Na Nach on the Torah Portion of VaYichey - references to all the original teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and his disciples

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פרשת ויחי – Portion of Va-yichey <And he (Yaakov) lived>

48:28 וַיְחִי יַעֲקֹב בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה: And Yaakov lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years.

The tzadikim rectify the world by transforming the worst states into the most joyous

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Blessing of Thanksgiving 6:51

48:1 הִנֵּה אָבִיךָ חֹלֶה: Behold your father is sick.

When the tzadikim are sick they illuminate daas (realization of knowledge) in the disciples

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Raishis Hagaiz 3:11

48:8-9 וַיֹּאמֶר מִי אֵלֶּה: {ט} וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל אָבִיו בָּנַי הֵם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לִי אֱלֹהִים בָּזֶה: And he <Yaakov> said, “Who are these?” And Yosef said to his father, “They are my sons which G-d gave me with/in this.

The discussion between Yaakov and Yosef was regarding the matter of seeing the good points that would come from them

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Eruvay Tichumen 6:15

49:1 וַיִּקְרָא יַעֲקֹב אֶל בָּנָיו וגו': And Yaakov called to his sons.

Drawing daas (holy realization of knowledge) into the worldliness

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Partners of property 5

49:1 הֵאָסְפוּ וְאַגִּידָה לָכֶם: Gather and I will tell you.

Yaakov told them that their recourse was that they should have solidarity and peace between themselves

Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Ninth of Av and fast days 4:13

49:1 הֵאָסְפוּ וְאַגִּידָה לָכֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא אֶתְכֶם בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים: Gather and I will tell you that which will occur to you in the end of days.

Not to pressure something to be done prematurely

This is what he rebuked the 3 tribes that their fault was in the aspect of acting to force something untimely

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Gizaila (stealing openly) 5:10

49:2 הִקָּבְצוּ וְשִׁמְעוּ בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב: Gather and listen Children of Yaakov.

Yaakov merited to establish 12 tribes of which each one had its own unique mindset and they all recognized the Unity of HY, for this is the essential perfection – for the Unity to be recognizable out of a multiple different effective agents.

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Crossbreeding 4:3

49:4 פַּחַז כַּמַּיִם אַל תּוֹתַר: Impetuous like water you can not claim the privileges (of the firstborn).

He rebuked them that they were drawn after ill counsel – for it is necessary to profusely deliberate and settle oneself to attain proper counsel

Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Ninth of Av and fastdays 4:15

49:10 לֹא יָסוּר שֵׁבֶט מִיהוּדָה וּמְחֹקֵק מִבֵּין רַגְלָיו עַד כִּי יָבֹא (שילה) שִׁילוֹ: The scepter will not leave Yehuda and the legal regulator from his progeny until the Shilo (Messiah) comes.

He prophesied about the multitude of books and the invention of the printing press through which the books would infinitely proliferate close to the coming of Messiah, all of them necessary to the world to draw close to HY.

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Ya'yeen Nesech (wine libation) 3:5

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Overcoming Temptation

HH when the evil inclination persistently pesters a person relentlessly, gradually he begins to despair of ever being free of it GF, and slowly his resolve ebbs away.
There are a lot of pointers to help one combat this, and here is one.
Keep in mind that every second that one defeats the urge and temptation, he is credited with a big mitzvah and accomplishment. So there is no reason to see the onslaught as one long losing tirade with no way out but to succumb, rather one should see how every second he is gaining and being more and more victorious, for even if GF in the end he gives in, that will not detract from these victories, so one has only to keep winning.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman Me'Uman

Holy Brazenness -- ויגבה לבו - עזות דקדושה

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Rabbi Nachman says that sin is so disgusting, especially sexual sins, for a true tzaddik even fulfilling the mitzva of having children is excruciatingly painful - because the tzaddik lives the da'as - the true intellect, and this act involves a person with parts of the body which are the vessels and conduits of the body's waste and gore, and all the more so, sexual sin G"F, is completely repugnant and disgusting. So a person must have holy ego and brazenness to hold himself upright and not to fall to what does not behoove and become of him. And so with all matters of holy aspirations, one must be very strong and resolute in self esteem and confidence, and not be meek and humble (- this is a little complicated, because true resolution and holy brazenness will actually be humility, but I cannot explain this here), Just when it comes to general matters one must be utmost humble. So we find by Yosef, when he was accosted by the wife of Poateefar, the holy Torah records a whole speech in which Yosef asserts his prestige, and in so doing he refused to acquiesce to fall into sin.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman. 

טבע של האדם מהיצר הרע, להיות כאילו ענו בעניני עבודת השם, מי הוא בכלל שיזכה להשיג את התורה וצדקות וכן בענין הנסיונות של שמירת הברית, האדם לא אוחז מעצמו, ונופל לדברים מכוערים רחמנא ליצלן. אבל בעניני חול יש לו כל גאוה בריאה מאד השם ירחם. וזה צריך להיות הפוך לגמרי. אצל יוסף הצדיק כאשר אשת פוטיפר תבעו לדבר עבירה, פתאום הוא מאריך בגדולתו, והתורה מקדשת כל דבריו, איננו גדול בבית הזה וכו'. כאשר באים לידי נסיון, צריכים הרבה גאוה, עזות דקדושה להיות חזק בדעה שמעשים מכוערים הם לא מתאימים ולא ראויים לך, וכן לענין כל דבר של קדושה, צריכים להיות תקיף בדעה שזה שייך לך, ואילו בדברים של חול, צריכים תכלית הענוה.

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