This is why there can not be any explicit explanation and revelation of this secret, just as Rabbi Nachman wrote afterwards, “with the strengthening of devotion you will understand it.” This is similar to Rabbi Nachman’s reply when Rabbi Nussun asked him a very deep paradox as to the root of a person’s will (see The Life of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman, article 482), because the only way to understand it, is to be it.

This book has primarily two parts. The first part is a translation of the entry on hisbodidus from the holy book Likutay Aitzoas – A Collection of Remedies/Advice. Likutay Aitzoas presents the reader with succinct summations of the teachings of Rabbi Nachman in such a way that they can be readily and practically implemented. Rabbi Nachman himself commissioned Rabbi Nussun to compose it. Since the topic of hisbodidus earned an entire book dedicated to it – Outpouring of the Soul (Hishtapchus Hanefesh) where almost everything in this book is brought down, and often at greater length with greater clarification and elaboration, citations are provided for it along with the original sources.

The second part of the book are prayers pertaining hisbodidus taken from Likutay Tifeeloas (Collection of Prayers) authored by Rabbi Nussun based on the teachings of Likutay Moharan (Also composed at Rabbi Nachman’s bidding).

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[1] Chayay Moharan – The Life of Our Master Rabbi Nachman, article 490.

[2] Sichos Huran – The Words of Rabbi Nachman, article 81.

[3] Likutay Moharan, Torah-teaching 3 and 56 and volume II, Torah-teaching 1 and 7.

[4] Likutay Moharan, Torah-teaching 5.

[5] Likutay Moharan, volume II, Torah-teachings 7 and 72. Sefer Hamidos – Character, entry of Mitigation of Judgment, item 2.

[6] Likutay Moharan, Torah-teaching 66 and elsewhere. Independence primarily refers to the mindset of complete faith, reliance, and trust in Gd, even if practically one is receiving from others (see The Life of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman, article 502, and Likutay Halachos, the presents of one on his deathbed, 2:2).

[7] Likutay Moharan, volume 2, Torah-teaching 80, and in too many other places to enumerate here.

[8] Thus Rabbi Nachman explained (Likutay Moharan, Torah-teaching 3) the Mishanaic dictum (Ethics of Our Fathers, 1) to make for yourself a rabbi, to really mean, make yourself the rabanut – build up your own kingdom!

[9] Chayay Moharan - The Life of Our Master Rabbi Nachman, article 430.

[10] See Chayay Moharan – The Life of Our Master Rabbi Nachman, article 406, regarding what Rabbainu told someone not to come to him for Rosh Hashana, and see Siach Sarfay Kodesh 4:626 how Rabbainu originally told Rabbi Nussun to take up the position of Rabbi, and he stuck to this instruction even after Rabbi Nussun asked him (with tremendous holy brazenness) if it was the truth, only after Rabbi Nussun persisted and continued to ask Rabbainu if it was the utter real truth, only then Rabbainu told him definitely not!

[11] Sichos Huran – The Words of Rabbi Nachman, article 275.

[12] Chayay Moharan – The Life of Our Master Rabbi Nachman, article 241. Sefer Charaidim, page 68a, brought in Chok LiYisroel, Meekaitz, Monday.

[13] Sichos Huran – The Words of Rabbi Nachman, article 158.

[14] For deeper understanding and contemplation of this, see Sichos Huran – The Words of Rabbi Nachman, article 247, that the more worldly honor and wealth a person attains, the further and more distant it will be from him, in contradistinction to Torah and good deeds where the greater the attainment the closer they are. And see Likutay Moharan, Torah-teaching 191, that a king holds in his heart his entire kingdom.

[15] There references for this are too numerous, but so as not to leave the reader without anything, see the Intro to Rabbi Nussun’s letters Ulim Litrufa, and see Michtivay Shmuel 1:67.

[16] The Life of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman 220, 403.

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[1] Chayay Moharan – The Life of Our Master Rabbi Nachman, article 490.

[2] Sichos Huran – The Words of Rabbi Nachman, article 81.

[3] Likutay Moharan, Torah-teaching 3 and 56 and volume II, Torah-teaching 1 and 7.

[4] Likutay Moharan, Torah-teaching 5.

[5] Likutay Moharan, volume II, Torah-teachings 7 and 72. Sefer Hamidos – Character, entry of Mitigation of Judgment, item 2.

[6] Likutay Moharan, Torah-teaching 66 and elsewhere. Independence primarily refers to the mindset of complete faith, reliance, and trust in Gd, even if practically one is receiving from others (see Likutay Halachos, the presents of one on his deathbed, 2:2).

[7] Likutay Moharan, volume 2, Torah-teaching 80, and in too many other places to enumerate here.

[8] Thus Rabbi Nachman explained (Likutay Moharan, Torah-teaching 3) the Mishanaic dictum (Ethics of Our Fathers, 1) to make for yourself a rabbi, to really mean, make yourself the rabanut – build up your own kingdom!

[9] Chayay Moharan - The Life of Our Master Rabbi Nachman, article 430.

[10] See Chayay Moharan – The Life of Our Master Rabbi Nachman, article 406, regarding what Rabbainu told someone not to come to him for Rosh Hashana, and see Siach Sarfay Kodesh 4:626 how Rabbainu originally told Rabbi Nussun to take up the position of Rabbi, and he stuck to this instruction even after Rabbi Nussun asked him (with tremendous holy brazenness) if it was the truth, only after Rabbi Nussun persisted and continued to ask Rabbainu if it was the utter real truth, only then Rabbainu told him definitely not!

[11] Sichos Huran – The Words of Rabbi Nachman, article 275.

[12] Chayay Moharan – The Life of Our Master Rabbi Nachman, article 241. Sefer Charaidim, page 68a, brought in Chok LiYisroel, Meekaitz, Monday.

[13] Sichos Huran – The Words of Rabbi Nachman, article 158.