## Sefer HaMiddot, Prayer, Part II

###### Sefer HaMiddot, Prayer, Part II 1
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א. בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁאֵין מְבַקְשִׁין רַחֲמִים עַל חֲבֵרוֹ, עַל יְדֵי זֶה נוֹפֵל לִתְפִיסָה, וְתִקּוּן לִתְפִיסָה שֶׁיְּפַרְנֵס אֵיזֶהוּ בַּעֲלֵי חַיִּים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Not pleading for mercy for a fellow Jew causes a person to fall into captivity. He can make amends by providing food for some living creature.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Prayer, Part II 2
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ב. הַתְּפִילָּה מְעֻלָּה [מוֹעִילָה], כְּשֶׁפָּנָיו כְּלַפֵּי מַעְלָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Prayer is most effective when one faces heavenward.


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ג. מִי שֶׁמְּבַקֵּשׁ רַחֲמִים עַל בְּנֵי דוֹרוֹ, זוֹכֶה לְגִלּוּי שְׁכִינָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who requests compassion for his generation is rewarded with a revelation of the Divine Presence.


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ד. עַל יְדֵי שִׁירוֹת וְתִשְׁבָּחוֹת מַמְשִׁיכִין שְׁכִינָתוֹ לְמַטָּה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Reciting the hymns and praises of God draws His Divine Presence below.


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ה. תְּפִילַּת שְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר יֵשׁ בָּהּ בְּחִינַת מִלְחָמָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The prayer leader’s supplication contains an aspect of warfare.


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ו. מִי שֶׁמְּקַיֵּם "יְהִי מָמוֹן חֲבֵרְךָ חָבִיב עָלֶיךָ כְּשֶׁלָּךְ", עַל יְדֵי זֶה זוֹכֶה לְהִתְפַּלֵּל בְּכַוָּנַת הַלֵּב.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When one fulfills “Your neighbor’s money should be as precious to you as your own” (Avot 2:12), he merits praying with an attentive heart.


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ז. אֲמִירַת תְּהִלִּים סְגֻלָּה לְהוֹרִיד גְּשָׁמִים. "תְּהִלִּם" לִ'מְטַר הַ'שָּׁמַיִם תִּ'שְׁתֶּה מָ'יִם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Reciting Psalms is a *segulah* for bringing rain. [We learn this from the Hebrew word for Psalms], *TeHiLiM,* which is an acronym for *“Limtar Hashamayim Tishteh Mayim* ([the Land of Israel] drinks water from the rain of heaven)” (Deuteronomy 11:11).


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ח. כָּל הַמֵּצֵר בְּצָרוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמִתְפַּלֵּל עֲלֵיהֶם, אַף עַל פִּי שְׁמֵּטִיחַ דְּבָרִים כְּלַפֵּי מַעְלָה אֵינוֹ נֶעֱנָשׁ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person feels the suffering of other Jews and prays for them, even if he directs his words against Heaven, he will not be punished.


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ט. יֵשׁ תְּפִילּוֹת שֶׁאֵינָם נִתְקַבְּלִים לְמַעְלָה. אֶלָּא עַד שֶׁנּוֹתְנִים כָּל כָּךְ מָעוֹת לִצְדָקָה כְּפִי מִסְּפַּר הָאוֹתִיּוֹת שֶׁל הַתְּפִילָּה הַשַּׁיָּךְ לְזֶה הַדָּבָר. לְמָשָׁל, כְּשֶׁמִּתְפַּלֵּל אֵלּוּ הַתֵּבוֹת: "תֵּן לִי בָּנִים", צָרִיךְ לִתֵּן צְדָקָה כְּמִסְפַּר אוֹתִיּוֹת "תֵּן לִי בָּנִים".

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Certain prayers are accepted on high only after sufficient money, equivalent to the number of letters in the relevant prayer, is given to charity. For example, when a person prays, “Give me children,” he must contribute the sum equal to the letters of these very words.


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י. עַל יְדֵי תְּפִילָּה יָכוֹל לְשַׁנּוֹת זִוּוּגוֹ הַנִּכְרָז בַּשָּׁמַיִם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Through prayer a person can exchange the marriage partner decreed for him in heaven.


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יא. הַתְּפִילָּה שֶׁל רַבִּים נִשְׁמַעַת יוֹתֵר כְּשֶׁהֵם בִּכְנוּפְיָא מִמַּה שֶּׁהֵם מְפרָדִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When the masses pray together, their prayers are more effective than when they pray in separate places.


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יב. לִפְעָמִים אֵינָהּ בָּאָה הַיְשׁוּעָה אֶלָּא עַד שֶׁיִּתְפַּלְּלוּ כַּמָּה בְּנֵי אָדָם, וְלא דַּי בִּתְפִילַּת יָחִיד.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when salvation will come only when many people pray for it; an individual’s prayers are not enough.


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יג. מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ שוֹנְאִים, קָשֶׁה לוֹ לְכַוֵּן דַּעְתֵּהּ בִּתְפִילָּה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person with enemies finds it difficult to concentrate while praying.


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יד. צָרִיךְ אָדָם לְהִזָּהֵר, בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁמַּזְכִּיר אֶת הַשֵּׁם, שֶׁיִּהְיֶה בִּקְדֻשָּׁה וּבְטָהֳרָה, הַיְנוּ שֶׁיְּקַדֵּשׁ רוּחַ פִּיו כָּל כָּךְ שֶׁיְּהֵא בִּבְחִינַת רוּחַ נְבוּאָה, וְאָז הָרוּחַ הַזֶּה הוֹלֵךְ וּמַפִּיל אוֹתָם, הַבּוֹטְחִים בְּשָׁוְא וּבְהֶבֶל, וְזֶהוּ: בְּ'שֵׁם י'הוה אֱ'לקֵינוּ נַ'זְכִּיר הֵמָּה כָּרְעוּ וְנָפְלוּ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One should be careful to utter God’s Name in holiness and purity. That is, he should sanctify his speech to such a degree that it becomes an aspect of the spirit of prophecy. This spirit will go out and defeat those who put their trust in emptiness and vanity. Thus the verse *“B’sheim YHVH Eloheinu Nazkir* (we will utter the Name of God, our Lord)” (Psalms 20:8) [the first letters of which spell *NAVY,* the Hebrew word for prophet,] is followed by “they were subdued and defeated” (ibid. 20:9; see Glossary, “B”).