## Sefer HaMiddot, Oaths

###### Sefer HaMiddot, Oaths 1
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א. עִיר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ שְׁבוּעוֹת תֶּחֱרַב וְתֵהָרֵס חַס וְשָׁלוֹם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A city in which people take oaths will be destroyed and demolished, God forbid.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Oaths 2
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ב. עַל יְדֵי שְׁבוּעוֹת שֶׁקֶר נוֹפְלִים מֵאֱמוּנָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Swearing falsely causes a person to fall from faith.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Oaths 3
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ג. לִמּוּד מַסֶּכֶת שְׁבוּעוֹת מְסֻגָּל לִירִידַת הַגֶּשֶׁם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Studying the tractate *Shavuot* is a *segulah* for bringing rainfall.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Oaths 4
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ד. עַל יְדֵי שְׁבוּעַת שֶׁקֶר. בָּאִין הִרְהוּרֵי נִיאוּף.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Swearing falsely leads to immoral thoughts.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Oaths 5
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ה. מִי שֶׁהוּא רָגִיל בִּשְׁבוּעוֹת, מַחֲשָׁבוֹת רָעוֹת בָּאִים לוֹ תָּמִיד.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who is always taking oaths will be constantly bothered by evil thoughts.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Oaths 6
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ו. עַל יְדֵי הַעֲבָרַת הַשְּׁבוּעָה אֵין תְּקוּמָה בְּמִלְחָמָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Victory in battle cannot be achieved when an oath has been broken.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Oaths 7
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ז. מִי שֶׁעוֹבֵר עַל הַשְּׁבוּעָה, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְכַבֵּד יִרְאֵי הַשֵּׁם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever violates an oath clearly has no respect for God-fearing people.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Oaths 8
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ח. עַל כָּל עֲבֵרוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה נִפְרָעִין מִמֶּנּוּ, וְכָאן מִמֶּנּוּ וּמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ וּמִכָּל הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ, וּמִמֶּנּוּ נִפְרָעִין לְאַלְתַּר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whereas a person must pay for having committed any of the sins mentioned in the Torah, punishment for violating an oath is exacted not only from him, but also from his family and the entire world—though he will be punished immediately.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Oaths 9
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ט. דְבָרִים שֶׁאֵין אֵשׁ וּמַיִם מְכַלִּין אוֹתָם, שְׁבוּעוֹת שֶׁקֶר מְכַלִּין אוֹתָן.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Swearing falsely will destroy even those things that fire and water cannot.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Oaths 10
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י. מַלְאָךְ גַּבְרִיאֵל הוּא מְמֻנֶּה עַל הַשְּׂרֵפָה לִשְׂרף גַּם לְהַצִּיל.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The angel Gabriel has been put in charge of fire, to destroy as well as to save.