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Sefer HaMiddot, Distinguished Ancestry

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א. אֵין כּחַ הַקְּלָלָה חָל עַל מְיֻחָס.

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

A curse has no effect on a person of distinguished ancestry.

ב. אֲפִלּוּ אִשָּׁה צַדֶּקֶת כְּשֶׁהִיא אֵינָהּ מְיֻחֶסֶת, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה מוֹלֶדֶת בָּנִים שֶׁאֵינָם מְהֻגָּנִים.

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

Even if she herself is righteous, a woman lacking distinguished lineage might have indecent children.

ג. קָשֶׁה לִפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא לְהַעֲבִיר וּלְבַטֵּל גְּדוֹלֵי הַיִּחוּס.

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

God cannot easily overlook or nullify the advantage of distinguished ancestry.