Sefer HaMiddot, Tidings, Part I

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א. מִי שֶׁהוּא רָגִיל לוֹמַר בְּשֹוֹרוֹת טוֹבוֹת, הוּא נִתְלַבֵּשׁ מִבְּחִינַת אֵלִיָּהוּ.

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

By making it a habit to be the bearer of good tidings, one clothes oneself in the attribute of the prophet Elijah.

ב. אַל תְּבַשֵּׂר בְּשֹוֹרָה רָעָה, כִּי מֵחֲמַת בְּשֹוֹרָה רָעָה מֵתוּ כַּמָּה נְפָשׁוֹת.

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

Don’t be the bearer of bad news. Many people have died after receiving bad tidings.

ג. הָעוֹשֶׂה מִצְוָה כְּמַאֲמָרָהּ – אֵין מְבַשְּׂרִין אוֹתוֹ בְּשֹוֹרוֹת רָעוֹת, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא גּוֹזֵר וְהוּא מְבַטֵּל.

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

A person who performs a mitzvah correctly is not brought bad news. The Holy One’s decrees and he annuls.

ד. הַמְבַשֵּׂר בְּשֹוֹרוֹת רָעוֹת, נוֹפֵל לְמחִין דְּקַטְנוּת.

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

Relating bad news causes a person to fall into constricted consciousness.