Nathan of Breslov

“ For in truth I myself am the liable one from all the sides, and this too I do not merit to say for truth’s sake alone, but only by mouth, but You are good to all and full of compassion at all times, and You have already done many favors and great mercies and unfathomable wonders with me. ”

“ In fear and trembling let us make You king over us, and let us be privileged to feel the awesome fear of You in all our 248 limbs and 365 sinews, and let the fear of You be over our faces, so that we commit no error or transgression at all, neither unintentional nor deliberate, from now until forever. And let the fear of Hashem hover over us constantly, in complete truth and steadfastness, till we merit through the fear of Hashem to prolong and expand our days and to add, every day, every period, and every hour, an addition of extra holiness. ”

“ Rather, all of time stems from lack of consciousness, that in Your wonders and awesome things, You conceal this knowledge from mankind in order that time should exist, and it is all for the sake of free choice. But really, in true consciousness, there is no time at all. Let us be privileged to connect ourselves and be subsumed, truly, in True Tzaddikim, who merited this in completion, to be subsumed with their entire consciousnesses into the aspect of above time, and exited out of time completely, and escaped in entirety from all the evil doings done under the sun and within time. ”

“ What is there to do for us that He has not done for us, through his holy and awesome Tzaddikim and sages who were in each and every era from the giving of the holy Torah until today, who all, united, rouse and awaken us with great arousal, "ve'ein ish sam `al-lev/and no man takes it to heart" [Isa. 57:1] , and I am poor, aching and exhausted; I have no escape and deliverance except I cry out and shout: "Qoli el-Hashem ekra, veya`aneni mehar kodsho, Selah/With my voice I call out to Hashem, and he answers me out of His holy mountain, Selah. ”

“ Do you still not return, do you still pave over your lifeforce and not set it free, that it should return to do the will of He who formed you and created you, which is its entire strong and enormous desire, yearning and longing? ”

“ You are the First and You are the Last and beside You there is no god, and You created the heavens and the earth and all their host, and Adam HaRishon you formed on it, in the six days of Creation, and on the Seventh Day you stopped and rested and tranquilly. ”

“ If all the seas were ink and all the lakes quills, and all mankind scribes and tongues praiseful, it would not suffice to describe and explain one thousandth or ten-thousandth of His vast lovingkindness which He practices generously in every era, and especially on those who are groaning, crushed, waiting, and expectant to return to Him, Yitbarakh, in truth. ”

“ Tie yourself truly to Hashem Yitbarakh and return no more to folly. Draw you eyes on high and remember your love of old; wake up, wake up, arise, my lifeforce, arise! "`Uri uri dabri-shir/Awake, awake, utter a song" [Judg. 5:12] . "Al-techerash ve'al-tiskhot/Hold not Your peace, and be not still" [Ps. 83:2] . Lift up your sweet voice, open your mouth and bring out your pleasant utterances before Hakadosh Barukh Hu, open your mouth and let your words shine! ”

“ And let our souls be strong and courageous and mighty in great power of holiness, until a good profusion and blessing shall flow to all the worlds dependent on our souls, such that we merit through the proper Rebuker to come back in complete return before You in truth from love, until all our transgressions be reversed to merits. ”

“ For you, Hashem alone have known Your greatness, strength, glory, highness and exaltedness. For Your greatness is unfathomable, and the perception of Your Godliness is exceedingly high and lofty, for leit machshavah tefisah bakh klal/thought cannot grasp You at all. ”

“ May we all have strength to chase away and nullify by our learning and involvement in the Holy Torah which contains all of Your Holy Names that there will not be any errors or nonsensical spirit confusing our understanding at all ”

“ May it be Your Will Hashem our G-d and the G-d of our forefathers, that You be our help and remember us in Your abundant mercy and Your enormous righteousness, to learn and to teach, and to be involved in Your Holy Torah for Your Name's sake always, to speak of it day and night, and in the merit of our learning of the Holy Torah remember us in Your abundant mercy and give us strength to overwhelm, and to break and to chase away the evil inclination from our midst and we will chase away and nullify the nonsensical spirit and all manner of errors that lie within us on account of our evil deeds. ”

“ And help me in the merit and power of the prayer of the Tzadik, the powerful one, to suppress and break and annul the craving of promiscuity from upon us and from upon all Your people the House of Israel from now and forever. ”

“ Let us be privileged to walk in their footsteps and go in their ways and fulfill their counsels, without gazing whatsoever at the things that are within time, wherein are included all the cravings and evil traits. ”

“ Master of the World, You know the great weakness of our souls, which have weakened very much because of our many and weighty sins, until all our restfulness has been overturned in our sicknesses, which are impossible to relate and tell at all, until the power to endure has failed. ”

“ Nora Elohim mimikdasheikha El Yisrael hu noten `oz veta`atzumot la`am, barukh Elohim/Awful is God out of Your holy places; the God of Yisrael, He gives strength and power unto the people; blessed be God [Ps. 68:36] . Yir'ei Hashem haleluhu, kol zera` Ya`akov kabeduhu, veguru mimenu kol-zera` Yisrael/Ye that fear the Hashem, praise Him; all ye the seed of Ya`akov, glorify Him; and stand in awe of Him, all ye the seed of Yisrael. Ki lo-bazah velo-shiketz `enut `oni, velo-histir panav mimenu, uv'shav`o elav shame`a/For He has not despised nor abhorred the lowliness of the poor ”