## Sefer HaMiddot, A Curse, Part I

###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Curse, Part I 1
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א. עַל יְדֵי הַקְּלָלוֹת בָּא אֲבֵלוּת, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Cursing brings to mourning, God forbid.


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ב. אֵין אָדָם רַשַּׁאי לְקַלֵּל אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן יָכוֹל לִרְאוֹת הַדּוֹרוֹת שֶׁיֵּצְאוּ מִמֶּנּוּ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One may not curse another person unless he can foresee the future generations of the one he curses.


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ג. אַל תִּהְיֶה קִלְלַת הֶדְיוֹט קַלָּה. בְּעֵינֶיךָ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Do not take the curse of an ordinary person lightly.


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ד. הַקְּלָלוֹת הוֹלְכִים אַחַר הַכַּוָּנָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It is the intention behind the curse that matters.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Curse, Part I 5
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ה. לִפְעָמִים נִתְקַיֵּם קִלְלַת הַצַּדִּיק כָּל יְמֵי חַיָּיו וְלא לְאַחַר מוֹתוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when a Tzaddik’s curse lasts as long as he is alive, but not after he dies.


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ו. סוֹף שֶׁקִּלְלַת חִנָּם יָשׁוּב עַל הַמְקַלֵּל.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
An unjustified curse eventually turns back on the curser.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Curse, Part I 7
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ז. קִלְלַת חָכָם אֲפִילּוּ בְּחִנָּם וַאֲפִילּוּ עַל תְּנַאי בָּאָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The wise person’s curse, even if unjustified, and even if conditional, comes to be.


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ח. אֲפִילּוּ נָכְרִי הַמְבָרֵךְ אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִתְבָּרֵךְ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Even a gentile who blesses a Jew will be blessed.