One of the Rebbe’s followers, Reb Chaikel, had a relative who was extremely poor. Once, while traveling with Rebbe Nachman, Reb Chaikel instructed the wagon driver to stop at this relative’s house. Inside, Reb Chaikel pointed out the man’s poverty and asked the Rebbe to give him a blessing for wealth. T he Rebbe said to Reb Chaikel, “I have no blessings for him. If you want him to have a blessing, you give it.” After making certain that he’d heard correctly, and obtaining the Rebbe’s assurances that he wouldn’t mind his “presumptuousness,” Reb Chaikel emptied a pitcher of water across the floor. Then he spread the water in all directions, saying, “Abundance to the east, abundance to the west, north and south!” Then Rebbe Nachman and Reb Chaikel left. Shortly afterward, a group of merchants came to this man’s home seeking to purchase food and drink. When the man told them that he had none, they gave him money to buy it for them. From then on, whenever these merchants came to the area, they would lodge at the man’s house, and they eventually commissioned him to sell their wares for them. Before long, the man prospered and became very wealthy. Before, whenever he came to Breslov, this man had always made certain to visit the Rebbe. But now, the more he prospered, the more engrossed he became in his business dealings. He no longer had the time to visit the Rebbe. Once, while rushing around Breslov on business, he passed by the Rebbe’s house. Rebbe Nachman saw him and called him in. “Did you glance at the sky today?” the Rebbe asked him. The man replied that he hadn’t. Calling him to the window, the Rebbe said, “Tell me what you see.” “I see wagons and horses and people scurrying about,” the man replied. “Believe me,” Rebbe Nachman said, “fifty years from now there will be other market days. There will be other horses, other wagons, different people. What is here today will no longer be. I ask you, what pressure are you under? What’s making you so busy that you don’t even have time to look at Heaven?” Based on Kokhavey Or #5, p. 41 ENCOURAGEMENT. 27. At times a person can undergo the most terrible decline, and then the fall can be very, very low. There are some who fall so low that the only term for where they are is the “filthy places.” Such a person can become wracked with doubts, morbid thoughts and mental turbulence. His heart races, because the “husks” torment and circle the heart with every kind of confusion. It may seem impossible to f ind God in such places, but the very act of searching for God from there, asking and seeking “Where is the place of His glory?” – in itself can bring healing and reconstruction. The more a person sees how far he is from God’s glory, the more grief-stricken he should become. He should search even more intently and ask, “Where is the place of His glory?” Through the very act of searching and seeking and longing for God’s glory with anguish, cries, questions ... through this alone, he will attain the ultimate ascent – he will be worthy of ascending to the level of “Where?” which is the most exalted holiness. The essence of repentance is to search at all times, “Where is the place of His glory?” Then the fall will be transformed into a great advance. Understand this well, for it is very deep (Likutey Moharan II, 12). breslov.org PO Box 5370 • Jerusalem, Israel • 972.2.582.4641 PO Box 587 • Monsey, NY 10952 • 1.800.33.BRESLOV Pathways is a weekly publication. To subscribe, please visit breslov.org/pathways. To make a dedication, please email pathways@breslov.org. © 2018 Breslov Research Institute

It is easy to criticise, hard to defend. But the Midrash about Moses tells us a life-changing idea: 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 the bad. Anyone can complain, but we have to earn the right to criticise.

Hello Everyone...just wanted to let the ladies know that this Wednesday, July 25, Bayli will be hosting "Cup of Joe with Jo", because David and I will be helping Bayli and Clear's daughter to move. Be sure to join in on this relaxing and enjoyable time to visit with other women of A-T. @eliyanah-jordan-yarden, @julie-brunner, @judy-howard ,
@rivkah-holland, @wanda-webb, @kristina-herrera, @valerie-rosi, @ahava-manning

@cmalmberg, I understand you need some help getting on Microsoft 365 and yammer. Are you using a laptop or a phone?

Book recommendation!!

https://smile.amazon.com/Point-Acceptance-Accepting-Personal-Suffering-ebook/dp/B07FC4VT5H/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1532475644&sr=1-3&keywords=pinchas+winston&dpID=51wJ9rZQfSL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Just a reminder to those of you taking Level I Hebrew. Class tomorrow at 11:30am CDT. Be ready with questions on Lesson 5.

Hope many of the ladies of A-T can join me today on "Cup of Joe with Jo". @julie-brunner , @judy-howard , @bayli-brewer, @eliyanah-jordan-yarden, @kristina-herrera , @dr-kathleen-oden , @betty, @rivkah-holland and anyone else who would like to join. Hoping my friend, Betty (new to A-T) will be on for you all to meet, too. See you at 12:45pm CDT TODAY!!!!

Don't forget "Cup of Joe" today at 12:45CDT. Hope to see many of you there... @julie-brunner, @betty-babberl, @judy-howard , @bayli-brewer, @wanda-webb,
@rivkah-holland , @eliyanah-jordan-yarden @kristina-herrera, @dr-kathleen-oden, @dr-dorothy-j-page, @sandraj.

So Eliyanah made me do it!! although I do have to admit that she could be related to this Frank Morris dude.....rofl

Last Updated Jan 24, 2018 10:56 AM EST
SAN FRANCISCO -- It is one of America's greatest mysteries: What happened to three men after they pulled off a daring prison break at Alcatraz in 1962? Only the worst criminals were sent to Alcatraz. And for 29 years, it was the most secure federal prison in the country -- surrounded by the cold, rough waters of the Pacific. But brothers John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris disappeared into the night and have never been found.
The men have become folklore -- fueled by Hollywood and popular shows. And in the last 55 years, theories about their fate have multiplied as new evidence surfaces.
A letter allegedly written by one of the escapees recently came to light. CBS San Francisco exclusively obtained it from a source.
"My name is John Anglin. I escape from Alcatraz in June 1962 with my brother Clarence and Frank Morris. I'm 83 years old and in bad shape. I have cancer. Yes we all made it that night but barely!"
The FBI says this is the most recent piece of evidence that forced the agency to reopen the iconic cold case. The letter was sent to the San Francisco Police Department's Richmond station in 2013.
"It's interesting, I mean it's obviously a very famous case here in San Francisco," said Jeff Harp, a security analyst for CBS San Francisco.


Harp spent 21 years with the FBI, but did not work directly on this case.
"As a law enforcement person I'd like to think that their escape attempt was not fruitful for them. Personally, as someone who swims in the bay, and we have a triathlon that goes on every year, and there's not a single person that doesn't make that swim," he added.
This past summer, CBS San Francisco got an exclusive tour of some never-before-seen parts of Alcatraz. After months of meticulous planning – on the night of June 11, 1962 – the trio of bank robbers squeezed through the vents in the back of their cells.
The FBI says they used a homemade drill made from a broken vacuum cleaner motor to widen the vents. Once they crawled through, they climbed up a network of pipes and plumbing in a commonly unguarded space.
They set up a secret workshop on the top of their cells, where they built and hid what they needed to escape. They eventually made it out through the ventilator that led them to the prison roof. They slid down the smokestack to the ground and launched their raft -- made of more than 50 raincoats. They also created life vests and wooden paddles.
The next morning, guards found dummy heads made of plaster, paper mache, paint and real human hair in their cells.
According to the letter, Frank died in 2008 and John's brother died three years later. The writer makes a deal -- "If you announce on TV that I will be promised to first go to jail for no more than a year and get medical attention, I will write back to let you know exactly where I am. This is no joke ..."
The U.S. Marshals, which is the sole agency investigating the case today, says the FBI lab examined the letter for fingerprints and DNA, and the handwriting.
The FBI's results were inconclusive.
"So that means yes, and it means no, so this leaves everything in limbo," said Harp.
The writer of the letter says he spent many years after his escape from Alcatraz living in Seattle. He also mentions that he lived in North Dakota for 8 years, and currently lives in Southern California.
In a statement to CBS San Francisco, the U.S. Marshals Service writes: "There is absolutely no reason to believe that any of them would have changed their lifestyle and became completely law abiding citizens after this escape."
"The Federal Bureau of Prisons say that they drowned once they got off of Alcatraz and their bodies were swept out to the Pacific Ocean -- end of story," said National Park Service Ranger John Cantwell.
New evidence presented in a 2015 History Channel special shows a photo allegedly showing escaped brothers John and Clarence Anglin in Brazil – 13 years after the great escape.
If the men are alive today, Frank Morris would be 90 years old and John and Clarence Anglin would be 86 and 87.
"I didn't believe that they made it, but that was because of what the officers were saying," said author Jolene Babyak.
Babyak was 15 years old and living on the island with her family when the men broke free.
Her father was the acting warden.
"I was awaken by the siren, which I had never heard before, so I wasn't really sure exactly what it was," she said.
She has since written several books on Alcatraz. CBS San Francisco showed her a copy of the letter.
"No evidence, lots of allegations, no real evidence, nothing you can follow up on," she said.
As for the U.S. Marshals, they tell CBS San Francisco they consider this lead closed with no merit.
"They're getting up there in age, someone knows, cause if they made it out they communicated with somebody, so somebody somewhere knows – that's still alive," added Harp.
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