## Sefer HaMiddot, Eating, Part II

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א. מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ צֶלֶם־אֱלקִים, עַל־יְדֵי אֲכִילָתוֹ דָּבָר מִן הַחַי נִתְעַלֶּה וְכֵן לְהֵפֶךְ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person whose being reflects the Godly image is elevated through eating living things. The inverse is also true, [as one who does not reflect the Godly image is brought down by eating living things].


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ב. אֲכִילַת הַדָּגִים מְעוֹרְרִין תַּאֲוַת הַזִּוּוּג.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Eating fish arouses the desire for marital relations.


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ג. עַל־יְדֵי בִּרְכַּת־הַמָּזוֹן נִתְוַדַּע הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ בָּעוֹלָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
God is made known in the world through Grace after Meals.


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ד. עַל־יְדֵי בִּרְכַּת־הַמָּזוֹן נִתְיַשֵּׁב הַמַּלְכוּת מִן הַמְּרִיבוֹת וְהַמִּלְחָמוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Reciting Grace after Meals brings the country’s government relief from disputes and wars.


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ה. מִי שֶׁלִּמּוּדוֹ בַּתּוֹרָה בְּמחִין זַכִּים, שֶׁאֲכִילָתוֹ כָּל־כָּךְ בִּקְדֻשָּׁה, שֶׁנִּזּוֹן מִמָּזוֹן שֶׁהַמַּלְאָכִים נִזּוֹנִין מִמֶּנּוּ, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה שֹוֹנְאָיו נִדּוֹנִין בְּחֶנֶק. וְסִימָן לַדָּבָר: "וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בִּהְיוֹת הַבּקֶר", "וּבַבּקֶר הָיְתָה שִׁכְבַת הַטָּל", "וַיְהִי בְּאַשְׁמרֶת הַבּקֶר". ·. (פֵּרוּשׁ סִימָן זֶה שָׁמַעְתִּי מִפִּיו הַקָּדוֹשׁ, כִּי "וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בִּהְיוֹת הַבּקֶר" נֶאֱמַר בְּמַתַּן־תּוֹרָה, שֶׁזֶּהוּ בְּחִינַת מַה שֶּׁמְבאָר לְעֵיל, מִי שֶׁלִּמּוּדוֹ בְּמחִין זַכִּים. "וּבַבּקֶר הָיְתָה שִׁכְבַת הַטָּל" נֶאֱמַר בַּמָּן, שֶׁהוּא מָזוֹן שֶׁהַמַּלְאָכִים נִזּוֹנִין מִמֶּנּוּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ, זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה. "וַיְהִי בְּאַשְׁמרֶת הַבּקֶר" נֶאֱמַר בִּקְרִיעַת יַם־סוּף, שֶׁנִּטְבְּעוּ הַמִּצְרִים בַּיָּם, שֶׁזֶּהוּ בְּחִינַת חֶנֶק כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ, זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה. וְלָמַד בּקֶר מִבּקֶר, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה מָצָא [הַשָׂגָה] הַנַּ"ל בְּתוֹךְ הַתּוֹרָה).

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person studies Torah with pure thoughts, so that he eats with such holiness that he is nourished by the sustenance of the angels, his enemies are sentenced to strangulation. This is alluded to [by the verses], “And it was on the third day, in the morning...” (Exodus 19:16); “then in the morning there was a layer of dew” (ibid. 16:13); “And it was at the morning watch...” (ibid. 14:24). (I heard this explanation from the Rebbe’s holy mouth: ‘“And it was on the third day, in the morning’ was said during the Giving of the Torah and refers to a person who studies Torah with pure thoughts. ‘Then in the morning there was a layer of dew’ was said about the manna, the food from which the angels draw sustenance, as our Sages taught (see *Yoma* 75b). ‘And it was at the morning watch’ was said at the splitting of the Red Sea, when the Egyptians were drowned, which is an aspect of strangulation, as our Sages taught (see *Ketuvot*30b).” Rebbe Nachman learned from one “morning” and applied it to the other, thereby deriving the above {insight} from the Torah.)


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ו. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַרְגִּישׁ טַעַם בַּאֲכִילָתוֹ, יֵדַע שֶׁנִּתַּק מִמֶּנּוּ הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever cannot taste the food he eats should know that God has removed Himself from him.


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ז. אֲכִילַת הַצַּדִּיקִים גְּדוֹלָה יוֹתֵר מֵהַקָּרְבָּנוֹת וּמִזִוּוּגָן.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When Tzaddikim eat, it is [an act of holiness] even greater than bringing sacrifices, and on a higher level than even their marital relations.


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ח. הַדָּגִים שְׁמֵנִים בִּזְכוּת הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Fish grow fatty in the merit of the sacrifices.


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ט. מִי שֶׁכֶּלֶב נְשָׁכוֹ, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁרַחֲמֵי שָׁמַיִם מְסֻלָּקִין מִמֶּנּוּ, גַּם בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁנִּכְשַׁל בְּמַאֲכָלוֹת אֲסוּרוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person bitten by a dog clearly has had Heaven’s mercy removed from him. It is also a sign that he has eaten forbidden food.


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י. מִי שֶׁנִּזְהָר מִמַּאֲכָלוֹת אֲסוּרוֹת, הוּא נִצּוֹל מֵחַיּוֹת רָעוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever is careful not to eat forbidden foods is saved from wild beasts.


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יא. מִי שֶׁשּׂוֹנְאָיו נִתְרוֹמְמִים, הוּא נוֹפֵל לְתַאֲוַת אֲכִילָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One whose enemies have gained prominence succumbs to a lust for food.


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יב. עַל־יְדֵי תַּאֲוַת אֲכִילָה הוּא אוֹהֵב בֵּן אֶחָד יוֹתֵר מִשְּׁאָר בָּנָיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person’s lust for food causes him to favor one child over the others.


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יג. לְ'כוּ לַ'חֲמוּ בְ'לַחְמִי וּ'שְׁתוּ רָאשֵׁי־תֵבוֹת לוּלָב; "בְּיֵין" עִם הָאוֹתִיּוֹת גִּימַטְרִיָּא רָאשֵׁי־תֵבוֹת שֶׁל אֶ'תְרוֹג הֲ'דַס עֲ'רָבָה "מָסָכְתִּי" בְּחִינַת סֻכּוֹת. עַל־יְדֵי מִצְוַת נְטִילַת אַרְבָּעָה מִינִים וְעַל־יְדֵי סֻכָּה אָדָם זוֹכֶה לַאֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה וּמַלְבּוּשִׁים, וְגַם לְחִיּוּת הַנְּשָׁמָה; עַל־יְדֵי סֻכָּה זוֹכֶה לְמַלְבּוּשִׁים, בְּחִינַת "בְּשֹוּמִי עָנָן לְבוּשׁוֹ". עַל־יְדֵי עַרְבֵי נַחַל זוֹכֶה לִשְׁתִיָּה, עַל־יְדֵי הֲדַס זוֹכֶה לְחִיּוּת הַנְּשָׁמָה וְעַל־יְדֵי לוּלָב וְאֶתְרוֹג זוֹכֶה לַאֲכִילָה, כִּי יֵשׁ בָּהֶם פְּרִי, שֶׁהֵם מִינֵי מַאֲכָל.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
*“L’chu lachmu v’lachmi u’shetu b’yayin masakhti* (Come eat of my bread and drink of the wine that I have mixed)” (Proverbs 9:5). The first letters of *L’chu Lachmu V’Lachmi U’shetu* spell *LULaV* (לולב). *B’yayin* (ביין), with its four letters, has a numerical value (76) equivalent to that of the first letters of *etrog* (אתרוג), *hadas* (הדס) and *aravah* (ערבה); and *maSaKhTi*is similar to SuKkoT. By fulfilling the *mitzvot* of the Four Species and *sukkah,* a person is rewarded with food, drink, clothing and a revived spirit. Through the *mitzvah* of *sukkah*he merits clothing, as in “When I made a cloud its garment” (Job 38:9). By virtue of the willow branch he merits sufficient drink; through the myrtle branch he brings vitality to the soul; and through the palm tree and the citron tree, both of which bear edible fruit, he merits having enough to eat.


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יד. אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה בָּא עַל־יְדֵי חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One’s food and drink come from observing the Torah’s statutes and laws.


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טו. מַה כְּשֶׁאָדָם שׁוֹתֶה מַתְחִיל לְזַמֵּר וּלְנַגֵּן וְלא כֵן בַּאֲכִילָתוֹ, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁאָמְרוּ שִׁירָה עַל הַבְּאֵר, וְלא אָמְרוּ שִׁירָה עַל הַמָּן.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Drinking rouses a person to sing and play musical instruments, whereas eating does not. This is because [in the wilderness] the Jewish people sang the praise of God over the well, but not over the manna.