## Tzava'at HaRivash Chapter 97

###### Tzava'at HaRivash 97:1
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**אם אין אני לי מי לי** כי צריך להיות בתפל' מופשט מהגשמיות וזה אם אין אני לי דהיינו שאני מופשט מגשמיות מי לי דהיינו אין אני ירא מהמחשבות זרות אבל כשאני לעצמי מה אני דהיינו כשאני יודע ממני אז יש מחשבות זרות רבות.

**The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020:**
It states,¹⁷¹ “If I am not for myself, who is for me?” During prayer, one must be divested of physicality. This is the meaning of, “If I am not for myself.” That is to say, when “I am divested of physicality,” then “who is for me?” That is, “I will certainly be unafraid of extraneous thoughts.” The Mishnah continues, “But if I am for myself, then what am I?” In other words, “when I am self-aware, then I will be beset by many extraneous thoughts.”

footnotes:
¹⁷¹ Mishnah Avot 1:14


###### Tzava'at HaRivash 97:2
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גם אם אני כאן הכל כאן י"ל בדרך זה:

**The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020:**
The statement,¹⁷² “If I am here, everything is here, and if I am not here, who is here?” may be understood in the same vein.

footnotes:
¹⁷² Talmud Bavli, Sukkah 53a