Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
LIFE-CHANGING IDEAS IN SEFER DEVARIM • DEVARIM: If you seek to change someone, make sure that you are willing to help them when they need your help, defend them when they need your defence, and see the good in them, not just...
When you stand before God to pray for your needs, to be saved from your lower nature which always lies in ambush, you should feel as though you’re like a man alone in a tiny boat on the open sea, with the abyss right below you, ready to swallow...
Azamra: See No Evil?
In the previous Azamra post, the Rebbe tells us that it’s a requirement—not an option—that we judge others favorably. We learn that when we do, we can literally change them from dark to light, from meritless to meritorious....
Azamra: Judging Others
Know and Understand!
A person must judge everyone favorably. Even if someone is completely bad, it is necessary to search and find in him some modicum of good; the little bit of him that is not wicked. And by finding in him...
In his lesson “Azamra!” Rebbe Nachman teaches how important it is to look for the good in others. Our Sages told this story to illustrate what it means to judge someone favorably: A man from the Upper Galilee hired himself out to an employer in...
Listen. Really Listen. Eikev 5778
Some 20 or so years ago, with the help from the Ashdown Foundation, I initiated a conference at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, on the future of Jewish peoplehood. I feared the...
Azamara: Look for the good points. In others. In ourselves. This brings us to joy. The joy washes over us and we are able to talk to God and create a relationship with Him. This is the essence of Azamra.
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The One and Only Word – Echad
“…Hear, O Israel: Hashem is our G-d, Hashem is one…” – Devarim 6:4
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל ה’ אֱלֹקֵינוּ ה’ אֶחָד – דברים ו, ד
This verse expresses the cardinal principle of the Jewish faith: belief in the...
I have been posting A Day in the Life of a Breslover from breslov.com. The tasks seems daunting and nearly impossible if you have children or a job. Rabbi @jeffrey-siegel has written out his schedule for our review. In his methodology it is...
Posted By breslov.org on Jun 19, 2013 in A Day in the Life of a Breslover , Land of Israel / Eretz Yisrael
21. The Sanctity of the Seven Lights
[The “Seven Lights” are one’s eyes, ears, nostrils and mouth.] Sanctify the eyes by not...
Posted By breslov.org on Jun 11, 2013 in A Day in the Life of a Breslover , Charity , Earning a Living , Rebbe Nachman's Wisdom
13. The Works of Rebbe Nachman
One should study [something] from Rebbe Nachman’s work every...
Advice from Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
Rating
(These are the last two in this section, Eating. The one on unripened fruit is provacative. In fact all of them have been. We all know the saying, "you are what you eat," yet Rabbi Nachman takes that...
Advice from Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
EATING
18) Every Jew, even the greatest Tzaddik, necessarily undergoes a certain measure of pain and suffering every day. The deeper his understanding and attachment to God, the greater the pain he must...
Posted By breslov.org on May 27, 2013 in A Day in the Life of a Breslover |
6. Remembering the World to Come :
When you wake up, say, “ Modeh ani lefanecha – I give thanks before You etc.” and immediately think of the World to...
Posted By breslov.org on May 1, 2013 in A Day in the Life of a Breslover
People often ask, “What is it like to be a Breslover Chassid or a student of Rebbe Nachman?” While Rebbe Nachman strongly encouraged us to follow his advice,...
