## Sefer HaMiddot, Crying

###### Sefer HaMiddot, Crying 1
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א. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לִבְכּוֹת, יִסְתַּכֵּל עַל הָרָקִיעַ, כִּי הוּא גָּרַם בְּכִיָּה לַמַּיִם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who cannot bring himself to cry should gaze at the firmament, because it was the firmament that caused the waters to cry [by separating between the lower and upper waters of Creation].


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Crying 2
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ב. הַבְּכִיָּה מְבַטֵּל הִרְהוּרֵי זְנוּת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Crying nullifies immoral thoughts.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Crying 3
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ג. סְגֻלָּה לְחוֹלֵי הַצַּוָּאר, שֶׁיִּבְכֶּה עַל חֻרְבַּן הַבֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Crying over the destruction of the Holy Temple is a *segulah*for healing a neck ailment.