Sefer HaMiddot, Drunkenness, Part II

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א. מִי שֶׁלָּהוּט אַחַר עֲבוֹדַת אֲדָמָה, בָּא לִידֵי אֶחָד מִשְּׁלשָׁה, אוֹ לִידֵי שְׁפִיכוּת דָּמִים אוֹ לִידֵי צָרַעַת אוֹ לִידֵי שִׁכְרוּת.

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

A person with a burning desire to work the land will come to one of three things: bloodshed, leprosy or drunkenness.

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ב. הַשִּׁכְרוּת גּוֹרֵם גָּלוּת גַּם גּוֹרֵם הוֹצָאַת זֶרַע לְבַטָּלָה.

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

Drunkenness causes exile and leads to a wasteful emission of seed.

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ג. אִי אֶפְשַׁר לְשִׁכְרוּת שֶׁלּא יָבִיא לְאֵיזֶה תַּקָלָה.

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

When a person gets drunk, mishap becomes inevitable.

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ד. עַל יְדֵי שִׁכְרוּת הוּא שׁוֹכֵחַ בְּאַזְהָרוֹת משֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ, כִּי משֶׁה מְלֻבָּשׁ בִּרְמַ"ח אֵיבָרָיו שֶׁל אָדָם, וּבְכָל אֵיבָר וְאֵיבָר מַזְהִיר אֶת הָאָדָם בְּמִצְווֹת הַתְּלוּיוֹת בּוֹ, וּבִשְׁבִיל זֶה נִקְרָא "מְחֹקֵק" גִּימַטְרִיָּא רְמַ"ח.

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

A person who gets drunk forgets the directives of our teacher, Moses. This is because Moses is enclothed in the 248 organs of the human body and he instructs each and every organ to heed the mitzvot applicable to it. This is the reason Moses was called m’chokek (lawgiver), which has a numerical value of 248.

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ה. עַל יְדֵי הַשִּׁכְרוּת מַפְשִׁיט אֶת הַדַּעַת מֵהַלְּבוּשׁ חֲסָדִים, וּמַלְבִּישׁוֹ בִּגְבוּרוֹת חֲזָקוֹת, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם.

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

Drunkenness strips the mind from the chassadim (benevolences) that enclothe it, and covers it in powerful judgments, God forbid.

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ו. מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ שוֹנְאִים, יַזִּיר מִן הַיַּיִן, וְעַל יְדֵי זֶה נַעֲשֲׂה ראשׁ לָהֶם.

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

A person with enemies should take an oath of abstinence from wine. This will give him mastery over them.