## Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I

###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 1
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א. אַל יִקְשֶׁה לְךָ הַדָּבָר כְּשֶׁאַתָּה רוֹאֶה, שֶׁהַצַּדִּיק לֹא תִּקֵּן אֵיזֶהוּ דָּבָר, כִּי זֶה סִבָּה מֵאֵת הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, שֶׁיַּנִּיחַ מָקוֹם לְבָנָיו לְהִתְגַּדֵּל בּוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Don’t be surprised when you find that the Tzaddik has left something unperfected. This is God’s doing, so that the Tzaddik leaves an area through which his son can later gain prominence.


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ב. פְּעָמִים שֶׁבִּטּוּלָהּ שֶׁל. תּוֹרָה זֶהוּ יְסוֹדָהּ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when the interruption of Torah study strengthens it.


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ג. מְקַבְּלִים מַתָּנוֹת מֵרְשָׁעִים, כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּחַזְרוּ בִּתְשׁוּבָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
[A Tzaddik will] accept gifts from the wicked so that they might repent.


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ד. צַדִּיקִים מַהֲנֵי זְכוּתַיְהוּ אַעָלְמָא, אַדִּידְהוּ לָא.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddikim use their merit to benefit the world, but not themselves.


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ה. מָצִינוּ שֶׁצַּדִּיק אֶחָד עוֹשֶׂה דָּבָר, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה רַבּוֹ לְצַדִּיק אַחֵר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It is common for one Tzaddik to do something that will make him another Tzaddik’s teacher.


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ו. תּוֹעֶלֶת גָּדוֹל לִרְאוֹת פְּנֵי גְּדוֹלֵי הַדּוֹר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Seeing the faces of the generation’s leaders is of great benefit.


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ז. הַצַּדִּיק נֶעֱנָשׁ, כְּשֶׁאֵינוֹ מִתְפַּלֵּל עַל דּוֹרוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A Tzaddik will be punished when he fails to pray for his generation.


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ח. הַלּוֹמֵד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִיד שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגּוּן, נִקְרָא רָשָׁע.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who teaches Torah to an unsuitable student is called wicked.


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ט. לְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים הִיא מְעַשֶּׁרֶת וּמַרְפֵּא, בְּכֵן תִּלְמַד לְדַבֵּר בִּלְשׁוֹנָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The manner in which the Sages speak brings prosperity and healing. A person should therefore learn to speak as they did.


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י. הַמְלַמֵּד תּוֹרָה לַאֲחֵרִים, הַתּוֹרָה נִתְגַּלֶּה לוֹ בְּלֹא טֹרַח.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person teaches Torah to others, the Torah is revealed to him with minimum effort.


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יא. מָצִינוּ שֶׁהַצַּדִּיק מִתְרַעֵם, כְּשֶׁאֶחָד מִתַּלְמִידָיו מִתְקָרֵב אֶת עַצְמוֹ לְצַדִּיק אַחֵר כְּדֵי לְהִתְפָּאֵר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It is common for a Tzaddik to complain when one of his disciples draws closer to another Tzaddik in order to gain prestige.


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יב. לִקְרַב לַצַּדִּיקִים בְּטִרְחָא מִסְתַּיְעָא מִלְּתָא טְפֵי לַעֲבוֹדַת הַבּוֹרֵא.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When drawing closer to Tzaddikim requires overcoming difficulties, it is all the more beneficial for serving the Creator.


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יג. לִפְעָמִים מַרְאִים מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם לַצַּדִּיק דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when Heaven shows the Tzaddik something that is only imaginary.


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יד. הָעוֹשֶׂה טוֹבָה לְמִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדְעָהּ, כְּזוֹרֵק אֶבֶן לְמַרְקוּלִיס.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Doing a favor for someone who is unaware of it is like “throwing a stone at Mercury” (a form of idol worship).


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טו. כָּל אָדָם יִנְהַג אֶת עַצְמוֹ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁמַע מֵרַבּוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Each person should practice [the Torah] as it was taught to him by his teacher.


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טז. לִפְעָמִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְאַסֵּף כַּמָּה צַדִּיקִים בְּמָקוֹם אֶחָד, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּדְחֲקוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה וְיִצְטַעֲרוּ, וְעַל יְדֵי זֶה יִתְבַּשְּׁלוּ כָּל צָרְכָּם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when God will bring a number of Tzaddikim together in one place so that the irritation caused by their mutual infringement brings them to fully mature.


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יז. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַעֲצִיר אֶת עַצְמוֹ, זוֹכֶה לְתַלְמִידִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Anyone who does not delay answering nature’s call merits having students.


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יח. יֵשׁ צַדִּיק שֶׁקּוֹלוֹ הוֹלֵךְ מֵרָחוֹק, הַיְנוּ בְּפִרְסוּם, וְאַחַר כָּךְ הוּא נוֹפֵל עַל יְדֵי תַּאֲוַת מָמוֹן.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It happens that a Tzaddik’s fame spreads far and wide, yet afterwards he falls. This is because of his desire for wealth.


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יט. מִי שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ. הוּא חָשׁוּב בְּעֵינָיו, יִכְתֹּב בְּסֵפֶר כָּל שְׁמוֹת הַצַּדִּיקִים וְהַתַּנָּאִים וְהַיְרֵאִים לְזִכָּרוֹן.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Anyone who holds God important will record in a book all the names of the Tzaddikim, the Mishnaic Sages and the God-fearing, in order to remember them.


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כ. אַל יִקְשֶׁה לְךָ, לָמָּה לָהֶם לַצַּדִּיקִים לֵהָנוֹת מֵאֲחֵרִים כְּדֵי לְהַנְהִיג אֶת בְּנֵי בֵיתוֹ בְּעשֶׁר וּבְכָבוֹד, מוּטָב שֶׁלֹּא לְהַנְהִיג וְלֹא לֵהָנוֹת מֵאֲחֵרִים, אַל יִקְשֶׁה לְךָ, כִּי כָּל מַה שֶּׁיֵּשׁ תַּעֲנוּג וְהַרְחָבָה לַצַּדִּיק, עַל יְדֵי זֶה נִתְגַּדֵּל נִשְׁמָתוֹ, וַאֲזַי יֵשׁ בֵּית מְנוּחָה לְשְׁכִינַת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וּבְכֵן אֵין לָבוֹא לַבַּיִת בְּיָדַיִם רֵיקָנִיּוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
“Why do the Tzaddikim accept benefits from others so that their family members can live in affluence and splendor? Wouldn’t it be better to forgo such a lifestyle and not be obliged to take from others?” This should not trouble you. For whatever pleasure and broadness the Tzaddik experiences expands his soul, thereby providing the Holy One’s Divine Presence with a tranquil place to reside. Therefore, one should never come to the home of a Tzaddik empty-handed.


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כא. כְּשֶׁתִּרְצֶה שֶׁיִּתְפַּלֵּל עָלֶיךָ אֵיזֶה צַדִּיק, תֵּלֵךְ לְצַדִּיק שֶׁהוּא רַחֲמָן.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When you want a Tzaddik to pray for you, go to a Tzaddik who is compassionate.


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כב. מִי שֶׁהוּא מְפֻרְסָם בְּדוֹרוֹ, צָרִיךְ לִקְרוֹת אוֹתוֹ רַבִּי, אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁאַתָּה גָּדוֹל מִמֶּנּוּ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
You must refer to the most prominent leader of your generation as “my master,” even if you are greater than him.


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כג. כְּשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק נוֹפֵל לְאֵיזֶה צָרָה, צָרִיךְ לוֹ לְבַקֵּשׁ מִצַּדִּיק אַחֵר, שֶׁיִּתְפַּלֵּל בַּעֲדוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a Tzaddik suffers some misfortune, he should ask another Tzaddik to pray on his behalf.


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כד. אֵלּוּ בְּנֵי אָדָם הַנּוֹסְעִים לַצַּדִּיק, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין מְקַבְּלִים תּוֹרָה מִמֶּנּוּ, מְקַבְּלִים שָׂכָר עַל הַנְּסִיעָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Even if those who travel to be with the Tzaddik do not receive any Torah lessons from him, they are rewarded for having made the journey.


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כה. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְשַׁמֵּשׁ תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים, חַיָּב מִיתָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever does not attend to the needs of Torah scholars deserves to die.


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כו. הַצַּדִּיק יָכוֹל לְהַעֲלוֹת מֵתִים לְמַדְרֵגָה גְּדוֹלָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik can elevate the dead to a very high level.


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כז. בַּהֲלִיכָה שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ אֵצֶל תַּלְמִיד חָכָם, בָּזֶה הוּא מְתַקֵּן פְּגַם שֶׁפָּגַם בְּבִרְכַּת הַנֶּהֱנִין.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
By journeying to be with a Torah scholar, a person rectifies any spiritual damage he caused by [failing to recite] the *Birkhot HaNehenin.*


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כח. כָּל שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר לוֹ לִמְחוֹת וְלֹא מִחָה, הוּא נֶעֱנָשׁ עֲלֵיהֶם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person is in a position to protest [against the actions of the wicked] but does not, he is punished for their sins.


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כט. לָאו אֹרַח אַרְעָא לְקַבֵּל מָרוּת אֲחֵרִים בִּפְנֵי. הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It is inappropriate to accept the authority of others while in the Tzaddik’s presence.


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ל. כָּל הַמִּתְעַצֵּל בְּהֶסְפֵּדוֹ שֶׁל חָכָם, אֵינוֹ מַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One who is apathetic at the eulogy of a Torah scholar will not live long.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 31
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לא. הַצַּדִּיק יָכוֹל לַעֲנשׁ לְפִי מַזָּלוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik’s ability to exact punishment is proportional to his *mazal.*


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 32
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לב. כְּשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק נִפְטָר, אֲזַי לָקוּתָא בָּא לְפִי מִדָּתוֹ שֶׁנָּהַג.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a Tzaddik dies, the void he leaves behind is consistent with the attributes by which he lived.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 33
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לג. בִּזְכוּת הַצַּדִּיק תַּלְמִידָיו מִתְפַּרְנְסִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The disciples of a Tzaddik earn their livelihood in his merit.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 34
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לד. מִי שֶׁשּׁוֹמֵעַ תּוֹרָה מֵהַצַּדִּיק, הֲוֵי כָּאֵלּוּ הוּא אָמַר הַתּוֹרָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person hears a Torah lesson from the Tzaddik, it is as if he delivered it himself.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 35
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לה. שְׁקוּלָה מִיתַת הַצַּדִּיקִים כִּשְׂרֵפַת בֵּית אֱלֹקֵינוּ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The death of a Tzaddik is as much a tragedy as the burning of God’s Temple.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 36
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לו. אִם תַּלְמִיד חָכָם הָגוּן הוּא לְמַד מִמֶּנּוּ, וְאִם לָאו פְּרשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
If a Torah scholar is fitting, learn from him; if not, part from his company.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 37
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לז. אֵין לְהִסְתַּכֵּל עַל רַבּוֹ בְּבֵית הַמֶּרְחָץ וְכַדּוֹמֶה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One should not stare at his teacher’s nakedness in the bathhouse, or in any other similar situation.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 38
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לח. לִפְעָמִים יֵשׁ שְׁנֵי צַדִּיקִים שָׁוִין, לְאֶחָד מַרְאִין לוֹ דְּבָרִים עֶלְיוֹנִים, וּלְאֶחָד אֵין מַרְאִין לוֹ. תֵּדַע שֶׁזֶּה שֶׁאֵין מַרְאִין לוֹ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בִּזְכוּתוֹ לְהָגֵן עַל אֲחֵרִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when two Tzaddikim are on equal par, yet great mysteries are revealed to only one of them. You should know that the reason the other is not shown is because his merit is needed elsewhere, to protect others.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 39
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לט. מוּטָב לְקָרֵב אֶת עַצְמוֹ לְצַּדִּיק שֶׁהוּא רַחֲמָן.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It is better to draw close to a Tzaddik who is compassionate.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 40
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מ. בִּזְכוּת שִׁמּוּשׁ אָדָם גָּדוֹל אָדָם נִצּוֹל מִמִּיתָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
In the merit of attending to the needs of a great person, one is saved from death.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 41
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מא. הַמּוֹרֶה הֲלָכָה בִּפְנֵי רַבּוֹ, חַיָּב מִיתָה, וְרָאוּי לְהַכִּישׁוֹ נָחָשׁ, וְנִקְרָא חוֹטֵא, וּמוֹרִידִין אוֹתוֹ מִגְּדֻלָּתוֹ, וְאָזִיל לִשְׁאוֹל בְּלֹא וָלָד.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who issues a Halakhic ruling in the presence of his teacher deserves to die, and by right should be bitten by a snake. He is called a sinner and should be removed from a position of status. He will descend into hell, childless.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 42
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מב. הַמָּקוֹר שֶׁמִּמֶּנּוּ תִּשְׁאַב הַחָכְמָה דְּהַיְנוּ הָרַב, הִשְׁתַּדֵּל שֶׁיִּהְיֶה בָּרוּךְ וְכָשֵׁר, וְלֹא תַחֲלִיפֶנּוּ, לֹא תָמִיר אוֹתוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Once you’ve made certain that the source from which you draw wisdom—namely, your teacher—is blessed and fitting, don’t substitute or exchange it for another.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 43
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מג. כָּל אִישׁ יִדָּמֶה בְּמַעֲשָׂיו לְבִרְכַּת אוֹתוֹ הַשֵּׁבֶט.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Each person should behave in a manner consistent with the blessing given to his tribe [by the patriarch Jacob].


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 44
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מד. כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ רָשָׁע בַּבַּיִת, אֲזַי נִסְתַּלֵּק מֵהַצַּדִּיק מַעְיַן הַתּוֹרָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The wellspring of Torah departs from the Tzaddik when there is a wicked person in his home.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 45
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מה. בִּזְכוּת קְבוּרַת הַצַּדִּיקִים. בְּחוּץ לָאָרֶץ יִזְכּוּ גַּם שְׁאָר הַמֵּתִים מִגִּלְגּוּל מְחִלּוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
In the merit of the Tzaddikim buried in their midst, also those buried outside the Holy Land will merit resurrection without suffering.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 46
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מו. הַמָּמוֹן שֶׁמְּהַנֶּה אֶת הַצַּדִּיק, הֲרֵי זֶה כְּאִלּוּ עָבַד עֲבוֹדַת בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Benefitting the Tzaddik with one’s money is tantamount to performing the service of the Holy Temple.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 47
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מז. יֵשׁ צַדִּיקִים שֶׁאֵינָם נִקְרָאִים בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are some Tzaddikim who are never known by the title “rabbi.”


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 48
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מח. כְּשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק אוֹמֵר אֵיזֶהוּ דִּבּוּר, כָּל זְמַן שֶׁהַדִּבּוּר לֹא נִתְקַיֵּם, שֶׁעֲדַיִן לֹא בָּא זְמַנּוֹ, הַדִּבּוּר הַזֶּה חָקוּק בָּעוֹלָם הָעֶלְיוֹן, אֲבָל אֵין מֵאִיר בִּבְהִירוּת, וּכְשֶׁמַּגִּיעַ הַזְּמַן שֶׁיִּתְקַיֵּם, אֲזַי הַדִּבּוּר מַתְחִיל לְהָאִיר בִּבְהִירוּת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When the Tzaddik says something that remains unfulfilled because its time has not yet come, his words are engraved on high but lack luster. However, once the time comes for his words to be realized, they begin to shine brightly.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 49
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מט. הַמְהַנֶּה אֶת תַּלְמִיד חָכָם, צָרִיךְ לְחַזֵּק שֶׁלֹּא יִתְבַּזֶּה בְּעֵינָיו הַתַּלְמִיד חָכָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One who benefits a Torah scholar has to strengthen [his faith] so as not to lose his respect for that scholar.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 50
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נ. הַמּוֹנֵעַ הֲלָכָה מִתַּלְמִידוֹ, כְּאִלּוּ גּוֹזְלוֹ מִנַּחֲלַת אֲבוֹתָיו, וַאֲפִלּוּ עֻבָּרִין שֶׁבִּמְעֵי אִמָּן מְקַלְּלִין אוֹתוֹ וּמְנַקְּבִין אוֹתוֹ כִּכְבָרָה. וְאִם לִמְּדוֹ זוֹכֶה לִבְרָכוֹת כְּיוֹסֵף, וְזוֹכֶה וּמְלַמְּדָהּ לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Denying one’s student Torah is tantamount to stealing his ancestral inheritance. Even a fetus in its mother’s womb curses such a teacher, whose body will be riddled with holes, like a sieve. Conversely, by teaching his student, he is rewarded with great blessing, like Joseph, and merits teaching Torah in the World to Come.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 51
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נא. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְהַנֶּה תַּלְמִיד חָכָם מִנְּכָסָיו, אֵינוֹ רוֹאֶה סִימַן בְּרָכָה לָעוֹלָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who does not use his wealth to benefit a Torah scholar will never see a blessing in what he owns.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 52
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נב. הַמְלַגְלֵג עַל דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים, הוּא נֶעֱנָשׁ מִיתָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One who ridicules the words of the Sages is punished with death.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 53
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נג. קִרְבַת הַצַּדִּיקִים טוֹב בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וּבָעוֹלָם הַבָּא.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Being close to the Tzaddikim is beneficial in both this world and the next.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 54
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נד. הַצַּדִּיק בְּדִבּוּרוֹ יָכוֹל לִפְסֹק לָזֶה גַּן עֵדֶן וְלָזֶה גֵיהִנֹּם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik has the power to decree heaven for one person and hell for another.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 55
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נה. טוֹב לְבַלּוֹת זְמַן רַב, בִּשְׁבִיל שָׁעָה אַחַת, שֶׁיִּתְקָרֵב לַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It is worthwhile expending even a great deal of time in order to spend but a single hour in the proximity of a Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 56
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נו. כְּשֶׁנִּתְמַעֵט לָאָדָם מְשַׁמְּשָׁיו, יִדְאַג מִיּוֹם הַמִּיתָה אוֹ מִדָּבָר אַחֵר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person begins losing the use of his physical senses, he should worry that death, or some other misfortune, is near.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 57
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נז. יֵשׁ נָאֶה דּוֹרֵשׁ, וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן. אֵינוֹ מְכַוֵּן אֶל הָאֱמֶת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are those who can create beautiful Torah expositions and yet not be in tune with the truth.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 58
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נח. צַדִּיק יָכוֹל לְהַגְבִּיהַּ תּוֹרָה שֶׁל צַדִּיק אַחֵר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One Tzaddik can elevate the Torah lesson of another Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 59
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נט. מַה שֶּׁהַצַּדִּיק מְחַדֵּשׁ בַּתּוֹרָה, הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אוֹמְרָהּ בִּשְׁמוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The insight that a Tzaddik originates in Torah, God repeats in his name.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 60
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ס. דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִים חֲכָמִים חֲבִיבִים מִדִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה וּמִדִּבְרֵי נְבִיאִים, וְצָרִיךְ לִשְׁמֹעַ וּלְצַיֵּת אוֹתָם אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין מַרְאִין לְךָ שׁוּם מוֹפֵת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The words of wise Tzaddikim are dearer than the words of Torah and the Prophets. You must hearken to and obey them even if these Tzaddikim do not impress you with any miracle.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 61
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סא. מִי שֶׁמְשַׁבֵּחַ אֶת הַצַּדִּיק, יָנוּחוּ בְּרָכוֹת עַל רֹאשׁוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One who praises the Tzaddik will have blessings placed on his head.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 62
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סב. הַצַּדִּיק שֶׁבָּעִיר כָּל דִּבְרֵיהֶם עָלָיו מֻטָּל.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Everything that happens in a town depends on the Tzaddik living there.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 63
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סג. מֻתָּר לְצַדִּיק לְשַׁמֵּשׁ עִם מִי שֶׁהוּא שׁוֹנֵה הֲלָכוֹת, כְּשֶׁהוּא מְלַמְּדוֹ אֵיזֶהוּ דָּבָר חָדָשׁ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A Tzaddik may have a student of Halakhah attend him, provided he teaches this student something new.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 64
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סד. מִי שֶׁמֵּבִיא אֶת עַם הָאָרֶץ לִקְרֹב תַּחַת כַּנְפֵי הַצַּדִּיק מְקַבֵּל עַל יְדֵי זֶה שָׂכָר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever brings a boor under the Tzaddik’s influence will be rewarded.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 65
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סה. עַל יְדֵי הַקְבָּלַת פְּנֵי הָרַב לֹא יִרְאֶה שַׁחַת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One who goes out to greet his teacher will never see the netherworld.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 66
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סו. לִפְעָמִים הַתְּפִלָּה אֵינָהּ מוֹעֶלֶת אֶלָּא בִּשְׁעָתָהּ, וּכְשֶׁפּוֹסְקִין מִלְהִתְפַּלֵּל, עוֹשֶׂה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא רְצוֹנוֹ וְחֶפְצוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when a person’s prayers help as long as he keeps praying. Once he stops, the Holy One does as He sees fit.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 67
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סז. הַמֵּבִיא דּוֹרוֹן לְתַלְמִיד חָכָם, כְּאִלּוּ מַקְרִיב בִּכּוּרִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Giving a gift to a Torah scholar is like bringing a first-fruit offering.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 68
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סח. אֵין לְהַטְרִיחַ אֶת הַמָּקוֹם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Do not try to force God’s hand.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 69
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סט. מִי שֶׁאוֹהֵב אֶת הַצַּדִּיק, צָרִיךְ לִשְׁמֹר אֶת הַצַּדִּיק, שֶׁלֹּא יֵצֵא עָלָיו שֵׁם רָע.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One who loves the Tzaddik must keep him from getting a bad name.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 70
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ע. כָּל טוֹבָתָן שֶׁל רְשָׁעִים רָעָה הִיא אֵצֶל הַצַּדִּיקִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik despises all the favors of wicked men.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 71
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עא. אַל תִּתְפַּלֵּל וְאַל תַּטְרִיחַ אֶת קוֹנְךָ, כָּל זְמַן שֶׁאַתָּה יָכוֹל לַעֲשׂוֹת בִּפְעֻלָּה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Do not beseech or bother your Master as long as it is possible to achieve what you seek through your own efforts.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 72
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עב. הַצַּדִּיק כָּל זְמַן. שֶׁהוּא בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, הַגַּן עֵדֶן שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מִשְׁתַּמְּשִׁין בּוֹ הַצַּדִּיקִים הָאֲחֵרִים שֶׁבְּגַן עֵדֶן.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
While a Tzaddik is still in this world, his portion in the Garden of Eden is being used by the Tzaddikim already there.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 73
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עג. יֵשׁ תַּלְמִידִים שֶׁעִקָּרָם תְּלוּיִים בִּזְכוּת הַצַּדִּיק, וּכְשֶׁנִּסְתַּלֵק הַצַּדִּיק אֲזַי נִסְתַּלְּקִים גַּם הֵם אוֹ נֶעֱנָשִׁים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are certain disciples whose very essence is dependent on the merit of the Tzaddik. When the Tzaddik dies, they also die, or are punished.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 74
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עד. הַמְקֹרָבִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ לַצַּדִּיק בְּחַיָּיו, הֵם יִהְיוּ מְקֹרָבִים בְּמוֹתָם / בְּמוֹתוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Those who were followers of the Tzaddik during his lifetime will be his followers even after his death, or after theirs.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 75
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עה. מִי שֶׁהָיָה מְקֹרָב לְצַּדִּיק אֶחָד, וְאַחַר כָּךְ מְקָרֵב אֶת עַצְמוֹ לְצַדִּיק אַחֵר, הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁשָּׁמַע מֵהַצַּדִּיק הָרִאשׁוֹן מַטְרִידִין אוֹתוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person is close to one Tzaddik and then becomes a follower of a second Tzaddik, the Torah taught to him by the first Tzaddik troubles him.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 76
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עו. לִפְעָמִים הַצַּדִּיק נִפְטַר, כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּכְרִיעַ אֵיזֶה דִּין לְמַעְלָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when a Tzaddik must die in order to suppress some harsh decree on high.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 77
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עז. אֵיזֶהוּ בֶּן עוֹלָם הַבָּא, זֶה שֶׁחוֹלְקִין לוֹ כָּבוֹד מֵחֲמַת חָכְמָתוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Who merits the World to Come? The one whom people honor for his wisdom.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 78
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עח. עַל יְדֵי צְדָקָה נַעֲשֶׂה סוּר מֵרָע.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who gives charity is able to turn from evil ways.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 79
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עט. אֵינְךָ זָקוּק לְיַסֵּר תַּלְמִידְךָ וּלְסַלְקוֹ מִלְּפָנֶיךָ, כְּשֶׁאֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לֵילֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ הַיָּשָׁר, אֶלָּא תְּקָרְבֵהוּ, כִּי זֶה טוֹבַת שְׁאָר הַתַּלְמִידִים, וְסוֹפוֹ לָתֵת לֵב.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
You need not chastise and chase away a student who refuses to follow the proper path. Rather, bring him closer to you. This will benefit your other pupils, and eventually he too will take heed.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 80
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פ. לִפְעָמִים אָדָם מֵת קֹדֶם זְמַנּוֹ עַל יְדֵי תַּרְעֹמֶת צַדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person sometimes dies before his time because of the Tzaddik’s complaints against him.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 81
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פא. יָכוֹל לִהְיוֹת שֶׁיִּהְיֶה אָדָם צַדִּיק גָּדוֹל, אַף עַל פִּי שֶּׁלֹּא לָמַד הַרְבֵּה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It is possible for a person to be a great Tzaddik even without being very learned.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 82
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פב. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַאֲמִין בְּדִבְרֵי הַצַּדִּיקִים, רָאוּי לְעֹנֶשׁ, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן מְלַגְלֵג.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who does not believe in the words of the Tzaddikim, and certainly one who ridicules them, deserves to be punished.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 83
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פג. כְּשֶׁאֶחָד בָּא לְקָרֵב אֶת עַצְמוֹ לַצַּדִּיק, מֻתַּר לוֹ לְהַרְחִיקוֹ, כְּשֶׁשּׁוֹאֵל קֻשְׁיוֹת שֶׁאֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik is permitted to discourage a person who wants to get closer to him but raises questions unnecessarily.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 84
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פד. כְּשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק אוֹמֵר תּוֹרָה לָעָם, מֻתָּר לוֹ. לְחַבֵּב תּוֹרָתוֹ בְּעֵינֵיהֶם קֹדֶם שֶׁיֹּאמַר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Before publicly delivering a Torah lesson, the Tzaddik may say things that will endear his words to his listeners.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 85
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פה. אֲפִלּוּ זִוּוּג רִאשׁוֹן מִתְהַפֵּךְ בִּתְפִלָּה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
[Although decreed in heaven,] even a person’s first marriage partner can be changed through prayer.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 86
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פו. בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה כָּל הָרוֹצֶה לְקָרֵב אֶת עַצְמוֹ מְקָרֵב, אֲבָל בָּעוֹלָם הַבָּא אֵין מְקָרְבִין אֶלָּא הַמְקֹרָבִין מִכְּבָר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
In this world, whoever wants to get closer can do so. But in the World to Come, the only ones brought close are those who already were.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 87
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פז. צַדִּיק שֶׁקֵּרֵב אֶת הָאָדָם, וְהָאָדָם הַזֶּה לֹא רָצָה לְקָרֵב אֶת עַצְמוֹ, מֻתָּר לוֹ לִדְחוֹת בְּיָדַיִם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person rejects the Tzaddik’s attempts to draw him closer, the Tzaddik has every right to push him away.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 88
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פח. הַצַּדִּיק יָכוֹל לַעֲנשׁ אֶת הָאָדָם בְּמִיתָה, אֲפִלּוּ עַל יְדֵי חֲלִישׁוּת דַּעְתּוֹ, אֲפִלּוּ בְּטָעוּת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik can punish his offender with death even for a slight offense, and even if that offense was accidental.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 89
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פט. דְּבָרִים שֶׁאַתָּה שׁוֹמֵעַ מִפִּי הַצַּדִּיק, הֵם מוֹעִילִים יוֹתֵר, מִמַּה שֶׁאַתָּה לוֹמֵד בִּסְפָרִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
That which you hear directly from the Tzaddik is more beneficial than that which you learn from a book.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 90
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צ. אָדָם מֵבִין יוֹתֵר, כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה פְּנֵי הַמְדַבֵּר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person is better able to understand when he sees the face of the speaker.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 91
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צא. עַל יְדֵי דִּבּוּר קַל שֶׁל הַצַּדִּיק נִפְתָּח אוֹר גָּדוֹל, אָז בְּנָקֵל לִבְנֵי אָדָם לְהַשִּׂיג חָכְמוֹת רָמוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik’s simple statement opens up a great light, making it easy for common people to understand exalted wisdom.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 92
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צב. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נוֹהֵג כַּשּׁוּרָה, מֻתָּר לְהִשְׁתַּעְבֵּד בּוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person behaves improperly, it is permitted to make him your servant.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 93
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צג. לִפְעָמִים הַצַּדִּיק מְנַשֵּׂא אֶת הָאָדָם וְאַחַר כָּךְ מַשְׁפִּילוֹ וְזֶה לְטוֹבַת הָאִישׁ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik will sometimes elevate a person only to later lower his status. This is for that person’s own good.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 94
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צד. יֵשׁ צַדִּיק נִקְרָא טוֹב, וְיֵשׁ צַדִּיק שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִקְרָא טוֹב, וְיֵשׁ רָשָׁע רָע, וְיֵשׁ רָשָׁע שֶׁאֵינוֹ רָע.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Some Tzaddikim are called good, while others are not. Likewise, some evil men are called wicked, while others are not.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 95
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צה. גְּנַאי הוּא וְשִׁפְלוּת לְדוֹר, שֶׁכְּפוּפִין לָזֶה שֶׁאֵין לוֹ מִי שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה מְלַאכְתּוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It is a disgrace and a humiliation for the generation when its leader has no one tending to his affairs.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 96
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צו. לְלַמֵּד לַאֲחֵרִים עָדִיף מִמַּעֲשֶׂה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Teaching others [to perform *mitzvot*] is preferable to practicing oneself.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 97
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צז. יֵשׁ לְהִזָּהֵר מִלְּהַרְאוֹת חֲסִידוּת לִפְנֵי גְּדוֹלִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Be careful not to display piety in front of a great person.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 98
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צח. מַהוּת הָאָדָם נִכָּר עַל יְדֵי הִתְקָרְבוּתוֹ, כְּשֶׁרוֹאִין. לְמִי הוּא מְקֹרָב.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
You can determine a person’s inner character from his affiliation, when you see which Tzaddik he follows.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 99
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צט. הַצַּדִּיק אַל יְסַכֵּן עַצְמוֹ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל בְּעַצְמוֹ, עַד שֶׁיִּהְיֶה הוּא מְסֻכָּן, אֶלָּא יִשְׁתַּתֵּף עִמּוֹ צַדִּיק אַחֵר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A Tzaddik should not endanger himself by being the only one to pray on his behalf. Rather, he should ask a second Tzaddik to pray with him.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 100
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ק. הַצַּדִּיק יֵשׁ לוֹ כֹּחַ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל עַל אָדָם, שֶׁיִּנָּצֵל מֵחֲטָאִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik’s prayer has the power to save a person from sinning.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 101
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קא. הַצַּדִּיק הוּא הַצֶּלֶם אֱלֹקִים שֶׁל הַדּוֹר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik is the image of God for his generation.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 102
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קב. הַצַּדִּיק הוּא סוֹבֵל לְסוֹבְלָיו בְּעֵת צָרָתָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
In their time of trouble, the Tzaddik bears the suffering of those who support him.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 103
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קג. יָכוֹל אָדָם שֶׁיִּהְיֶה צַדִּיק, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ בִּטָּחוֹן בִּשְׁלֵמוּת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person can be a Tzaddik even if he hasn’t perfected his trust in God.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 104
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קד. הַצַּדִּיק יָכוֹל לְהִתְעַנֵּג, וְאֵינוֹ יָרֵא מֵהַיֵּצֶר הָרָע, כִּי תּוֹרָתוֹ מֵגֵנָּה עָלָיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik is able to enjoy physical pleasure without fearing the evil inclination, because his Torah study will protect him.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 105
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קה. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ עוֹמֵד בִּפְנֵי רַבּוֹ, נִקְרָא רָשָׁע וְאֵינוֹ מַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים וְתַלְמוּדוֹ מִשְׁתַּכֵּחַ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who does not rise in the presence of his teacher is called wicked. He will not live a long life and will forget his learning.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 106
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קו. אֵין לְהַטְרִיחַ אֶת הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ כְּשֶׁיְּכוֹלִין לְהוֹעִיל עַל יְדֵי דָּבָר אַחֵר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Do not burden the Holy One when you can find help by some other means.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 107
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קז. לִפְעָמִים עַל יְדֵי נַחַת רוּחַ אֶחָד וּמְעַט שֶׁעוֹשִׂין לַצַּדִּיק, עַל יְדֵי זֶה זוֹכִין לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Sometimes, pleasing the Tzaddik just once, and only slightly, is enough to earn the World to Come.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 108
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קח. מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ אֱמוּנָה שְׁלֵמָה בַּשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, יָכוֹל לַעֲשׂוֹת נַחַת רוּחַ לַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who has perfect faith in God is capable of pleasing the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 109
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קט. מִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ שׁוּם הִרְהוּרֵי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, הוּא מִשְׁתּוֹקֵק תָּמִיד לְהַצִּיל אֶת הַצַּדִּיקִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One who is free of idolatrous thoughts will always yearn to save the Tzaddikim.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 110
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קי. מִי שֶׁרוֹצֶה לַעֲשׂוֹת טוֹבָה לַצַּדִּיק, הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא נוֹתֵן לוֹ כֹּחַ לָזֶה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person wants to benefit the Tzaddik, the Holy One gives him the ability to do so.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 111
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קיא. תַּלְמִיד חָכָם הַמְבַעֵט בְּרַבּוֹתָיו, נִתְקַצְּרוּ שְׁנוֹתָיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A Torah scholar who rejects his teachers has his years shortened.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 112
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קיב. הַמַּנְהִיג עַצְמוֹ בָּרַבָּנוּת כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ גָּדוֹל מִמֶּנּוּ, נִתְקַצְּרִים שְׁנוֹתָיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who assumes the position of rabbi when there is someone greater than himself has his years cut short.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 113
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קיג.. כְּשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק צָרִיךְ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל שֶׁיִּתְנוּ לוֹ אֵיזֶה דָּבָר וְיָרֵא מֵהַמְקַטְרְגִים עַל צִדְקָתוֹ, יְבַקֵּשׁ הֵפֶךְ רְצוֹנוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a Tzaddik must pray for something but is afraid of those who will dispute his righteousness, he should ask for the very opposite of what he wants.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 114
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קיד. כְּשֶׁרָשָׁע עוֹשֶׂה אֵיזֶה רָעָה וּבָא לְהַצַּדִּיק וְשׁוֹאֵל מִמֶּנּוּ אִם יָפֶה עָשָׂה, מֻתָּר לוֹמַר לוֹ: יָפֶה עָשִׂיתָ, כְּדֵי לְהַצִּיל אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a wicked person who has done some evil comes to the Tzaddik seeking his approval, the Tzaddik may save himself by telling the wicked person that he has done well.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 115
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קטו. מִי שֶׁמַּפְרִישׁ בְּנֵי אָדָם מִלָּבוֹא תַּחַת כַּנְפֵי הַשְּׁכִינָה, עַל יְדֵי זֶה נוֹפְלִים בָּנָיו לְעַבְדוּת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Preventing others from coming under the wings of the Divine Presence (i.e., serving God) causes a person’s children to fall into servitude.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 116
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קטז. לִפְעָמִים צָרִיךְ לְבַקֵּשׁ רַחֲמִים עַל הַחוֹלֶה שֶׁיָּמוּת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when the mercy one must seek for a sick person is that he die.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 117
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קיז. בִּתְחִלָּה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְגַלֶּה הַסּוֹד בַּתּוֹרָה לַצַּדִּיק, וְאַחַר כָּךְ אוֹמֵר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא הַתּוֹרָה בִּשְׁבִיל / בְּשֵׁם הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Holy One first reveals a hidden teaching in the Torah to the Tzaddik and then repeats that teaching in the Tzaddik’s name.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 118
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קיח. לִפְעָמִים הַצַּדִּיק מִתְעַנֶּה וּמִתְפַּלֵּל וְאֵינוֹ מוֹעִיל.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when the fasting and prayers of the Tzaddik are to no avail.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 119
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קיט. הַצַּדִּיק מֻתָּר לוֹ לִפְרֹץ גְּדָרִים שֶׁל אֲחֵרִים בִּשְׁבִיל דַּרְכּוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik may violate the boundaries set by others in order to establish his own path [in serving God].


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 120
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קכ. לִפְעָמִים גּוֹזְרִים מִלְמַעְלָה עַל מִסְפַּר בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁיָּמוּתוּ, וְיֵשׁ אֶחָד בֵּינֵיהֶם שֶׁהַצַּדִּיק אוֹהֵב אוֹתוֹ, יֵשׁ כֹּחַ בַּצַּדִּיק לְהִתְפַּלֵּל עָלָיו וּלְהַצִּיל אוֹתוֹ וְלִתֵּן אַחֵר תַּחְתָּיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when among those who’ve been sentenced to death in heaven is someone whom the Tzaddik loves. The Tzaddik has the power to pray for him and save him by putting someone else in his place.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 121
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קכא. יֵשׁ כֹּחַ בַּצַּדִּיק לִקַּח מִזֶּה וְלִתֵּן לָזֶה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik has the power to take from one person and give to another.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 122
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קכב. בִּרְכַּת הַצַּדִּיק הוּא פִּדְיוֹן.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik’s blessing is a *pidyon.*


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 123
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קכג. כָּל צַדִּיק יֵשׁ לוֹ דְּבַר עֲבוֹדָה, שֶׁצַּדִּיק אַחֵר, אֲפִלּוּ גָּדוֹל מִמֶּנּוּ, אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְהַשִּׂיג עֲבוֹדָתוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Each Tzaddik has a particular devotion that another Tzaddik, even one greater than him, is unable to match.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 124
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קכד. מַה שֶּׁהַצַּדִּיקִים נוֹסְעִים מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם בִּשְׁבִיל מָמוֹן, כִּי דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה עֲנִיִּים. בִּמְקוֹמָם וַעֲשִׁירִים בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The reason Tzaddikim travel from place to place collecting money is that the words of Torah are poor (concise) in one place and rich (extensive) in another.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 125
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קכה. אֲרִיכַת יָמִים שֶׁל תַּלְמִיד חָכָם בָּא, כְּשֶׁמְּכַבְּדִין זֶה אֶת זֶה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Torah scholars live long when they show each other respect.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 126
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קכו. אֵינָהּ דּוֹמָה תְּפִלַּת צַדִּיק בֶּן צַדִּיק לִתְפִלַּת צַדִּיק בֶּן רָשָׁע.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The prayers of a Tzaddik who is the son of a wicked person cannot compare to the prayers of a Tzaddik who is the son of a Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 127
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קכז. מִי שֶׁמְּנַסֶּה אֶת הַצַּדִּיק, כְּאִלּוּ מְנַסֶּה אֶת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Testing the Tzaddik is like testing God.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 128
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קכח. כָּל הַגְּבִיּוֹת שֶׁאֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם גּוֹבִין מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, אֵין זֶה אֶלָּא בִּשְׁבִיל הַפְּגָם שֶׁפָּגְמוּ בִּכְבוֹד הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
All the demands for money that the gentiles make of the Jews are only on account of the disrespect that the Jews have shown the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 129
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קכט. כְּשֶׁשּׂוֹנְאֵי הַשֵּׁם דּוֹבְרִים וְחוֹלְקִים עַל הַצַּדִּיק, הוּא כָּבוֹד גָּדוֹל לַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It is a great honor for the Tzaddik when those who are God’s enemies also speak against and argue with him.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 130
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קל. עַל יְדֵי אֱמוּנַת צַדִּיקִים נִמְתָּק הַדִּין.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Faith in the Tzaddik mitigates harsh judgment.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 131
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קלא. הַצַּדִּיק הוּא מְלַמֵּד אֶת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּתוֹרָתוֹ, אֵיךְ יִתְנַהֵג עִמָּנוּ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik uses God’s Torah to teach Him how to act towards us.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 132
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קלב. הַתְּפִלָּה שֶּׁאָדָם מִתְפַּלֵּל בְּהִתְקַשְּׁרוּת הַצַּדִּיקִים, הוּא נַעֲנֶה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A prayer that a person prays while binding himself to the Tzaddikim will be answered.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 133
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קלג. הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מוֹחֵל עֲווֹנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּשְׁבִיל הַצַּדִּיקִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Holy One pardons the sins of the Jews because of the Tzaddikim.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 134
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קלד. הַלֵּיצָנוּת אֵינוֹ מַנִּיחַ אֶת הָאָדָם לֵילֵךְ לְצַּדִּיקִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person’s derisiveness prevents him from going to the Tzaddikim


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 135
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קלה. עַל יְדֵי צְדָקָה זוֹכֶה לְהִתְקָרְבוּת לַצַּדִּיקִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
By giving charity, a person merits coming closer to the Tzaddikim.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 136
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קלו. אֵין לְךָ צַדִּיק שֶׁאֵין עָלָיו מַחֲלֹקֶת וּמְחַקְּרִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There is no Tzaddik who is free from controversy and scrutiny.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 137
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קלז. יֵשׁ רָשָׁע שֶׁהוּא בּוֹשׁ לִכְפֹּר בַּצַּדִּיק עַצְמוֹ וּמְדַבֵּר רָעוֹת עַל אֵלּוּ שֶׁהֵם תַּחַת הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The wicked person who is too embarrassed to repudiate the Tzaddik himself will instead berate those who follow the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 138
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קלח. עַל יְדֵי רְאִיַּת פְּנֵי הַצַּדִּיק נִתְחַדֵּד הַשֵּׂכֶל.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Seeing the face of the Tzaddik sharpens the mind.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 139
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קלט. מִי שֶׁשּׁוֹמֵר אֶת הַצַּדִּיק, שֶׁלֹּא יִפֹּל בּוֹ שׁוּם צַעַר, יִזְכֶּה לְכָבוֹד וְיֶהֱנֶה מִצִּדְקַת הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever protects the Tzaddik from suffering merits respect and will benefit from the Tzaddik’s righteousness.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 140
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קמ. עַל יְדֵי שְׁמִיעַת תּוֹרָה מִפִּי. הַצַּדִּיק מְקַבְּלִין חִיּוּת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
By hearing a Torah lesson from a Tzaddik one receives vitality.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 141
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קמא. רָשָׁע שֶׁעָשָׂה חֲטָאִים רַבִּים, תַּקָּנָתוֹ שֶׁיִּהְיֶה פְּעֻלּוֹתָיו לְחַיּוֹת אֶת הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A wicked person who has sinned often can make amends by doing things that bring vitality to the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 142
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קמב. כְּשֶׁרָשָׁע מַכְנִיעַ אֶת עַצְמוֹ תַּחַת הַצַּדִּיק, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁנִּגְזַר עַל הַצַּדִּיק אֵיזֶה צָרָה וְעַכְשָׁו לֹא יָבֹא עָלָיו עוֹד הַצָּרָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a wicked person humbles himself before the Tzaddik, clearly some punishment had been decreed against the Tzaddik, but now that punishment will no longer come.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 143
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קמג. כְּשֶׁתִּירָא מֵהַצַּדִּיק, תִּזְכֶּה לָסוּר מֵרַע.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When you fear the Tzaddik, you merit turning away from evil.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 144
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קמד. כְּשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק שׁוֹרֶה בְּצַעַר וְהָרָשָׁע מְבַקֵּשׁ רַחֲמִים עָלָיו, עַל יְדֵי זֶה יִזְכֶּה לֶעָתִיד לַעֲמֹד עַל שַׁעֲרֵי צַדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a wicked person prays for mercy on behalf of a Tzaddik who is in pain, he merits standing at the gates of the righteous.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 145
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קמה. מַה שֶׁלִּפְעָמִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלַּת הַצַּדִּיק, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּדְחֶה בְּזֶה אֶת הָרְשָׁעִים, שֶׁיִּשָּׁאֲרוּ בְּרִשְׁעוּתָן.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Holy One will sometimes ignore the Tzaddik’s prayers in order to push aside the wicked, so that they will remain with their evil ways.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 146
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קמו. עַל יְדֵי מַחֲלֹקֶת עַל הַצַּדִּיק שׁוֹכְחִין אֶת הַתּוֹרָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Those who quarrel with the Tzaddik forget the Torah.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 147
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קמז. הַשֶּׁבַח שֶׁמְּשַׁבְּחִין אֶת הַצַּדִּיקִים, כְּאִלּוּ מְשַׁבְּחִין אֶת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Praising the Tzaddikim is like praising God.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 148
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קמח. עִיר שֶׁהִיא צַיֵּת אֶת הַצַּדִּיק, אֵין מִלְחָמָה נִשְׁמַעַת בָּהּ וְאֵין מְהוּמָה וְאֵין שְׁמוּעָה רָעָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Neither the sound of war nor turmoil nor bad news is heard in a city that obeys the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 149
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קמט. הַהִתְנַגְּדוּת עַל הַצַּדִּיקִים זֶה בָּא מֵהִתְנַגְּדוּת שֶׁבֵּין הַצַּדִּיקִים בְּעַצְמָן.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Opposition to the Tzaddikim stems from the opposition the Tzaddikim show for each other.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 150
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קנ. בִּשְׁבִיל זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא נוֹתֵן פַּרְנָסָה לַצַּדִּיק עַל יְדֵי הָמוֹן עִם, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לוֹ אֵיזֶה הִתְחַבְּרוּת עִמָּהֶם, וּכְשֶׁיִּזְכֹּר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶת הַצַּדִּיק, יִזְכֹּר גַּם אוֹתָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
God makes the Tzaddik dependent upon the masses for his livelihood so that he should have some connection to them. Thus, when God remembers the Tzaddik, He also remembers everyone else.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 151
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קנא. בִּיאַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ תָּלוּי בְּקִרְבַת הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Mashiach’s coming is dependent on our getting closer to the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 152
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קנב. עִקָּר שְׁלֵמוּת הַנֶּפֶשׁ תָּלוּי בְּקִרְבַת הַצַּדִּיק

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The soul’s perfection depends mainly on getting closer to the Tzaddikim.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 153
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קנג. מִי שֶׁמְּקָרֵב עַצְמוֹ. לַצַּדִּיק וְקִרְבָתוֹ אֵינוֹ בִּתְמִימוּת, עַל יְדֵי זֶה נִתְהַפֵּךְ אַחֵר כָּךְ לְרוֹדֵף.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person’s drawing closer to the Tzaddik lacks sincerity, he will later turn into the Tzaddik’s adversary.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 154
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קנד. הַשַּׁקְרָן בַּשָּׁעָה שֶׁבָּא לִרְאוֹת אֶת הַצַּדִּיק לִבּוֹ חוֹשֵׁב אֵיךְ יְדַבֵּר אַחֵר כָּךְ

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
While in the presence of the Tzaddik, a liar’s heart wonders how he will ever be able to speak afterwards.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 155
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קנה. הַדִּבּוּרִים שֶׁדּוֹבְרִים עַל הַצַּדִּיק לַסּוֹף שֶׁדִּבְרֵיהֶם נֶהֱפַךְ עֲלֵיהֶם, וְנוֹפְלִים לַמִּשְׁכָּב.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
People who speak against the Tzaddik eventually have their words turn on them. They also fall ill.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 156
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קנו. מִי שֶׁמַּכְנִיעַ אֶת עַצְמוֹ בִּפְנֵי הַצַּדִּיק בְּזֶה מְעוֹרֵר אַהֲבָה אֵצֶל הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever humbles himself before the Tzaddik arouses the Tzaddik’s love for him.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 157
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קנז. עַל יְדֵי סִפּוּרֵי מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת מַצְדִּיקִים עַל יְדֵי זֶה זוֹכִין לְהִתְקָרֵב לָהֶם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Telling stories about the Tzaddikim brings a person closer to them.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 158
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קנח. לְפִי רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ, שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא נוֹתֵן לַצַּדִּיק כֵּן הָעֲשִׁירִים סוֹמְכִים אוֹתוֹ וּלְפִי סְמִיכָתָם אוֹתוֹ כֵּן יָכֹל לְהַחְזִיר הָרְשָׁעִים בַּתְּשׁוּבָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The more God rests a spirit of holiness upon a Tzaddik, the more that Tzaddik receives support from the wealthy; and the more support they give him, the better the Tzaddik is able to bring the wicked back to God in repentance.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 159
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קנט. הַיִּסּוּרִין שֶׁבְּאֵין עַל הַצַּדִּיקִים. בִּשְׁבִיל כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יְהַרְהֲרוּ הָרְשָׁעִים לְעוֹלָם הַבָּא עַל הַטּוֹב. שֶׁיִּתֵּן הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לַצַּדִּיקִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddikim are made to suffer so that in the World to Come the wicked will have no claim against the good that God will give the righteous.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 160
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קס. כְּשֶׁהַיְּרֵאִים הֵם בְּהִתְחַבְּרוּת עִם הַצַּדִּיק עַל יְדֵי זֶה גּוֹרְמִים זִוּוּג בֵּין קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא ושכינתה פָּנִים בְּפָנִים. וְאֵין יְרִידָה אַחֲרָיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When God-fearing people join with the Tzaddik, they cause the Holy One and His Divine Presence to unite face to face; after which, there is no descent [from this elevated state].


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 161
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קסא. עַל יְדֵי שֶׁבַח שֶׁמְּשַׁבְּחִים אֶת הַצַּדִּיקִים. מַפִּילִים אֶת הָרְשָׁעִים נְפִילָה גְּדוֹלָה

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Praising the Tzaddikim causes the wicked to suffer a great downfall.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 162
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קסב. הַצַּדִּיק נִסְתַּלֵּק בֶּעָווֹן כִּשּׁוּף וְנִאוּף.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik dies on account of the sins of sorcery and immoral behavior.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 163
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קסג. הַנּוֹאֲפִים לרב הֵם מִתְנַגְּדִים עַל הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
People guilty of immoral behavior are usually opponents of the Tzaddikim.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 164
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קסד. כְּשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק נִסְתַּלֵּק נִשְׁאָר הָעוֹלָם כִּטְמֵאִים וְצִדְקַת הָעוֹלָם נִמְאָס בְּעֵינֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When the Tzaddik passes away, people are left in a state akin to impurity and their righteousness is repulsive in God’s eyes.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 165
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קסה. עַל יְדֵי הַגְדָּלַת. הָעוֹלָם עַל הַצַּדִּיק נִתְעוֹרֵר חַס וְשָׁלוֹם חֲרוֹן אַף גַּם שְׂרֵפָה נִתְעוֹרֵר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When people rise up against the Tzaddik, they incite Heaven’s wrath and promote an outbreak of fires.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 166
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קסו. טִלְטוּל הַצַּדִּיקִים. לִפְעָמִים הוּא בִּשְׁבִיל לְגַלּוֹת אֵיזֶה צַדִּיק נִסְתָּר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when Tzaddikim are made to wander from place to place in order to reveal the existence of some hidden Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 167
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קסז. לִפְעָמִים יִסּוּרִין בָּאָיֹם עַל הַצַּדִּיק, כְּדֵי לְמַעֵט בְּצָרוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when the Tzaddik is made to suffer in order to lessen the suffering of the Jewish people.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 168
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קסח. מִלּוּי כְּרֵסָם שֶׁל הָמוֹן עַם גּוֹרֵם לַאֲבֵדַת הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The masses filling their stomachs brings about the loss of the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 169
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קסט. יִסּוּרִים שֶׁבָּאִים עַל הַצַּדִּיק הוּא כַּפָּרָה עַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The suffering of the Tzaddikim atones for all of Israel.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 170
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קע. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לְקַבֵּל עַל עַצְמוֹ עֹל שֶׁל הַצַּדִּיק, הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא כּוֹעֵס עָלָיו ומבעתהו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
God grows angry with, and strikes fear into, a person who refuses to accept the authority of the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 171
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קעא. מִי שֶׁמֵּבִיא דּוֹרוֹן לַצַּדִּיק, הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עוֹשֶׂה לוֹ נַחַת רוּחַ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
God grants contentment to anyone who brings a gift to the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 172
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קעב. עַל יְדֵי דּוֹרוֹן שֶׁמְּבִיאִין לַצַּדִּיקִים מַכְנִיעִין אֶת הַשּׂוֹנְאִים וּמְבַטְּלִין אֶת הָרוּחַ רָעָה שֶׁשּׁוֹרָה עַל הָאָדָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
By bringing a gift to the Tzaddik, a person defeats his enemies and nullifies the evil spirit that has rested upon him.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 173
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קעג. עַל יְדֵי הִשְׁתַּטְּחוּת עַל קִבְרֵי הַצַּדִּיקִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עוֹשֶׂה לוֹ טוֹבוֹת, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ רָאוּי לְכָךְ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Holy One shows favor to a person who prostrates himself on the grave of a Tzaddik, even if he does not deserve it.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 174
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קעד. מִי שֶׁמִּסְפָּר מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת מַצְדִּיקִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עוֹשֶׂה לוֹ חֶסֶד.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
God performs acts of lovingkindness for a person who relates stories about the Tzaddikim.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 175
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קעה. מַה שֶׁהַצַּדִּיק מַנְהִיג אֶת הָעוֹלָם, הוּא מֵחֲמַת יִרְאָה שֶׁבְּתוֹכוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik is able to lead people because of the fear of God that he possesses.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 176
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קעו. כְּשֶׁאָדָם נִתְבָּרֵךְ מִן הַצַּדִּיק צָרִיךְ לַעֲמֹד עַל רַגְלָיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person must stand while receiving the Tzaddik’s blessing.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 177
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קעז. הַמֶּלֶךְ גּוֹבֶה מִן הָעָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A king may raise the funds needed for his expenditures by taxing his nation.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 178
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קעח. עַל יְדֵי כָּבוֹד, שֶׁמְּכַבְּדִין אֶת בְּנֵי הַצַּדִּיקִים, נִתְעוֹרֵר רָצוֹן אֵצֶל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרֵךְ שֶׁיָּבוֹא הַמָּשִׁיחַ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The respect shown for the Tzaddik’s offspring awakens the Holy One’s will to bring Mashiach.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 179
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קעט.. עַל יְדֵי הַהֲלִיכָה שֶׁהוֹלְכִים לַצַּדִּיק, מַכְנִיעִים אֶת הַשּׂוֹנְאִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Traveling to visit the Tzaddik subdues one’s enemies.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 180
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קפ. מִי שֶׁעוֹבֵר עַל הַצִּוּוּי שֶׁל הַצַּדִּיק, הוּא נוֹפֵל מֵחֲשִׁיבוּתוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Anyone who violates the Tzaddik’s instructions falls from esteem.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 181
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קפא. מִי שמהנהו מִנְּכָסָיו כָּאֵלּוּ מְהַנֶּה כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְנִצּוֹל מִמִּיתָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person uses his possessions to benefit the Tzaddik, it is as if he benefits all Jews and he will be saved from death.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 182
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קפב. מִי שֶׁמְּסָרֵב עַל דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיק כָּאֵלּוּ שָׁאַל בַּקּוֹסְמִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Objecting to the words of the Tzaddik is tantamount to seeking advice from a sorcerer.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 183
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קפג. עַל יְדֵי הַחָכְמָה ה' עִמּוֹ גַּם אֵימָתוֹ מטלת עַל הַבְּרִיּוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person possesses genuine wisdom, God is with him and people fear him.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 184
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קפד. מִי שֶׁסּוֹמֵךְ אֶת הַצַּדִּיק בְּכָל מִינֵי סְמִיכוֹת, הוּא סָמוּךְ וְקָרוֹב לוֹ לְעוֹלָם הַבָּא.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One who provides all sorts of support for the Tzaddik will be close to and near this Tzaddik in the World to Come.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 185
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קפה. מִי שֶׁמִּתְגָּרֶה בַּצַּדִּיק, לַסּוֹף הוּא נִתְפַּס בִּמְצוּדָה רָעָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Aperson who provokes the Tzaddik will in the end be caught in an evil trap.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 186
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קפו. מִי שֶׁמְּסַפֵּר מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת מַצְדִּיקִים, מַזְכִּירִין לוֹ צִדְקוֹתָיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When one relates stories about the Tzaddikim, his own righteousness is remembered [by God].


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 187
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קפז. הַצַּדִּיק יָכֹל לִתֵּן דָּבָר, שֶׁלֹּא בָּא לְעוֹלָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A Tzaddik is able to give even something that does not yet exist.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 188
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קפח. הַצַדִּיק, כָּל מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִדְרֹךְ כַּף רַגְלָיו, הוּא קוֹנֶה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Tzaddik takes possession of wherever he sets his foot.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 189
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קפט. מִי שֶנוֹתֵן עֵצָה לַצַּדִּיקִים בְּעֵת הִתְנַגְּדוּת מַעֲשֶׂה יָדָיו קַיָּמִים, וְאֵין מְבַטֵּל אוֹתָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
By offering advice to Tzaddikim at a time they face opposition, a person’s achievements will be established and will never be undone.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 190
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קצ. בַּשָּׁעָה שֶׁמִּסְתַּכֵּל עַל הַצַּדִּיק, יִסְתַּכֵּל בָּאֵימָה, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יַעַנְשׁוּ אוֹתוֹ מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
While observing the Tzaddik, a person should gaze with reverence so that he will not be punished by Heaven.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 191
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קצא. עַל יְדֵי יִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם נִשְׁתּוֹקֵק הָאָדָם לְקָרֵב אֶת עַצְמוֹ לַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person’s fear of Heaven makes him yearn to draw closer to the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 192
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קצב. עַל יְדֵי יְשִׁיבָה אֵצֶל שֻׁלְחָן הַצַּדִּיק נִתְבַּטֵּל הַמִּלְחָמָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Sitting at the table of the Tzaddik eliminates war.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 193
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קצג. מִי שֶׁהוּא זַיְפָן, לְסוֹף שֶׁיִּתְחַבֵּר עִם הַמִּתְנַגְּדִים שֶׁחוֹלְקִים עַל הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A fraudulent person eventually joins those who oppose and quarrel with the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 194
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קצד. לִפְעָמִים הַצָּרַעַת פּוֹרֵחַ לַצַּדִּיק, כִּי מִקָּרוֹב קְרַב אֵיזֶה אָדָם בִּתְשׁוּבָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when the Tzaddik will contract leprosy because he has recently gotten some person to repent.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 195
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קצה.. מִי שֶׁאוֹמֵר עַל הַצַּדִּיק שֶׁהוּא רָשָׁע וְעַל הָרָשָׁע שֶׁהוּא צַדִּיק עַל ¬¬ יְדֵי זֶה יִפֹּל לַחֻלְשָׁה גַּם עַל יְדֵי זֶה חַמָּה וּלְבֵנָה נִלְקִין.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever says of the Tzaddik that he is wicked, and of a wicked person that he is a Tzaddik, will fall ill. Through this he also causes an eclipse of the sun, and of the moon.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 196
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קצו. הִתְקַשְּׁרוּת לַצַּדִּיק הוּא רְפוּאָה גְּדוֹלָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Binding oneself to the Tzaddik is a great healing.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 197
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קצז. קָשֶׁה לָאָדָם לְהַשִּׂיג אֵיזֶה תְּשׁוּעָה, כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ צַדִּיק בָּעִיר וְאֵינוֹ מְבַקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ שֶׁיִּתְפַּלֵּל עָלָיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It is very difficult for a person to achieve the assistance he needs when there is a Tzaddik in his city and he does not ask the Tzaddik to pray for him.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 198
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קצח. לִפְעָמִים יֵשׁ אֶחָד, שֶׁמְּקֹרָב בְּהִתְקָרְבוּת גָּדוֹל לַצַּדִּיק וְאֵינוֹ מַרְגִּישׁ בְּעַצְמוֹ שׁוּם יִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם, יָדַע, כִּי אִם לֹא הָיָה מְקֹרָב לֹא הָיָה רָאוּי לִחְיוֹת כְּלָל.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It sometimes happens that although a person is very close to the Tzaddik, he doesn’t feel any fear of God. He should know that were he not close to the Tzaddik, he would not even deserve to be alive.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 199
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קצט. לִפְעָמִים הַצַּדִּיק מִתְבַּיֵּשׁ לְבַקֵּשׁ מֵהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עַל צַעֲרוֹ מַה עוֹשֶׂה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מֵבִיא צַעַר כָּזֶה עַל רָשָׁע כְּדֵי כְּשֶׁהָרָשָׁע בָּא וּמְבַקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ שֶׁיִּתְפַּלֵּל עָלָיו עַל יְדֵי זֶה נִצּוֹל גַּם הַצַּדִּיק מִצַּעֲרוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when the Tzaddik is too embarrassed to ask God to relieve his suffering. What does God do? He brings similar suffering upon a wicked person so that he comes to the Tzaddik and asks the Tzaddik to pray for him. In this way, the Tzaddik, too, is relieved of his suffering.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 200
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ר. מִי שֶׁחוֹלֵק עַל הַצַּדִּיק בְּפָנָיו בַּיָּדוּעַ שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ יִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever disagrees with a Tzaddik to his face clearly has no fear of Heaven.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 201
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רא. לִפְעָמִים הַמַּחֲלֹקֶת עַל הַצַּדִּיק הִיא הוֹכָחָה גְּדוֹלָה שֶׁהוּא צַדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Sometimes, the strife a Tzaddik encounters is definite proof of his righteousness.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 202
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רב. יֵשׁ רָשָׁע שֶׁמַּצְלִיחַ וּכְשֶׁרוֹדֵף אֶת הַצַּדִּיק אֲזַי הַקְּלִפּוֹת בְּעַצְמָם נוֹקְמִים מִמֶּנּוּ

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are wicked people who are successful. But when they persecute the Tzaddik, the evil forces themselves take revenge against them.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 203
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רג. הַחִלּוּק שֶׁבֵּין צַדִּיק לִירֵא שָׁמַיִם שֶׁהַיָּרֵא אֵין לוֹ רְשׁוּת לְגַלּוֹת מִסְתּוֹרָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֲבָל הַצַּדִּיק יֵשׁ לוֹ רְשׁוּת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The difference between a Tzaddik and a person who fears God is that the God-fearing person is not given permission to reveal God’s secrets, whereas the Tzaddik is.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 204
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רד. מִי שֶׁדּוֹבֵר. עַל הַצַּדִּיק בַּיָּדוּעַ שֶׁהוּא גַּדְלָן

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever speaks against the Tzaddik clearly is arrogant.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 205
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רה. כְּשֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא רוֹצֶה שֶׁהַצַּדִּיק יִלְמַד דֶּרֶךְ אֶת הָעָם מְרַמֵּז לוֹ בְּפַרְנָסָתוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When the Holy One wants a Tzaddik to teach the proper path to people, He indicates this to the Tzaddik through his livelihood.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 206
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רו. הַצַּדִּיק כְּשֶׁמִּתְפַּלֵּל עַל הָאָדָם, הוּא מֵבִין עַל אֵיזֶה עֲבֵרָה בָּא עָלָיו הַפֻּרְעָנוּת הַזֹּאת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
TheTzaddik, while praying for a person, isable to understand which sin is the cause of that person’s particular misfortune.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 207
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רז. מִי שֶׁשּׁוֹמֵר אֶת בְּרִיתוֹ בְּוַדַּאי מְחַבֵּב אֶת הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One who guards his sexual purity certainly cherishes the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 208
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רח. כְּשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק עוֹבֵד אֶת הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרֵךְ וְאֵינוֹ מַשְׁגִּיחַ עַל הָמוֹן עִם לְלַמֵּד עַל יְדֵי זֶה נוֹפֵל מִמַּדְרֵגָתוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When the Tzaddik serves God but shows no concern for teaching the common people, he will fall from his spiritual level.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Righteous Person, Part I 209
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רט. עִיֵּל יְדֵי הַפַּרְנָסָה שֶׁמְּפַרְנְסִין אֶת הַצַּדִּיק נִמְחַל לָהֶם כָּל עֲווֹנוֹתֵיהֶם כְּמוֹ הַכֹּהֲנִים אוֹכְלִים וּבְעָלִים מִתְכַּפְּרִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
By financially supporting the Tzaddik, all a person’s sins are pardoned, just as when the *Kohanim* eat from a sacrifice and the sins of the animal’s owners are atoned.