Sefer HaMiddot, Eating, Part I

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א. מִמַּה שֶּׁאַתָּה אוֹכֵל תְּשַׁיֵּר, כְּדֵי שֶׁיָּחוּל בִּרְכַּת הַשֵּׁם בִּמְזוֹנוֹתֶיךָ.

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

Leave over a bit of your meal so that your sustenance will receive God’s blessing.

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ב. שֻׁלְחָנוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם מְטַהֵר לוֹ מִכָּל עֲווֹנוֹתָיו.

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

A person’s table purifies him from all his sins.

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ג. שֻׁלְחָנוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם מְזַכֶּה לוֹ לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי וּמְזַכֶּה לְפַרְנָסָה, וְהוּא רָשׁוּם לְטוֹב לְעֵלָּא וּלְעֵלָּא, וּמְזַכֶּה לֵהּ לְאִתּוֹסָפָא לֵהּ כּחַ וּגְבוּרָה בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאִצְטָרִיךְ לֵהּ.

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

A person’s table earns him the World to Come as well as a livelihood [in this world]. He is inscribed for good in the uppermost worlds and is also rewarded with increased power and strength when he needs it.

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ד. בַּעֲווֹן עִנּוּי הַדִּין וְעִוּוּת וְקִלְקוּל הַדִּין וּבִטּוּל תּוֹרָה בַּצּרֶת בָּא, וּבְנֵי־אָדָם אוֹכְלִים וְאֵינָם שְׂבֵעִים וְאוֹכְלִים לַחְמָם בַּמִּשְׁקָל.

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

The sins of delaying justice, distorting and corrupting judgment, and neglecting Torah study bring drought. People will eat, but will not be satiated; they will partake of their bread in measure.

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ה. כְּשֶׁאוֹכֵל קְצָת, לִבּוֹ נִמְשָׁךְ יוֹתֵר אַחַר אֲכִילָה, מִמִּי שֶׁלּא אָכַל כְּלָל וְנִתְיָאֵשׁ מִלֶּאֱכל.

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

Eating just a little causes one’s heart to want more food; more so than when one has lost hope of eating and has eaten nothing at all.

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ו. מִפְּנֵי מַה נִּתְחַיְּבוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּלָיָה מִפְּנֵי שֶׁנֶּהֱנוּ מִסְּעֻדָּה שֶׁל אוֹתוֹ רָשָׁע.

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

Why were the Jews deserving of destruction? Because they delighted in the feast of that wicked one, [Achashveirosh].

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ז. מִזְבֵּחַ מֵזִיחַ גְּזֵרוֹת רָעוֹת וּמְכַפֵּר עֲווֹנוֹת וּמֵזִין וּמְחַבֵּב. וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן דּוֹמֶה לַמִּזְבֵּחַ.

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

The Altar abolishes evil decrees, atones for sin, nourishes and endears. One’s table is comparable to the Altar.

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ח. הָאוֹכֵל בְּלא נְטִילַת יָדַיִם, כְּאִלּוּ בָּא עַל אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה, וְהַמְזַלְזֵל בִּנְטִילַת יָדַיִם, נֶעֱקָר מִן הָעוֹלָם.

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

When a person eats without first washing his hands [as Torah law prescribes], it is as if he visited a prostitute. Whoever ridicules this religious requirement is uprooted from the world.

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ט. אֵין שׁוֹתִין מַיִם בִּפְנֵי רַבִּים.

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

One should not drink water in public.