## Sefer HaMiddot, A Widower, Part II

###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Widower, Part II 1
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א עַל־יְדֵי שֶׁקֶר דְּבָרָיו אֵינָם נִשְׁמָעִים, גַּם עַל־יְדֵי שֶׁקֶר מְאַלְמֵן, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, כַּמָּה נָשִׁים

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
People do not listen to someone who speaks falsely. Lying also causes a person to be widowed from a number of wives, God forbid.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Widower, Part II 2
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ב. כְּשֶׁמֵּתָה אִשְׁתּוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם, אֲזַי כְּאִלּוּ נֶחְסָר לוֹ עֶצֶם מֵעֲצָמָיו, אֲבָל הַצַּדִּיק, אַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁאִשְׁתּוֹ מֵתָה, אֵינוֹ נֶחְסָר לוֹ עֶצֶם וְזֶהוּ: אַלְמָן – אוֹתִיּוֹת אַ'חַת מֵ'הֵנָּה ל'א נִ'שְׁבָּרָה

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a man’s wife dies, it is like losing one of his bones. But this is not so for the Tzaddik when his wife dies, as hinted by the word *ALMan* (widower), whose letters stand for *“Achat Mehaynah Lo Nishbarah* (not one of them [the bones] was broken)” (Psalms 34:21).