## Sefer HaMiddot, Immoral Behavior, Part II

###### Sefer HaMiddot, Immoral Behavior, Part II 1
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א. עַל־יְדֵי נִאוּף נוֹפֵל לִתְפִיסָה אוֹ לָחֳלִי כְּאֵב רַגְלַיִם, גַּם תַּלְמִיד שֶׁלּא הִגִּיעַ לְהוֹרָאָה וּמוֹרֶה נוֹפֵל לָזֶה, גַּם מַזִּיקִין שׁוֹלְטִין עָלָיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Sexual immorality leads to incarceration or pain in one’s legs. A student who, despite being unqualified, instructs others, will also be punished with one of these afflictions, and he will be placed at the mercy of harmful forces.


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ב. עַל־יְדֵי הַמַּחֲלקֶת נוֹפֵל לְתַאֲוַת נִאוּף.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Quarreling causes one to succumb to immoral desires.


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ג. עַל־יְדֵי תַּשְׁמִישׁ הַמִּטָּה בְּיָמִים שֶׁאֲסוּרִין בְּתַשְׁמִישׁ, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה נוֹפֵל לִתְפִיסָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Marital relations with one’s wife on days when it is prohibited causes a person to be imprisoned.


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ד. עַל־יְדֵי תַּאֲוַת נִאוּף בָּא עֲצִירוּת, וְעַל־יְדֵי עֲצִירוּת בָּא צָרַעַת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Immoral desires cause constipation, which in turn brings leprosy.


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ה. עַל־יְדֵי טוֹבוֹת שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה עִם בְנֵי־אָדָם, נִתְבַּטֵּל תַּאֲוַת נִאוּף וְכֵן לְהֵפֶךְ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Doing favors for others removes one’s lustful desires. The inverse is also true, [as failing to do favors for others brings on those desires].


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ו. שׁוֹמֵר הַבְּרִית הוּא מְקוֹר הַבְּרָכוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever guards the *brit* is the source of blessing [for the entire world].


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ז. כָּל הַשּׁוֹמֵר הַבְּרִית, זוֹכֶה לְהָבִין הַשִּׁבְעִים לָשׁוֹן, הַגְּנוּזִים בַּתּוֹרָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever guards the *brit* merits understanding the seventy languages hidden in the Torah.


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ח. אָסוּר לְלַמֵּד זְכוּת, עַל זֶה שֶׁעָבַר עַל מִשְׁכַּב זָכוּר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It is forbidden to find merit in those guilty of homosexuality.


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ט. הַפַּרְנָסָה – לְפִי הַזִּוּוּג.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One’s livelihood is in accordance with [the holiness of] one’s marital relations.


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י. אִישׁ בָּטֵל שֶׁאֵין עוֹסֵק בְּשׁוּם עֵסֶק, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה תַּאֲוָתוֹ מְרֻבָּה בְּמִשְׁגָּל וּמְדַבֵּר דִּבְרֵי טִנוּף תָּמִיד.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person is idle, doing nothing constructive, his sexual desires increase and he constantly speaks of filthy matters.


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יא. מִי שֶׁהוּא שׁוֹמֵר הַבְּרִית מֻתָּר לוֹ לִשְׂמחַ, כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה מַפֶּלֶת שֹוֹנְאָיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever guards the *brit* is permitted to rejoice when seeing his enemies defeated.


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יב. סַכָּנַת הַדְּרָכִים בָּא עַל־יְדֵי פְּגַם הַבְּרִית. וְסִימָן לַדָּבָר: "אָרְחִי וְרִבְעִי זֵרִיתָ" וְכוּ'.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Blemishing the *brit* brings to the dangers associated with traveling, as hinted in the verse, “You have measured my going about and my lying down [and You are acquainted with all my ways”] (Psalms 139:3).


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יג. אִשָּׁה שֶׁנִּתְבַּעַת לִזְנוּת, אַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁלּא נִבְעֲלָה, הַתְּבִיעָה לְחוּד עוֹשֶׂה בָּהּ רשֶׁם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A woman who is the object of a sexual advance, even if nothing comes of it, is affected by the suggestion itself.


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יד. מִי שֶׁעוֹצֵם עֵינָיו מֵרְאוֹת בְּרָע, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה נִצּוֹל מִבִּזְיוֹנוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Anyone who closes his eyes so as not to look at evil saves himself from humiliation.


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טו. עַל־יְדֵי זְנוּת בָּא רְצִיחָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Promiscuity leads to murder.


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טז. עַל־יְדֵי זְנוּת עִם הָאֻמּוֹת בָּא שְׁמָד.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Promiscuous behavior with gentiles leads to apostasy.


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יז. מִי שֶׁנּוֹטֵל שְׂרָרָה לְעַצְמוֹ, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בִּתּוֹ נַעֲשֵׂית זוֹנָה, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The daughter of a person whose authority is self-appointed will prostitute herself.


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יח. הַבַּעֲלֵי חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת – עַל־פִּי רב הֵם בַּעֲלֵי תַּאֲוַת נִאוּף.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Most account-keepers are filled with lustful desires.


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יט. מִי שֶׁאֵין מִסְתַּכֵּל עַל נָשִׁים, זוֹכֶה שֶׁזַּרְעוֹ יְחַבְּרוּ פֵּרוּשִׁים עַל הַתּוֹרָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever refrains from staring at women is rewarded with offspring who will author commentaries on the Torah.