Nathan of Breslov

“ And they closed the gates of the city wall, and on Shabbat morning at prayer time the trip agent came and said it's impossible to find any other Regazer ship, only Turkish merchant ships going to Istanbul with wares, and even though there's a fear of traveling with them due to navies located at sea who take capture, nevertheless it's better to take that danger than be here, because the order had come that there would be war in two or three days, and presumably they'll kill a great portion of this city. ”

“ The captain yelled at him a big yelling and didn't listen to him at all. Then they were looking for the one who spoke [Russian] to them. They looked and looked and didn't find anyone there who spoke Russian, only Turks and Arabs, so a big fear fell on them and great trembling gripped them, until they were unable to lie die due to the body trembling from such great fear, for then they understood they're on a battle ship, called a "Krieg Ship," and it's an unbounded danger, and they still don't know who it was that spoke Russian with them and informed them it's a battle ship. ”

“ In the morning on Sunday Rabbeinu obm sent the man with him to go with the trip agent to buy provisions to take on the ship, as usual, but he didn't find for sale in the market, and he came back to the residence and Rabbeinu obm was standing then wrapped in tallit and tefillin and said nothing at all to him, and this man passed out and fell asleep under the great pain and terror, and Rabbeinu didn't know he was in the house. ”

“ For the way of war ships was to snatch on the sea a ship with the people on board in capture. And when this ship from the land of Regaz puts out its flag then they don't take them in capture. And so it was, that they hired such a ship, and when this tzaddik moreinu haRav Abraham heard that Rabbeinu obm wants to lead a trip home, he sent a special envoy to him with his letter, and another letter encompassing it, and he obm make himself very quick and didn't want to wait for the letter of the rav the gaon of the kehillah of Shpitkovke. ”

“ Therefore he decided he would swallow whatever he eats i.e. to not chew what he eats, only swallow as it is in order that he should not feel any taste from his eating. And he did so and got an imflammation in his throat (which they call geshwellen) . ”

“ And this practice I heard [spoken of] as a huge thing by a very very great tzadik who did so, who swallowed his food without chewing, but he of blessed memory did so when he was six years old.
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בהיותו בימי קטנותו בא על דעתו לפרש מהעולם ורצה לשבר תאות אכילה, אך עדין היה בשכל קטן ונדמה לו שזה אי אפשר שיניח מאכילתו כפי מה שהיה רגיל לאכל בבקר ובצהרים וכו'. על כן ישב עצמו שיהיה בולע כל מה שיאכל דהינו שלא יהיה לועס מה שיאכל רק יבלע כמות שהוא כדי שלא ירגיש שום טעם באכילתו. ועשה כן ועלה נפיחות בצוארו שקורין (גישוואלין) . ואמר שהיה אז רק בן ששה שנים. ”