Sichot HaRan Chapter 190
Can copy this into an AI, or connect the whole library to your assistant. For deeper learning, you can directly use the original seforim, sites, and apps.
אָמַר: שֶׁכַּמָּה פְּעָמִים צִיֵּר לְעַצְמוֹ עִנְיְנֵי מִיתָה, כְּאִלּוּ הוּא מֵת מַמָּשׁ, עַד שֶׁהִרְגִּישׁ טַעַם מִיתָה מַמָּשׁ.
The Rebbe said, “Many times I imagined what it would be like to die. I did this to such an extent that I literally sensed the taste of death. It was as if I had actually died.”
גַּם אֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי שֶׁאָמַר: שֶׁבִּימֵי נְעוּרָיו הָיָה מְצַיֵּר לְעַצְמוֹ מִיתָתוֹ וְאֵיךְ יִבְכּוּ עָלָיו וְכוּ'. וְצִיֵּר לְעַצְמוֹ הֵיטֵב כָּל עִנְיְנֵי מִיתָה.
Another time, he told me, “As a youth, I would think what it would be like to die. I imagined how people would cry over me …. I would imagine every aspect of my death (see “His Wisdom” #37).
וְאָמַר: שֶׁהוּא מְלָאכָה לְצַיֵּר לְעַצְמוֹ זֹאת הֵיטֵב.
“To do this well is a very difficult task.”