A'NAVAH HUMILITY AND HUMBLENESS A 1)A person who empathizes with the suffering of the Jewish People and prays for them acquires humility. 2)A person's truthfulness earns him humility. 3)Faith leads to humbleness. 4)Having a fixed place in which to pray brings a person to humility and piety. 5)A person's humility causes his prayers to be heard. It is as if he offered all the different sacrifices. 6)One's prestige and importance grows - and continues to grow - because of his humility. 7)Humility brings one long life. 8)When a person is humble, his behavior will not be scrutinized by others. 9)The day you humble yourself is the day that strength, might and exaltedness are added to the hosts Above. 10)When you see that there has been an increase of humility in the world, you can then expect the imminent arrival of Mashiach. 11)A person's humility nullifies his fear of enemies. 12)Humility eliminates dispute and suffering. 13)When a person is humble, everyone gets along with him. 14)Humility produces grace. 15)A person who is humble is never afraid, even when he finds himself in dire straits. 16)A person who is not humble does not fear God. 17)Humility causes a person to advance and keeps him from falling from his level. 18)A person with a soft heart is better able to humble himself. 19)God remembers the humble person. 20)God fulfills the desires of a humble person. 21)The world only exists because of the person who makes himself as naught. B 1)A segulah for having children is to humble oneself. 2)A man who is very haughty will be [harmed spiritually] like a woman who has been raped. 3)A person's voice indicates whether he is humble or haughty. 4)Sometimes, by lowering oneself or being humbled by others, a person is spared from a decree of death. 5)When a person feels lowly he should realize that a decree of death has been passed against him. ATZVUT DEPRESSION A 1)A person suffers anxieties when the sins of his youth have not been rectified. 2)In the main, a person's suf f ering comes because of [his not having guarded] his tongue. 3)You should talk about your suffering. 4)A fear of death befalls the person who carries worries in his heart. 5)A person's humbleness eliminates misfortune and sorrow. 6)When a person is depressed, observing the Tzaddikim will bring joy to his heart. 7)Entering the house of a gentile will bring you to depression. 8)Depression makes one weak. 9)A person's face changes because of the evil in his heart. 10)When you suffer anguish on a day of joy and all your happiness has ceased, it is a sign that your ancestral merit has run out. 11)A depressed person should give presents to the Tzaddik on a steady basis. 12)Depression brings [destruction by] fire. 13)An onset of depression is a sign of imminent sickness. 14)The Holy One does not stay with a person who is depressed. 15)Depression causes one to experience an emission. 16)Anger leads to depression. 17)When a person is depressed, he cannot achieve his goals. 18)A person's depression causes him to be despised. 19)When a person cries, he cannot bring himself to eat. 20)A person who is never depressed, but always happy, will certainly gain prestige. 21)Depression brings degradation. 22)It is a good sign when a sick person cries. 23)Sadness causes a person's enemies to be elevated. 24)Sadness brings heartache. 25)The hasty person is a depressed person. 26)Getting closer to Tzaddikim makes the heart happy. 27)A segulah for eliminating depression is to listen to an esteemed Tzaddik singing. 28)A person who does not confess his sins will be beset by sighing and worry. 29)When a person desires things which are against God's will, he is given reason to sigh. 30)Feeling remorse over a bad dream nullifies it. 31)Sound, sight and smell [have the power to] calm a person's mind. 32)When a person calls out to God, he eliminates the cause of his anguish. 33)When a person is depressed, he brings suffering upon himself. 34)Anyone who dwells on his suffering more than is necessary suffers all the more. 35)Eating dates eliminates anxiety. 36)Studying Aggadah makes one happy. B 1)Depression is felt in the heart. This is because the heart - which designs everything [a man does], whether good or otherwise - feels its own wrongdoing. 2)A person must avoid depression so as not to be given reason to mourn. 3)Grief and depression lead to conflict, whereas joy brings peace to the world. 4)When a person's happiness is spoiled he becomes sick. 5)Compassion is a segulah for eliminating depression. 6)Making vows and pledging charity bring happiness. ATZIRUT CONSTIPATION A 1)Constipation leads to thoughts of idolatry, 2)When a person suffers a deadly disease, he should clean out his intestines. 3)Constipation harms the eyes. AVERAH SIN A 1)Certain sins are brought on by the place [in which they were performed]. 2)A person who deliberately sins [will eventually be humiliated in public. He, in turn,] gets angry at those [in whose eyes he has been disgraced]. ATZLUT LAZINESS A 1)When a person is unable to satisfy his desires he grows lazy. The reverse is also true: [he cannot fulfill his desires precisely because he is lazy]. 2)Zealousness removes sleep and awakens the mind. ONESH PUNISHMENT A 1)A person is sometimes punished even in the performance of a mitzvah. This is because he previously passed up an opportunity to fulfill just such a positive command. 2)A person sometimes unknowingly passes judgement on himself [by being asked to select a fitting punishment for someone else] 3)There are times when a person is killed because he failed to speak out on behalf of someone who is unjustly despised. 4)A person will sometimes be punished for having engaged in some illegal business practice, or because [he has been included in] a harsh decree passed against his neighbors or nation. 5)The Holy One hastens to exact punishment from an ungrateful person; punishing him at the hands of another ingrate. 6)A person bitten by a dog has either accepted malicious gossip or spoken it. ETZAH ADVICE A 1)Seek advice only from someone well versed in the mysteries of the Torah. 2)It is good to seek the counsel of elders. 3)A person who gives his friend unsuitable advice will be beset by thoughts of idolatry. 4)Do not take advice from someone who is full of evil thoughts. 5)By taking advice from a rabbi, you will be helped. 6)When you see that [even] your friends refuse to help you, you should realize that all counsel will prove futile. 7)When you help other Jews, the advice you receive will prove beneficial. 8)Counsel is best taken in open fields. 9)When a man follows his wife's [sinister] advice, he will go to hell. 10)Seek [spiritual] advice only from a man and not from a woman. AZUT IMPUDENCE AND DISRESPECT A 1)A person turns impudent after having sinned deliberately. 2)Anger breeds disrespect. 3)An impudent person will not accept reproof. 4)impudence hardens a person's heart: clearly, he has not yet made amends for his ancestors' sins. 5)An impudent person can reform himself by wearing tefillin which were worn on the head of a Tzaddik. 6)A righteous man is made to be the object of a wicked man's disrespect only so that the righteous man should scrutinize his own behavior. 7)When a person is disrespectful, it shows that he is never satisfied with his lot. 8)Torah is a rectification for impudence. 9)A man's impudence causes drought and attests to his having sinned in the past and that he will do so again. It is permissible to call him wicked and to despise him, as his soul belongs to the 974 generations [which were to be created before the world but which the Holy One distributed gradually throughout all successive generations]. 10)Disrespect, even towards Heaven, helps a person get his way [in that he is given the freedom to go against God's will]. [Impudence] is like "a king with no crown." B 1)When people treat the Torah Sages disrespectfully, it is a sure sign that great wars will break out in the land. 2)A person suffers headaches because he has shown disrespect for one of King David's descendants. Home | Table of Contents | Previous | Next Copyright © 1986, 2000, Breslov Research Institute All Rights Reserved
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ATZVUT DEPRESSION A 1)A person suffers anxieties when the sins of his youth have not been rectified. 2)In the main, a person's suf f ering comes because of [his not having guarded] his tongue. 3)You should talk about your suffering. 4)A fear of death befalls the person who carries worries in his heart. 5)A person's humbleness eliminates misfortune and sorrow. 6)When a person is depressed, observing the Tzaddikim will bring joy to his heart. 7)Entering the house of a gentile will bring you to depression. 8)Depression makes one weak. 9)A person's face changes because of the evil in his heart. 10)When you suffer anguish on a day of joy and all your happiness has ceased, it is a sign that your ancestral merit has run out. 11)A depressed person should give presents to the Tzaddik on a steady basis. 12)Depression brings [destruction by] fire. 13)An onset of depression is a sign of imminent sickness. 14)The Holy One does not stay with a person who is depressed. 15)Depression causes one to experience an emission. 16)Anger leads to depression. 17)When a person is depressed, he cannot achieve his goals. 18)A person's depression causes him to be despised. 19)When a person cries, he cannot bring himself to eat. 20)A person who is never depressed, but always happy, will certainly gain prestige. 21)Depression brings degradation. 22)It is a good sign when a sick person cries. 23)Sadness causes a person's enemies to be elevated. 24)Sadness brings heartache. 25)The hasty person is a depressed person. 26)Getting closer to Tzaddikim makes the heart happy. 27)A segulah for eliminating depression is to listen to an esteemed Tzaddik singing. 28)A person who does not confess his sins will be beset by sighing and worry. 29)When a person desires things which are against God's will, he is given reason to sigh. 30)Feeling remorse over a bad dream nullifies it. 31)Sound, sight and smell [have the power to] calm a person's mind. 32)When a person calls out to God, he eliminates the cause of his anguish. 33)When a person is depressed, he brings suffering upon himself. 34)Anyone who dwells on his suffering more than is necessary suffers all the more. 35)Eating dates eliminates anxiety. 36)Studying Aggadah makes one happy. B 1)Depression is felt in the heart. This is because the heart - which designs everything [a man does], whether good or otherwise - feels its own wrongdoing. 2)A person must avoid depression so as not to be given reason to mourn. 3)Grief and depression lead to conflict, whereas joy brings peace to the world. 4)When a person's happiness is spoiled he becomes sick. 5)Compassion is a segulah for eliminating depression. 6)Making vows and pledging charity bring happiness. ATZIRUT CONSTIPATION A 1)Constipation leads to thoughts of idolatry, 2)When a person suffers a deadly disease, he should clean out his intestines. 3)Constipation harms the eyes. AVERAH SIN A 1)Certain sins are brought on by the place [in which they were performed]. 2)A person who deliberately sins [will eventually be humiliated in public. He, in turn,] gets angry at those [in whose eyes he has been disgraced]. ATZLUT LAZINESS A 1)When a person is unable to satisfy his desires he grows lazy. The reverse is also true: [he cannot fulfill his desires precisely because he is lazy]. 2)Zealousness removes sleep and awakens the mind. ONESH PUNISHMENT A 1)A person is sometimes punished even in the performance of a mitzvah. This is because he previously passed up an opportunity to fulfill just such a positive command. 2)A person sometimes unknowingly passes judgement on himself [by being asked to select a fitting punishment for someone else] 3)There are times when a person is killed because he failed to speak out on behalf of someone who is unjustly despised. 4)A person will sometimes be punished for having engaged in some illegal business practice, or because [he has been included in] a harsh decree passed against his neighbors or nation. 5)The Holy One hastens to exact punishment from an ungrateful person; punishing him at the hands of another ingrate. 6)A person bitten by a dog has either accepted malicious gossip or spoken it. ETZAH ADVICE A 1)Seek advice only from someone well versed in the mysteries of the Torah. 2)It is good to seek the counsel of elders. 3)A person who gives his friend unsuitable advice will be beset by thoughts of idolatry. 4)Do not take advice from someone who is full of evil thoughts. 5)By taking advice from a rabbi, you will be helped. 6)When you see that [even] your friends refuse to help you, you should realize that all counsel will prove futile. 7)When you help other Jews, the advice you receive will prove beneficial. 8)Counsel is best taken in open fields. 9)When a man follows his wife's [sinister] advice, he will go to hell. 10)Seek [spiritual] advice only from a man and not from a woman. AZUT IMPUDENCE AND DISRESPECT A 1)A person turns impudent after having sinned deliberately. 2)Anger breeds disrespect. 3)An impudent person will not accept reproof. 4)impudence hardens a person's heart: clearly, he has not yet made amends for his ancestors' sins. 5)An impudent person can reform himself by wearing tefillin which were worn on the head of a Tzaddik. 6)A righteous man is made to be the object of a wicked man's disrespect only so that the righteous man should scrutinize his own behavior. 7)When a person is disrespectful, it shows that he is never satisfied with his lot. 8)Torah is a rectification for impudence. 9)A man's impudence causes drought and attests to his having sinned in the past and that he will do so again. It is permissible to call him wicked and to despise him, as his soul belongs to the 974 generations [which were to be created before the world but which the Holy One distributed gradually throughout all successive generations]. 10)Disrespect, even towards Heaven, helps a person get his way [in that he is given the freedom to go against God's will]. [Impudence] is like "a king with no crown." B 1)When people treat the Torah Sages disrespectfully, it is a sure sign that great wars will break out in the land. 2)A person suffers headaches because he has shown disrespect for one of King David's descendants. Home | Table of Contents | Previous | Next Copyright © 1986, 2000, Breslov Research Institute All Rights Reserved
ATZIRUT CONSTIPATION A 1)Constipation leads to thoughts of idolatry, 2)When a person suffers a deadly disease, he should clean out his intestines. 3)Constipation harms the eyes. AVERAH SIN A 1)Certain sins are brought on by the place [in which they were performed]. 2)A person who deliberately sins [will eventually be humiliated in public. He, in turn,] gets angry at those [in whose eyes he has been disgraced]. ATZLUT LAZINESS A 1)When a person is unable to satisfy his desires he grows lazy. The reverse is also true: [he cannot fulfill his desires precisely because he is lazy]. 2)Zealousness removes sleep and awakens the mind. ONESH PUNISHMENT A 1)A person is sometimes punished even in the performance of a mitzvah. This is because he previously passed up an opportunity to fulfill just such a positive command. 2)A person sometimes unknowingly passes judgement on himself [by being asked to select a fitting punishment for someone else] 3)There are times when a person is killed because he failed to speak out on behalf of someone who is unjustly despised. 4)A person will sometimes be punished for having engaged in some illegal business practice, or because [he has been included in] a harsh decree passed against his neighbors or nation. 5)The Holy One hastens to exact punishment from an ungrateful person; punishing him at the hands of another ingrate. 6)A person bitten by a dog has either accepted malicious gossip or spoken it. ETZAH ADVICE A 1)Seek advice only from someone well versed in the mysteries of the Torah. 2)It is good to seek the counsel of elders. 3)A person who gives his friend unsuitable advice will be beset by thoughts of idolatry. 4)Do not take advice from someone who is full of evil thoughts. 5)By taking advice from a rabbi, you will be helped. 6)When you see that [even] your friends refuse to help you, you should realize that all counsel will prove futile. 7)When you help other Jews, the advice you receive will prove beneficial. 8)Counsel is best taken in open fields. 9)When a man follows his wife's [sinister] advice, he will go to hell. 10)Seek [spiritual] advice only from a man and not from a woman. AZUT IMPUDENCE AND DISRESPECT A 1)A person turns impudent after having sinned deliberately. 2)Anger breeds disrespect. 3)An impudent person will not accept reproof. 4)impudence hardens a person's heart: clearly, he has not yet made amends for his ancestors' sins. 5)An impudent person can reform himself by wearing tefillin which were worn on the head of a Tzaddik. 6)A righteous man is made to be the object of a wicked man's disrespect only so that the righteous man should scrutinize his own behavior. 7)When a person is disrespectful, it shows that he is never satisfied with his lot. 8)Torah is a rectification for impudence. 9)A man's impudence causes drought and attests to his having sinned in the past and that he will do so again. It is permissible to call him wicked and to despise him, as his soul belongs to the 974 generations [which were to be created before the world but which the Holy One distributed gradually throughout all successive generations]. 10)Disrespect, even towards Heaven, helps a person get his way [in that he is given the freedom to go against God's will]. [Impudence] is like "a king with no crown." B 1)When people treat the Torah Sages disrespectfully, it is a sure sign that great wars will break out in the land. 2)A person suffers headaches because he has shown disrespect for one of King David's descendants. Home | Table of Contents | Previous | Next Copyright © 1986, 2000, Breslov Research Institute All Rights Reserved
AVERAH SIN A 1)Certain sins are brought on by the place [in which they were performed]. 2)A person who deliberately sins [will eventually be humiliated in public. He, in turn,] gets angry at those [in whose eyes he has been disgraced]. ATZLUT LAZINESS A 1)When a person is unable to satisfy his desires he grows lazy. The reverse is also true: [he cannot fulfill his desires precisely because he is lazy]. 2)Zealousness removes sleep and awakens the mind. ONESH PUNISHMENT A 1)A person is sometimes punished even in the performance of a mitzvah. This is because he previously passed up an opportunity to fulfill just such a positive command. 2)A person sometimes unknowingly passes judgement on himself [by being asked to select a fitting punishment for someone else] 3)There are times when a person is killed because he failed to speak out on behalf of someone who is unjustly despised. 4)A person will sometimes be punished for having engaged in some illegal business practice, or because [he has been included in] a harsh decree passed against his neighbors or nation. 5)The Holy One hastens to exact punishment from an ungrateful person; punishing him at the hands of another ingrate. 6)A person bitten by a dog has either accepted malicious gossip or spoken it. ETZAH ADVICE A 1)Seek advice only from someone well versed in the mysteries of the Torah. 2)It is good to seek the counsel of elders. 3)A person who gives his friend unsuitable advice will be beset by thoughts of idolatry. 4)Do not take advice from someone who is full of evil thoughts. 5)By taking advice from a rabbi, you will be helped. 6)When you see that [even] your friends refuse to help you, you should realize that all counsel will prove futile. 7)When you help other Jews, the advice you receive will prove beneficial. 8)Counsel is best taken in open fields. 9)When a man follows his wife's [sinister] advice, he will go to hell. 10)Seek [spiritual] advice only from a man and not from a woman. AZUT IMPUDENCE AND DISRESPECT A 1)A person turns impudent after having sinned deliberately. 2)Anger breeds disrespect. 3)An impudent person will not accept reproof. 4)impudence hardens a person's heart: clearly, he has not yet made amends for his ancestors' sins. 5)An impudent person can reform himself by wearing tefillin which were worn on the head of a Tzaddik. 6)A righteous man is made to be the object of a wicked man's disrespect only so that the righteous man should scrutinize his own behavior. 7)When a person is disrespectful, it shows that he is never satisfied with his lot. 8)Torah is a rectification for impudence. 9)A man's impudence causes drought and attests to his having sinned in the past and that he will do so again. It is permissible to call him wicked and to despise him, as his soul belongs to the 974 generations [which were to be created before the world but which the Holy One distributed gradually throughout all successive generations]. 10)Disrespect, even towards Heaven, helps a person get his way [in that he is given the freedom to go against God's will]. [Impudence] is like "a king with no crown." B 1)When people treat the Torah Sages disrespectfully, it is a sure sign that great wars will break out in the land. 2)A person suffers headaches because he has shown disrespect for one of King David's descendants. Home | Table of Contents | Previous | Next Copyright © 1986, 2000, Breslov Research Institute All Rights Reserved
ATZLUT LAZINESS A 1)When a person is unable to satisfy his desires he grows lazy. The reverse is also true: [he cannot fulfill his desires precisely because he is lazy]. 2)Zealousness removes sleep and awakens the mind. ONESH PUNISHMENT A 1)A person is sometimes punished even in the performance of a mitzvah. This is because he previously passed up an opportunity to fulfill just such a positive command. 2)A person sometimes unknowingly passes judgement on himself [by being asked to select a fitting punishment for someone else] 3)There are times when a person is killed because he failed to speak out on behalf of someone who is unjustly despised. 4)A person will sometimes be punished for having engaged in some illegal business practice, or because [he has been included in] a harsh decree passed against his neighbors or nation. 5)The Holy One hastens to exact punishment from an ungrateful person; punishing him at the hands of another ingrate. 6)A person bitten by a dog has either accepted malicious gossip or spoken it. ETZAH ADVICE A 1)Seek advice only from someone well versed in the mysteries of the Torah. 2)It is good to seek the counsel of elders. 3)A person who gives his friend unsuitable advice will be beset by thoughts of idolatry. 4)Do not take advice from someone who is full of evil thoughts. 5)By taking advice from a rabbi, you will be helped. 6)When you see that [even] your friends refuse to help you, you should realize that all counsel will prove futile. 7)When you help other Jews, the advice you receive will prove beneficial. 8)Counsel is best taken in open fields. 9)When a man follows his wife's [sinister] advice, he will go to hell. 10)Seek [spiritual] advice only from a man and not from a woman. AZUT IMPUDENCE AND DISRESPECT A 1)A person turns impudent after having sinned deliberately. 2)Anger breeds disrespect. 3)An impudent person will not accept reproof. 4)impudence hardens a person's heart: clearly, he has not yet made amends for his ancestors' sins. 5)An impudent person can reform himself by wearing tefillin which were worn on the head of a Tzaddik. 6)A righteous man is made to be the object of a wicked man's disrespect only so that the righteous man should scrutinize his own behavior. 7)When a person is disrespectful, it shows that he is never satisfied with his lot. 8)Torah is a rectification for impudence. 9)A man's impudence causes drought and attests to his having sinned in the past and that he will do so again. It is permissible to call him wicked and to despise him, as his soul belongs to the 974 generations [which were to be created before the world but which the Holy One distributed gradually throughout all successive generations]. 10)Disrespect, even towards Heaven, helps a person get his way [in that he is given the freedom to go against God's will]. [Impudence] is like "a king with no crown." B 1)When people treat the Torah Sages disrespectfully, it is a sure sign that great wars will break out in the land. 2)A person suffers headaches because he has shown disrespect for one of King David's descendants. Home | Table of Contents | Previous | Next Copyright © 1986, 2000, Breslov Research Institute All Rights Reserved
ONESH PUNISHMENT A 1)A person is sometimes punished even in the performance of a mitzvah. This is because he previously passed up an opportunity to fulfill just such a positive command. 2)A person sometimes unknowingly passes judgement on himself [by being asked to select a fitting punishment for someone else] 3)There are times when a person is killed because he failed to speak out on behalf of someone who is unjustly despised. 4)A person will sometimes be punished for having engaged in some illegal business practice, or because [he has been included in] a harsh decree passed against his neighbors or nation. 5)The Holy One hastens to exact punishment from an ungrateful person; punishing him at the hands of another ingrate. 6)A person bitten by a dog has either accepted malicious gossip or spoken it. ETZAH ADVICE A 1)Seek advice only from someone well versed in the mysteries of the Torah. 2)It is good to seek the counsel of elders. 3)A person who gives his friend unsuitable advice will be beset by thoughts of idolatry. 4)Do not take advice from someone who is full of evil thoughts. 5)By taking advice from a rabbi, you will be helped. 6)When you see that [even] your friends refuse to help you, you should realize that all counsel will prove futile. 7)When you help other Jews, the advice you receive will prove beneficial. 8)Counsel is best taken in open fields. 9)When a man follows his wife's [sinister] advice, he will go to hell. 10)Seek [spiritual] advice only from a man and not from a woman. AZUT IMPUDENCE AND DISRESPECT A 1)A person turns impudent after having sinned deliberately. 2)Anger breeds disrespect. 3)An impudent person will not accept reproof. 4)impudence hardens a person's heart: clearly, he has not yet made amends for his ancestors' sins. 5)An impudent person can reform himself by wearing tefillin which were worn on the head of a Tzaddik. 6)A righteous man is made to be the object of a wicked man's disrespect only so that the righteous man should scrutinize his own behavior. 7)When a person is disrespectful, it shows that he is never satisfied with his lot. 8)Torah is a rectification for impudence. 9)A man's impudence causes drought and attests to his having sinned in the past and that he will do so again. It is permissible to call him wicked and to despise him, as his soul belongs to the 974 generations [which were to be created before the world but which the Holy One distributed gradually throughout all successive generations]. 10)Disrespect, even towards Heaven, helps a person get his way [in that he is given the freedom to go against God's will]. [Impudence] is like "a king with no crown." B 1)When people treat the Torah Sages disrespectfully, it is a sure sign that great wars will break out in the land. 2)A person suffers headaches because he has shown disrespect for one of King David's descendants. Home | Table of Contents | Previous | Next Copyright © 1986, 2000, Breslov Research Institute All Rights Reserved
ETZAH ADVICE A 1)Seek advice only from someone well versed in the mysteries of the Torah. 2)It is good to seek the counsel of elders. 3)A person who gives his friend unsuitable advice will be beset by thoughts of idolatry. 4)Do not take advice from someone who is full of evil thoughts. 5)By taking advice from a rabbi, you will be helped. 6)When you see that [even] your friends refuse to help you, you should realize that all counsel will prove futile. 7)When you help other Jews, the advice you receive will prove beneficial. 8)Counsel is best taken in open fields. 9)When a man follows his wife's [sinister] advice, he will go to hell. 10)Seek [spiritual] advice only from a man and not from a woman. AZUT IMPUDENCE AND DISRESPECT A 1)A person turns impudent after having sinned deliberately. 2)Anger breeds disrespect. 3)An impudent person will not accept reproof. 4)impudence hardens a person's heart: clearly, he has not yet made amends for his ancestors' sins. 5)An impudent person can reform himself by wearing tefillin which were worn on the head of a Tzaddik. 6)A righteous man is made to be the object of a wicked man's disrespect only so that the righteous man should scrutinize his own behavior. 7)When a person is disrespectful, it shows that he is never satisfied with his lot. 8)Torah is a rectification for impudence. 9)A man's impudence causes drought and attests to his having sinned in the past and that he will do so again. It is permissible to call him wicked and to despise him, as his soul belongs to the 974 generations [which were to be created before the world but which the Holy One distributed gradually throughout all successive generations]. 10)Disrespect, even towards Heaven, helps a person get his way [in that he is given the freedom to go against God's will]. [Impudence] is like "a king with no crown." B 1)When people treat the Torah Sages disrespectfully, it is a sure sign that great wars will break out in the land. 2)A person suffers headaches because he has shown disrespect for one of King David's descendants. Home | Table of Contents | Previous | Next Copyright © 1986, 2000, Breslov Research Institute All Rights Reserved
AZUT IMPUDENCE AND DISRESPECT A 1)A person turns impudent after having sinned deliberately. 2)Anger breeds disrespect. 3)An impudent person will not accept reproof. 4)impudence hardens a person's heart: clearly, he has not yet made amends for his ancestors' sins. 5)An impudent person can reform himself by wearing tefillin which were worn on the head of a Tzaddik. 6)A righteous man is made to be the object of a wicked man's disrespect only so that the righteous man should scrutinize his own behavior. 7)When a person is disrespectful, it shows that he is never satisfied with his lot. 8)Torah is a rectification for impudence. 9)A man's impudence causes drought and attests to his having sinned in the past and that he will do so again. It is permissible to call him wicked and to despise him, as his soul belongs to the 974 generations [which were to be created before the world but which the Holy One distributed gradually throughout all successive generations]. 10)Disrespect, even towards Heaven, helps a person get his way [in that he is given the freedom to go against God's will]. [Impudence] is like "a king with no crown." B 1)When people treat the Torah Sages disrespectfully, it is a sure sign that great wars will break out in the land. 2)A person suffers headaches because he has shown disrespect for one of King David's descendants. Home | Table of Contents | Previous | Next Copyright © 1986, 2000, Breslov Research Institute All Rights Reserved
