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


ZAYIN

FRAUD
THE MERIT OF ANCESTORS
MEMORY AND FORGETFULNESS
ELDERS
ZEALOUSNESS

ZAYFAN
FRAUD

A

1)
A fraudulent person is punished with incarceration.

2)
A person's fraudulence brings him to join up with those who oppose the righteous.

Z'CHUT AVOT
THE MERIT OF ANCESTORS

A

1)
Immersion in a mikvah causes one's ancestral merits to be remembered.

B

1)
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.

2)
At the entrance to a person's house it can be detected whether his ancestral merits carry on or not.

3)
A person whose deeds are filled with kindness has no need for ancestral merit.

Z'CHIRAH
MEMORY AND FORGETFULNESS

A

1)
The person who embarrasses his neighbor becomes forgetful.

2)
Worry leads to forgetfulness.

3)
Reciting the words while studying will help a person remember them.

4)
Suffering causes forgetfulness.

5)
Picturing the image of one's father and mother is helpful for developing a good memory.

6)
Those mitzvot which require active performance free a person from forgetfulness and provide him with a good memory.

7)
Immorality destroys a person's memory.

8)
Falsehood induces forgetfulness.

9)
A person with a poor memory should encourage others to return to God.

10)
When a person's memory is weak, it indicates that he has not yet rectified the sins of his youth.

11)
A forgetful person should give charity.

12)
A person with a poor memory should work to achieve a high level of holiness.

13)
Being humble will help you improve your memory.

14)
Depression leads to forgetfulness.

15)
A person who expresses his erudition modestly does not forget this studies].

Z'KENIM
ELDERS

B

1)
Elders give strength to the Jewish People and their advice is beneficial for us.

2)
The quality of a generation's elders determines its economic well-being.

3)
When elders gain their prestige mainly from young women, it shows that they lack wisdom.

Z'RIZUT
ZEALOUSNESS

B

1)
When a person is zealous, he merits becoming a faithful leader [of the Jewish People]. This is alluded to in the verse, "Go to the ant - NeMaLaH - you lazy one" (Proverbs 6:6); NeMaLaH being the last letters of the words, "mi'shaM roeH eveN yisraeL - from then on he became a shepherd, a builder in Israel" (Genesis 49:24).


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