## Sefer HaMiddot, Eating, Part I

###### Sefer HaMiddot, Eating, Part I 1
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א. מִמַּה שֶּׁאַתָּה אוֹכֵל תְּשַׁיֵּר, כְּדֵי שֶׁיָּחוּל בִּרְכַּת הַשֵּׁם בִּמְזוֹנוֹתֶיךָ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Leave over a bit of your meal so that your sustenance will receive God’s blessing.


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ב. שֻׁלְחָנוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם מְטַהֵר לוֹ מִכָּל עֲווֹנוֹתָיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person’s table purifies him from all his sins.


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ג. שֻׁלְחָנוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם מְזַכֶּה לוֹ לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי וּמְזַכֶּה לְפַרְנָסָה, וְהוּא רָשׁוּם לְטוֹב לְעֵלָּא וּלְעֵלָּא, וּמְזַכֶּה לֵהּ לְאִתּוֹסָפָא לֵהּ כּחַ וּגְבוּרָה בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאִצְטָרִיךְ לֵהּ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person’s table earns him the World to Come as well as a livelihood [in this world]. He is inscribed for good in the uppermost worlds and is also rewarded with increased power and strength when he needs it.


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ד. בַּעֲווֹן עִנּוּי הַדִּין וְעִוּוּת וְקִלְקוּל הַדִּין וּבִטּוּל תּוֹרָה בַּצּרֶת בָּא, וּבְנֵי־אָדָם אוֹכְלִים וְאֵינָם שְׂבֵעִים וְאוֹכְלִים לַחְמָם בַּמִּשְׁקָל.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The sins of delaying justice, distorting and corrupting judgment, and neglecting Torah study bring drought. People will eat, but will not be satiated; they will partake of their bread in measure.


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ה. כְּשֶׁאוֹכֵל קְצָת, לִבּוֹ נִמְשָׁךְ יוֹתֵר אַחַר אֲכִילָה, מִמִּי שֶׁלּא אָכַל כְּלָל וְנִתְיָאֵשׁ מִלֶּאֱכל.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Eating just a little causes one’s heart to want more food; more so than when one has lost hope of eating and has eaten nothing at all.


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ו. מִפְּנֵי מַה נִּתְחַיְּבוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּלָיָה מִפְּנֵי שֶׁנֶּהֱנוּ מִסְּעֻדָּה שֶׁל אוֹתוֹ רָשָׁע.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Why were the Jews deserving of destruction? Because they delighted in the feast of that wicked one, [Achashveirosh].


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Eating, Part I 7
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ז. מִזְבֵּחַ מֵזִיחַ גְּזֵרוֹת רָעוֹת וּמְכַפֵּר עֲווֹנוֹת וּמֵזִין וּמְחַבֵּב. וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן דּוֹמֶה לַמִּזְבֵּחַ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Altar abolishes evil decrees, atones for sin, nourishes and endears. One’s table is comparable to the Altar.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Eating, Part I 8
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ח. הָאוֹכֵל בְּלא נְטִילַת יָדַיִם, כְּאִלּוּ בָּא עַל אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה, וְהַמְזַלְזֵל בִּנְטִילַת יָדַיִם, נֶעֱקָר מִן הָעוֹלָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person eats without first washing his hands [as Torah law prescribes], it is as if he visited a prostitute. Whoever ridicules this religious requirement is uprooted from the world.


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ט. אֵין שׁוֹתִין מַיִם בִּפְנֵי רַבִּים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One should not drink water in public.