Sefer HaMiddot, Sleep

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א. מִי שֶׁהוּא מְקֻדָּשׁ יוֹתֵר, הוּא רָחוֹק מֵהַשֵּׁנָה יוֹתֵר.

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

The holier a person is, the less sleep he requires.

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ב. עַל יְדֵי רִבּוּי הַשֵּׁנָה וְהַתְּנוּמָה, עַל יְדֵי זֶה דּוֹחֲפִין אוֹתוֹ מִמֶּרְכָּבָה דִּקְדֻשָּׁה, וְנִשְׁתַּנֶּה פָּנָיו, וְנִתְקַלְקֵל צֶלֶם. אֱלהִים.

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

Too much sleep and slumber causes a person to be pushed away from the seat of holiness. His face changes and his Godly image is marred.

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ג. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר "שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת" שֶׁבַּתְּהִלִּים מְסֻגָּלִים לְבַטֵּל הַשֵּׁנָה.

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

Reciting each of the fifteen psalms that begin “A song of ascent” (Psalms 120-134) is a segulah for eliminating sleepiness.

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ד. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לִישׁן, יַעֲלֶה עַל מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ אֱמוּנַת תְּחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים.

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

A person who finds that he cannot sleep should think about his belief in the resurrection of the dead.