Nathan of Breslov

“ He said, "I am more humble than all the well-known figures, for each one has his way of service, and I — am humble, for they are considered by me as nothing. For, the attribute of humility is to not consider oneself anything, but to be nothing and non-existent in his eyes. ”

“ And behold, when one gives the sick person into the hands of the doctor, behold he is like one who gives him to an actual murderer. For his treatments will certainly harm him more than a murderer's blow, and why would one want to kill the sick person with one's hands? ”

“ And whoever was not privileged to see the awe that was constantly upon his face, has never ever seen awe. And all the kinds of worldly charm were upon him, and he was full of the most wonderful fear and love in the world. ”

“ And what happened was like this: that I traveled with him on the carriage to escort him to Tcherin for Shabbat Shirah, and then on the way he said that a certain thing had flashed before him at that moment, and that is when he said the aforementioned matter. And then he spoke with me a great deal, and strengthened me and consoled me then very much with sweet and pleasant words, and restored my soul a great deal, and said to me, "Won't it all be nullified due to the satisfaction that you will have? And is it an accomplishment to benefit a man in only the coming world? ”

“ And my learning is a novelty! And he began to speak gloriously of himself, declaring, “I can learn; I can show the biggest lamdan of the biggest that he still can't learn at all and doesn't know at all. And conversely, I can show the little ones that they are close to Hashem Yitbarakh and the Torah etc.” ”

“ Even Rabbeinu obm said: the books of the Yad where they discuss halakhot, are superbly done but the sefer Moreh Nebukhim, I hope Hashem can forgive the twisted crooked mistakes he made there that are unparalleled in touching the very foundations of the Holy Torah, as is known. And how can we deny the observation that's right in front of our eyes, that whoever looks there sees with his own plain eyes that his words are antithetical to the Torah, and anti the words of our Rabbis obm. ”

“ You just hold yourselves together; then you will be kosher people, and not just kosher but even tzaddikim and good [Jews] you will be. For Hashem Yitbarakh will definitely help me that it will be as I wish, as I have long desired, for by Hashem's help I definitely have finished and will finish according to my desire. And he said that whoever makes contact with and connects with one of his followers will definitely be a kosher man in truth, and not just a kosher man but even a total tzaddik, as I would want. ”

“ For in knowing the Blessed Creator's desire, he is content with anything, and there is nothing and no affliction difficult for him at all whatsoever. But his main toil and affliction is in the aspect mentioned, in the aspect of "Moshe added a day from his mind," namely the thing that remains to his mind to choose to do as he pleases when there is no mitzvah as mentioned. Herein is the main toil and difficulty, for he does not know what to do, and sometimes he is willing to have several afflictions, and then he does not know if this is the Blessed Creators' will. ”

“ For, a person with choice, it is extremely hard to have an effect on him, to detach him from his free will and turn him to the way of truth, for even the most evil person since he is already gone to his world he can do whatever with him, and whatever he commands him he'll do, even if he's extremely wicked. On the other hand even a great tzadik who is still in his body and has choice, it is very hard to affect him and turn him to the truth from some way or matter that he needs to return him from. ”

“ The world says that the true Tzadik of towering stature does not need much money, because why should he need money? But I said that there is such a contemplative understanding [of the Torah] for which one needs all the fortune of the world. ”

“ He spoke up and said, "You do such a thing — and how are you not ashamed, in the presence of your forefathers, in front of your grandfather Rabbi Nachman and in front of your great-grandfather the Baal Shem Tov obm, and how are you not embarrassed from Torat-Moshe and the Holy Patriarchs Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov etc.? What do you think — you can live here? Can you live here forever? Won't your money run out, and you're a tender man, so what will you do? Do you really think you can cast away to some land? ”

“ For, there are simple people who eat in order to have strength to study, and there are people higher above and they study in order to have knowledge how to eat. And I wanted it to be in its simple manner, that the end of the meal would be in study after eating, which is the aspect of simple service, where they eat and then study, that is, they eat in order to have strength to learn. ”

“ The world says that from talking words no one conceives [a child] ; but I said that by the Tzadik’s telling of words, through which he arouses people from their sleep, conception comes to barren women. ”

“ That's how Hashem Yitbarakh commanded us to "raise our hearts in our hands up to the sky" while our heart is "a heart of stone." It's a very big and heavy stone and it's absolutely impossible to lift it up to Hashem Yitbarakh by any means except by taking a hammer and breaking the stone heart, and then we can lift it up. And the hammer is your speech. That's the end of the parable. Understand it. One time Rabbeinu obm said we need to be very busy with saying Tehillim, supplications, prayers, Hitboddedut, etc. And the Rav Rebbi Yudel obm asked him, "How do you win the heart?" ”

“ It appears to me that this is the topic of the talk which I heard from his holy mouth before Shabbat Chanukah [5] 565, regarding the creations in the universe, that all the images and forms of all people are all included in the word אדם/Adam/man stated in the Torah, "Na`aseh adam/Let us make man," for in this word, Adam, which Hashem Yitbarakh spoke — "Na`aseh adam/Let us make man," — in this word, all varieties of forms of people in the world are included. ”

“ Nonetheless whatever is possible for us to comprehend, whatever allusion in this wondrous and awesome vision — how good for the soul!
ודוק היטב מאד בהתורה הנ"ל, ובהמעשה ותבין עוד רמזים נפלאים ותראה נפלאות השם לפי השגתך, מה מאד עמקו מחשבותיו, אם אמנם אחר כל זה אף אם מוצאים איזה רמזים בעלמא, עדין הדברים סתומים וחתומים עד עת קץ. עם כל זה מה שאפשר לנו להשיג איזה רמז בעלמא במראה נפלאה ונוראה כזו, מה טוב להנשמה.
For, it is a great privilege for a person to have his thoughts roam the words of Rabbeinu of blessed memory, holy and awesome; no one compares to him. ”

“ Only if occasionally the man is constipated many days, God forbid, then something needs to be done for him to open his bowels. But one time in two days is better for the body's health. And he told a great deal about this and made his holy opinion clear that he favors this opinion. At any rate a man should not waste any time at all for "cleanliness," as his holy talk about this is explained at length in the books which have been printed.
511 He said he knows of a sofer/scribe who is a hidden tzaddik. And Rabbeinu of blessed memory very much wanted us to have tefillin from him. ”

“ Rabbeinu z"l spoke up and said, "That is how your Yetzer Hara` is: at first it comes and knocks on the man, and when he turns his back to him and replies, There are none of his soldiers here, and makes him go away and then he goes away, nevertheless afterwards he comes again and knocks on the man, even though he already made him go away and answered him, None of his soldiers are here, as he and his soldiers have no place here. Nevertheless he does not hold back from coming again and again, and one needs to drive him out each time, until he is driven out completely." ”

“ Rabbi Nachman Horondenker, memory of the righteous is a blessing, grandson and nephew of the Godly Tanna, holy one of Yisrael, our great Maestro Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, memory of the righteous and holy is blessing, may their merit protect us and all Yisrael, Amen. ”

“ In this book is told a little of his holy life, his enormous toil and effort in serving Hashem Yithbarakh in enormous and supreme self sacrifice, from his childhood days to his passing, until he merited to live true life, life that is truly called "life." ”

“ The public found it quite hard to understand why this one who is not clever has all the responsibility, and everyone comes to him to make a deposit or withdrawal from the treasuries, while the clever one has no appointment at all. ”

“ And whatever their originated new things, was in Ruach haKodesh, on a supremely high level, and they powerfully strengthen and establish the Holy Faith that began from Avraham Avinu obm etc., and very much motivate a person to perform Torat Moshe with all its details and particulars, and to keep far from those other books, they are the opposite of all this, as is known and publicized. Fortunate is whoever let himself not be misled by them, and instead chooses the honest Truth! ”

“ Even though the ancient doctors were always saying that one needs to have loose stools, and also for every illness they were saying to open up the orifices — but now their research has led them to conclude the exact opposite, that it is just the reverse, better for one's bodily health to be slightly constipated. And especially an ill person, it is better for him to be slightly constipated, specifically. ”

“ The immensity of the stirring and kindling of all the people present at the dancing is impossible to explain or describe it in any kind of writing. And he had already revealed many extremely lofty Torot on the business of dancing and clapping. Also this Torah LaShemesh explains about the concept of dancing, but occasions for dancing only happened very rarely; however that year he danced several times namely Simchat Torah, then Shabbat Chanukkah after teaching the Torah Ra'ithi menorath zahav in LM #8, then on Purim in Medvdedevka, then at this wedding. ”

“ That is, within these hours as well, he had merited the aspect of not knowing. Now discern these matters, for they are extremely deep, high and lofty things. Fortunate is a man born of woman who has merited such attainments, the utmost truth. And see above regarding this, that in this regard, in the aspect of "I do not know," he was a novelty, quite apart, as we heard from his holy mouth. ”

“ For, the usual way with a man is that when money comes to his hand, especially a great deal of money, his face changes and other things change in him; but with me, even if I will receive an enormous amount at once, there is no change in me at all." And I heard in his name that he said that his way of receiving money is a novelty among the novelties that Hashem Yitbarakh has, for Hashem Yitbarakh has many novelties, and his way of receiving money is a novelty by Hashem Yitbarakh [even] among His novelties.
269 The fourth of Elul 5569, Breslev. ”

“ For sure, prayer and supplication always help. See the Sicha relevant to the Torah “Lashemesh som oihel bohem” (Likutei Moharan I, Torah #49) where it is further explained how very much he toiled in those times concerning the ‘Punktin’ that were then being heard. These are the very same decrees that have been promulgated in our days, due to our many sins, sixteen years after his passing. ”

“ And likewise even those who were not privileged to know our Rabbi of blessed memory during his lifetime, when they come to his holy grave and rely on him and learn his holy books and accustom themselves to walk in his holy ways that are mentioned in his holy books, surely they have on what to rely. ”

“ Namely, he knew what our Rabbis z"l said: "Adam `over `averah omer shelo' yir'eni adam/A man who commits [lit. passes] a transgresssion says that 'No man will see me [alternately: Let Adam (the image of God) not see me] .'" And he did not say anything, but only emphasized the words, "Shelo' yir'eni Adam," and did not explain at all what became known to him, for he had already prefaced that he cannot explain the things, for the simple meaning of the thing appears the same. ”

“ And then he traveled to Navritch and he was in Zaslav, Ostroh, Dubna, Brod and other additional places, and he was looked for and they did not know his whereabouts. And he was in the house of the big opposers in Brod and he had involvement with each and every one of them. When he entered Brod the whole city came out to him. (Explanation: for they did not at all intend to honor him, for they did not know about him at all, but rather, anyhow it was ordained that way from Hashem Yitbarakh) . And I heard a voice of shouting of their cravings, that they crave and shout, "Money!" ”

“ A bird flew off in joy and they all flew off like him, and a shout went out in the world, "Mazal tov, Mazal tov!" And I too yelled, "Mazal tov!"
ושאלתי על מה הם באין לכאן, ואמרו לי שהם באין לכאן להיות להם פאקין [אבעבועות] . ושאלתי למה זה ואמרו לי שהלחה של הפאקין, היא הלחה הנ"ל שממיתה אותם שכנגדם. ושאלתי הלא מפאקין יכולים למות מהם גם כן ואמרו לי שכן הוא באמת, ומאותן הנבלות שמתין מהם זה מזיק לאותו המקום שהם מתים שם. והיה לי צער גדול, כי יראתי שלא אגוע חס ושלום מסרחון הנבלות, כי היו שם צפרים הרבה מאד, והייתי מתפלל להשם יתברך על זה. ”

“ Just hold steady in total faith, as we've already explained many times.>
(Also, what is brought in the Rambam's Yad, some philosophical queries such as in Laws of the Foundations of the Torah and in Laws of Human Dispositions, and in the beginning of Laws of Idolatry - a person needs to flee from them as well and not look at them at all. Any place philosophy is discussed, one must totally run away from there.) ”

“ And his meaning was regarding the illumination with which they lit up the minds of their students, drawing many men to Hashem Yitbarakh, but afterwards their illumination stopped. But we need to do something that will never stop; that these men will make other men, and they will make more men, and thus for ever. ”

“ And those who are smart enough to look into our words with an honest eye will understand a little of the greatness of the Creator, Blessed Is He, through this, and the greatness of the tzaddikim and how many sufferings and troubles they suffer for the sake of repair of our souls. ”