Sefer HaMiddot, A House, Part I

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א. בַּיִת שֶׁאֵין דָּרִין בּוֹ – יִזָּהֵר מִלְּהִכָּנֵס בְּתוֹכוֹ, כִּי הוּא מְקוֹם שֵׁדִים.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

A person should avoid entering an abandoned house, because it is a place of evil spirits.

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ב. מָאן דְּבִּישׁ לֵהּ בְּמָתָא דָּא יֵלֵךְ לְמָתָא אַחֲרִיתָא.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

One who suffers misfortune in a certain town should move elsewhere.

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ג. כְּשֶׁהַבַּיִת מְזֻמָּן לִבְרָכָה, אֲזַי כְּשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק בָּא לַבַּיִת הַזֶּה גַּם הַבְּרָכָה בָּאָה.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

When the Tzaddik enters a house that is destined for blessing, the blessing comes as well.

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ד. יֵשׁ מָקוֹם מְזֻמָּן לְטוֹבָה וְהוּא־הַדִּין לְהֵפֶךְ.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

There are places that are designated to have good things to happen in them. The opposite is also true, [as there are places designated for bad to happen there].

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ה. לְעִנְיַן טוֹבוֹת וְרָעוֹת הַבָּאוֹת לָאָדָם קָרוֹב לְדֶרֶךְ הַטֶּבַע, הַכּל לְפִי הַזְּמַן וּלְפִי הַמָּקוֹם.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

All the seemingly natural occurrences that befall a person, for good or bad, are influenced by time and place.

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ו. דְּפָרַע קִנְאָה מַחֲרִיב בֵּיתוֹ.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

Avenging one’s jealousy destroys a person’s home.

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ז. מָקוֹם שֶּׁאָדָם יוֹצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ אֵינוֹ מִתְאַוֶּה לְאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם לֵהָנוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

A person has no desire to benefit a place from which he departs.

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ח. אִם עַם־הָאָרֶץ חָסִיד, אַל תָּדוּר בִּשְׁכוּנָתוֹ.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

Don’t live in the vicinity of a boor who behaves piously.

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ט. כָּל בַּיִת שֶׁנִּשְׁמָעִין בּוֹ דִּבִרֵי־תוֹרָה, שׁוּב אֵינוֹ נֶחֱרַב.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

Any house where the words of Torah are heard at night will never be destroyed.

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י. עִיר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ מַעֲלוֹת וּמוֹרָדוֹת מַזְקִינִין בַּחֲצִי יְמֵיהֶם.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

People age twice as fast in a city with many hills.

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יא. אִם נִשְׁפָּךְ בַּבַּיִת יַיִן כַּמַּיִם אִיכָּא בְּרָכָה.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

There is blessing in a house where wine is poured like water.

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יב. אַל תִּכָּנֵס לְבַיִת שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ צְלָמִים.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

Do not enter a house in which there are crosses.

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יג. מִי שֶׁרוֹצֶה לְהִכָּנֵס לְבַיִת לָדוּר בְּתוֹכוֹ, יאמַר הַתּוֹרָה כֻּלָּהּ וְאַחַר־כָּךְ יִכָּנֵס לָדוּר בְּתוֹכוֹ.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

A person who wants to move into a house should first recite the entire Five Books of Moses and then move in.

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יד. מִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ קַרְקַע, אֵינוֹ אָדָם.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

One who owns no property is not a man.

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טו. יֵשׁ מָקוֹם הַגּוֹרֵם לַעֲבר עֲבֵרוֹת.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

There are locations that induce one to sin.

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טז. כַּעַס וּזְנוּת שֶׁל אִשָּׁה מַחֲרִיב אֶת הַבַּיִת.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

A woman’s anger and immorality destroy her home.

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יז. כְּשֶׁנֶּחֱרָב אַסְקֻפַּת הַבַּיִת אוֹ פְּתָחֶיהָ הוּא סִימָן רָע לַבַּיִת.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

It is a bad sign for a house when its threshold and entrances are destroyed.