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For Shavuot night

Please remember that the following teaching uses ordinary words in a Kabbalistic sense. Construing these words in their ordinary meaning is [a] a mistake; [b] dangerous to your health. The holy Baal Shem Tov teaches that at night, with our Torah study we bedeck the Shekhinah in her finery. By day, with our tefilot (prayers), … Continue Reading

May 17th, 2010, In Prayer / Hitbodedut, by

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49th Day

Week of Malkhut, Seventh Day Major sefirah: Malkhut/Royalty-Kingship; minor sefirah: Malkhut/Royalty-Kingship Well, this is it. The final day of preparation. I’m committed to serving the King for the sake of serving the King. Sounds a little circular, but that’s really the ideal form of pledging allegiance—you’re my King and it has nothing to do with … Continue Reading

May 17th, 2010, In Prayer / Hitbodedut, by

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44th Day (Thursday, 13 May)

Week of Malkhut, Second Day Major sefirah: Malkhut/Royalty-Kingship; minor sefirah: Gevurah/Strength I didn’t have much time to write today, but it occurred to me that fear has a bad reputation. Of course no one likes to be scared or live with a feeling of impending tragedy, but fear prevents us from doing harmful things, like … Continue Reading

May 12th, 2010, In Prayer / Hitbodedut, by

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43rd Day of the Omer (Wednesday, 12 May)

Week of Malkhut, First Day Major sefirah: Malkhut/Royalty-Kingship; minor sefirah: Chessed/Kindness It’s sort of funny, you know, that a lot of ordinary, “at first glance” thinking is really wrong, the opposite of how things really are. What do I mean? Well, for example, to be in charge of something, to be its king, means to … Continue Reading

May 11th, 2010, In Prayer / Hitbodedut, by

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42nd Day of the Omer (Tuesday, 11 May)

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May 10th, 2010, In Prayer / Hitbodedut, by

Week of Yesod, Seventh Day Major sefirah: Yesod/Foundation; minor sefirah: Malkhut/Royalty-Kingship You know, even in the darkest days in Egypt, we always had the tradition that the Redeemer would come, a towering tzaddik. And we were fortunate. Many of the ancients, the founders of our tribes, the children and grandchildren of our third patriarch Yaakov, … Continue Reading

41st Day of the Omer (Monday, 10 May)

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May 9th, 2010, In Prayer / Hitbodedut, by

Week of Yesod, Sixth Day Major sefirah: Yesod/Foundation; minor sefirah: Yesod/Foundation What’s the foundation of the Foundation, eh? Good question. I’ve discovered that quiet itself is foundational (Zohar 3:115b). When I reach that inner-stillness I feel the strength to carry out my resolutions because that inner-quietness can overpower all the outer-noise. And that strength of … Continue Reading

Podcast, the First

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May 7th, 2010, In Prayer / Hitbodedut, Rebbe Nachman & Works, Rebbe Noson & Works, by

But Gd willing not the last. From The Rebbe Nachman Thursday Night Chaburah meeting of 6 May’10. The podcast is here.

Thoughts for Today

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November 4th, 2009, In Prayer / Hitbodedut, by

IF YOU HAVE AWARENESS, WHAT DO YOU LACK? IF YOU LACK AWARENESS, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? TALMUD, NEDARIM 41A Grant me holy wisdom and intelligence. Let me always see all things in the light of the holy wisdom they contain, and so attach myself to You through everything in the world. Reb Noson’s Prayers, Volume … Continue Reading

Take a Bow (Part Three)

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June 21st, 2009, In Prayer / Hitbodedut, by

Again, the following is based on a teaching of Rabbeinu Yehudah ben Yakar, one of the teachers of Ramban (Nachmanides). The focus is the bowing in Modim, the penultimate blessing of Shemonah Esrei. Our Sages were very strong in their emphasizing the importance of bowing in this blessing. They said that the spine of one … Continue Reading

Reb Nosson’s Likutey Tefilot Prayer 51

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June 19th, 2009, In Prayer / Hitbodedut, by

When creation was in potential, everything was one. Everything was true, good and holy (i.e., a complete unity). Even the word “pure” did not exist. Purity was created only when God brought potentiality into actuality, since now there were two realities: the original oneness and creation. “Pure” exists only in relation to “impure.” It is … Continue Reading

 












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