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THE ALEPH-BET BOOK
Rabbi Nachman's Aphorisms on Jewish Living


YUD

SALVATION AND MIRACLES
FEAR OF GOD
DISTINGUISHED ANCESTRY

YE'SHUAH
SALVATION AND MIRACLES

A

1)
Miracles are only performed for a person who is willing to sacrifice himself for God's honor.

2)
A person who rejoices in his suffering brings salvation to the world.

3)
Hitbodedut - private conversation with God - brings salvation.

4)
Miracles are performed for a person who has been tested.

5)
Charity brings salvation.

6)
Modesty enables a person to win back all the good that another man has taken from him through prayer.

7)
Miracles are not performed for an immoral person.

8)
Do not rely on a miracle as long as it is possible to save yourself by using money or some other [similar] means.

9)
Before God performs a miracle for him, a person first falls upon bad times - the dif f iculty of which is determined by the greatness of the miracle [about to be performed on his behalf 1.

10)
God does favors for the person who does not allow the names of idolatry to pass from his lips.

11)
A person in need of salvation should bring joy to the Tzaddik.

12)
A person's trust in God saves him from suffering.

13)
Giving charity frees you from having to rely on a human being for help.

14-15)
Trust in God will enable you to understand that your salvation is from God and from no one else. Being truthful will also help you realize this.

16)
When a person finds himself being tested, he should realize that if he withstands this test God will perform a miracle on his behalf.

17)
Rejoicing in God's kindness is a reward for having trusted in Him.

18)
Standing while studying Torah overturns the machinations of the gentiles.

19)
Fasting saves a person from death.

20)
Trust in God and He will reward you with lovingkindness.

21)
Humility brings salvation.

22)
A person who prays joyously will rejoice in His salvation.

23)
Miracles are performed because of truth.

24)
Miracles are performed because of God-fearing people.

25)
When a person teaches God's ways in public, even if he is amongst the gentiles, the Holy One will save him.

26)
A person who prays all day long is rewarded with salvation. 27)
When Jews speak truthfully, they are blessed with Heaven's lovingkindness.

28)
By singing the songs particular to a certain gentile nation, God looks to see why they are persecuting you.

YIR'AH
FEAR OF GOD

A

1)
A person who does not consider himself clever can become God-fearing.

2)
A person who is close to a [wise] old man and endures his wrath is rewarded with the fear of God.

3)
When a person is given the opportunity to perform an act of kindness and fails to carry it out, his fear of God diminishes.

4)
A person who limits his talking about mundane matters becomes God-fearing.

5)
All the words a person uses to convince his friend of the need to be God-fearing are transformed into a holy book.

6)
The words of a God-fearing person are valued.

7)
Crying over a righteous person's death is as important as one s fear of God.

8)
The fear of God brings a person more than his mazal would dictate; whereas [a lack of fear will diminish his fortune].

9)
Attending to the needs of the Tzaddikim brings one to the fear of God; whereas, [not doing so will diminish his fear].

10)
A person's humility leads him to a fear of sin.

11)
Reward for the fear of God lasts one thousand generations.

12)
A person who leaves neither a son nor a disciple is said to be lacking the fear of God.

13)
Wearing a headcovering produces God-fearingness.

14)
When people bless each other by saying, "May you be like so and so," it shows that this individual fears God.

15-16)
One who is God-fearing is able to break another person's haughtiness. He draws the Divine Presence into the world.

17-18)
[The fear of God] brings one humility and he cannot be enticed [away from God].

19)
The Holy One performs miracles for a God-fearing person.

20)
A person who constantly binds himself to the fear of God and is always conscious of Him is forgiven for all his sins.

21-22)
A person who is God-fearing will certainly listen to the Tzaddikim. [This fear] will also bring him to trust in God.

23)
Those who fear God He rewards with peace.

24)
A person who lacks the fear of God does not follow in His ways.

25)
Fearing God brings one [the quality of] truth.

26)
A God-fearing person always advances and never falls in his [spiritual] growth.

27)
When a person has the wisdom of God in his heart, people treat him with reverence.

28)
Though other people maybe frightened of something, the God-fearing person is not only unafraid, but he even sees this thing as a reason to rejoice.

29)
A God-fearing person will certainly humble himself before the Tzaddik.

30)
Haughtiness prevents a person from fearing God.

31)
To [increase] your fear of God, go to the mikvah.

32)
By sanctifying God's name you will come to fear Him.

33)
A person's sins remove his fear of God.

34)
One who does not think about the day of death has no fear of God.

35)
When a person's fear of God diminishes, he should realize that he is being judged Above.

36)
When a person gives a present to a Tzaddik, he is rewarded with God-fearingness.

37)
Immersing in a mikvah three hundred and ten times is a segulah for achieving the fear of God.

38)
The desire which a person shows for performing a mitzvah indicates that he is God-fearing.

B

1)
Fearing God and acting kindly to others saves one from being harmed by fire and brings him his livelihood.

2)
A courthouse of Jewish Law inspires the fear of God.

3)
Studying the Shulchan Arukh brings one to the fear of God.

4)
The outstanding and sharp minds of the generation cause the fear of Heaven to shine [in the world]. This sparks the merit of ancestors, which in turn awakens the world to return to God.

5)
An individual can throw off Heaven's yoke; a community cannot.

6)
The voice of a wise person is especially propitious for [achieving] the fear of God.

7)
Confusion of the mind corrupts one's fear of God. It also causes his control [over others] to crumble.

8)
Taking usury diminishes one's fear of God.

9)
Those close to a God-fearing person will acquire fear and true knowledge [through him].

YICHUS
DISTINGUISHED ANCESTRY

B

1)
A curse has no effect on a person of distinguished ancestry.

2)
Because a woman is not from distinguished lineage, she can have indecent children even if she herself is righteous.

3)
God cannot easily overlook and nullify the benefits of distinguished ancestry which a person may have.


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