## Sefer HaMiddot, Redeeming Captives, Part II

###### Sefer HaMiddot, Redeeming Captives, Part II 1
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א. עַל יְדֵי נִאוּף נוֹפֵל לִתְפִיסָה אוֹ לָחֳלִי כְּאֵב רַגְלַיִם. גַּם תַּלְמִיד שֶׁלֹּא 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. סְגֻלַּת הַצְּדָקָה לְבַטֵּל כָּל אֵלּוּ הָעֳנָשִׁים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Giving charity is a *segulah* for nullifying these afflictions.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Redeeming Captives, Part II 3
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ג. 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.


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ד. 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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ה. כְּשֶׁאֶחָד מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נִתְפַּס. בִּתְפִיסָה, עַל יְדֵי זֶה לְפִי בְּחִינָתוֹ נִסְתְּמוּ מַעַיְנוֹת הַחָכְמָה מֵחַכְמֵי הַדּוֹר, וּלְהֵפֶךְ כְּשֶׁיוֹצֵא מֵהַתְּפִיסָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a Jew is taken captive, his aspect of the wellsprings of wisdom becomes sealed from the sages of the generation. The reverse happens when a person is freed from captivity.


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ו. לִפְעָמִים עַל יְדֵי תְּפִיסָה נִצּוֹל מִכִּלְיוֹן בָּנִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Sometimes, by being taken captive, a person is spared the loss of his children.


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ז. עַל יְדֵי לָשׁוֹן הָרָע נִתְפָּס בִּתְפִיסָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person guilty of slander will suffer imprisonment.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Redeeming Captives, Part II 8
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ח. הַשְּׂעָרוֹת שֶׁגְּדֵלִין עַל הָאָדָם וְהַמַּלְבּוּשִׁים שֶׁעַל הָאָדָם בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁיּוֹשֵׁב בִּתְפִיסָה, שׁוֹרֶה עֲלֵיהֶם רוּחַ מְכֹעָר, שֶׁעוֹכֶר וּמְבַזֶּה אֶת הָאָדָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
While in captivity, a person’s hair and clothing acquire a foul spirit that makes him both repugnant and despicable.


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ט. הִשְׁתַּדְּלוּת בְּפִדְיוֹן שְׁבוּיִים מְסֻגָּל לְהוֹלָדָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The effort one makes to redeem captives is a *segulah* for having children.


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י. מִי שֶׁעוֹסֵק בְּפִדְיוֹן שְׁבוּיִים, גְּדוֹלֵי הַדּוֹר נִכְלָלִים בּוֹ עַל יְדֵי זֶה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever works to redeem captives carries [the support of] all the leaders of the generation.