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The late eighteenth-century Hasidic master Rebbe Nachman of Breslov teaches us, “If you want to return to God you must make yourself into a new creation. You can do this with a sigh.”9
Adina Allen • The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom
and his trust in the Lord his God, and not think of any person or any creature at all while he is praying.
Rebbe Nosson of Breslov • Kitzur Likutey Moharan (Abridged Likutey Moharan) Vol. 2
the enormous favor God is doing for him through this suffering.
Rebbe Nosson of Breslov • Kitzur Likutey Moharan (Abridged Likutey Moharan) Vol. 2
The sixth Rebbe deduced from this principle that Israel ben Eliezer (1698–1760), the Ba‘al Shem Ṭov, “master of a good name,” generally abbreviated as the Beshṭ, should be considered the “Moses of Ḥasidism” and Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the “Moses of Ḥabad.”
Elliot R. Wolfson • Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menaḥem Mendel Schneerson
When you judge someone favorably, the Hasidic master Rebbe Nahman of Bratzlav (1772–1810) teaches, you elevate them and bring out the best that they are capable of being.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
The days of the month of Nissan are days of repentance like those of Tishrei
Rabbi Nathan of Breslov • Advice - Likutey Etzot
When people dance and clap their hands the harsh judgements are sweetened (10:1).
Rabbi Nathan of Breslov • Advice - Likutey Etzot
When the founder of Hasidic Judaism, the great Rabbi Israel Shem Tov, saw misfortune threatening the Jews, it was his custom to go into a certain part of the forest to meditate. There he would light a fire, say a special prayer, and the miracle would be accomplished and the misfortune averted.
Later, when his disciple, the celebrated Maggid of Mezri