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| Nowhere to Hide |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| Parshat Mishpatim - If the Torah tells the lowest individual - the slave – how to govern his affairs, then the Torah has some great advice for the rest of us, too. |
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| Bringing Torah into the World |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| These three weeks are the time when we mourn that the Torah hasn’t penetrated us, that we still don’t know how to bring Torah into the world. |
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| Disinterest or Enthusiasm? |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| Disinterest – this is the ailment of our generation. How much time does it take the average person to begin the morning prayers from the time he wakes up? |
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| Don’t Be Fooled |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| The Rebbe says that there is no Olam HaZeh. Whoever isn’t a Breslever runs a mile when he hears this. People want a Rebbe who’ll give them a blessing for success in this world… |
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| Every Little Movement |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| Stop knocking yourself! With every little movement you make in Torah, learning, and even at work, you're crowning Hashem all day long… |
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| Forever Young |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| We can believe that all our days are equally good. Even if things aren’t in order as we think they should be. This keeps us eternally young... |
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| Getting Up Early |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| The Evil Inclination wants to kill us. So what do we do? We get up early and kill him before he has a chance to kill us; getting up early is the essence of Breslev... |
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| High-Class Purgatory |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| People see wealthy people and think that they are living the good life. The reality is that rich people just live in a high class Purgatory, but it’s still Purgatory… |
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| In Order, or Out of Order |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak explains Rebbe Nachman’s teaching from Likutei Moharan II:82 about “in order” – when things go our way, and the opposite, when they don’t… |
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| Just A Drop |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| If a person travels to Uman for twenty years straight to be with the Rebbe on Rosh Hashana, and he's only changed just a drop for the better, it was all worth it... |
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| Kabbalah and Witchcraft |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| Do we learn Kabbala and pray with “kavanos”, the inner intent and meanings of Hashem’s Name, or not? What did Rebbe Nachman want us to do? |
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| No Evil Speech in Breslev! |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| A person lives in a battle zone, attempting to find some corner to shelter in. He lives in some far off place, out of the lions mouth, but even there they drive him mad... |
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| Pesky Thoughts |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| Rav Kivak elaborates on Likutei Moharan II:122 and gives us Rebbe Nachman's advice for getting rid of those bothersome thoughts that are a nuisance during prayer... |
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| Chatzkel and Chaim |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| Chaim’s Seder table is oozes opulence, yet he can’t seem to relate to what’s going on. Chatzkel, with his bare necessities, is elated. What’s the difference between the two? |
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| Out of the Self Mode |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| The Evil Inclination tries to make a person think about himself, whereas Elul teaches us to get out of the self mode and to seek our Loving Father who is ever so close… |
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