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Rebbe Nachman Says Foreword Acknowledgements Jump in Through the Window! What do you Really Want? Servant of G-D Be What you Have to Be Honor Soul Stories DON’T GIVE UP! The Banker from Odessa Joy and Oneness Three Lessons A Little Anthology of Rebbe Nachman’s Teachings About Joy Wholeness of the Soul Holy Arrogance Yom […] Continue reading

Foreword

I thank Rebbe Shlomo Carlebach for giving us his holy teachings. He selflessly dedicated his entire life to teaching, counseling, and uplifting us. He gave us a great heritage of teachings. I remember being at a class with him in 1994 in Jerusalem, and before Rebbe Shlomo Carlebach started the class, he asked if anyone […] Continue reading

Acknowledgements

I especially thank my holy wife, Galit, may she be blessed with great nachas. She is the one who really deserves all of the credit. Her diligently taking care of the family is what allowed for the tremendous amount of time dedicated to writing this book. I thank Galit for the endless hours of taking […] Continue reading

Jump in Through the Window!

Late one night a young man was waiting in front of Rebbe Nachman’s house. Rebbe Nachman looked out of his window and said, “In the middle of the night you have to talk to me? What do you want to talk to me about?” He was nearly crying and he said, “I don’t know what […] Continue reading

What do you Really Want?

Your own preciousness I really don’t know how much I am worth. If G-d would give me a taste of my own neshama [soul], my whole life would change. The question is not only if you know that you are precious. Because if I walk around and say, “I am precious, but you… listen, I […] Continue reading

Servant of G-d

Rebbe Nachman asks the question: Are we G-d’s servant or people’s servant? There is no in between. Everybody is somebody’s servant. Are you G-d’s servant? If you are, then you are the freest person in the world because you know exactly what is right. If you really know what is right, then you don’t listen […] Continue reading

Be What you Have to Be

Rebbe Nachman says, there are two kinds of evil. One is when I want to give charity, and my evil inclination comes and says, “Don’t give.” Then there is a general evil that is not concentrated against any specific action or thing. It is concentrated against my being what I am supposed to be. This […] Continue reading

Honor

Your own honor, or G-d’s honor? Rebbe Nachman’s Torah teaching, on chodesh Ellul begins, mamash: The first step in teshuva is that you care about G-d’s honor. He says, are you concerned with your own honor, or are you concerned with G-d’s honor? You see, if all you are thinking about is your own honor… […] Continue reading

Soul

Our holy master Rebbe Nachman says that not only the soul has a soul – but my body also has a soul – the inside of my body. You know, imagine if all I used my hand for was just to take, and I never used my hand to give. Rebbe Nachman says I can […] Continue reading

Stories

Two people came to Rebbe Yisroel Rizener: one, a storyteller who had written a book of stories, and the other, a great scholar who had written great treatises on halacha [Jewish law]. So the shames [beadle / secretary] asks the Rizener who he wants to see first. The Rebbe says, “I want to see the […] Continue reading

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Little Josh was brought to Dr. Gill cause he hadn’t eaten anything for days. Dr. Gill offered him all the goodies he could think of. No luck. He tried a little scolding. It didn’t work. A little pleading, to no avail. Finally he sat down, faced the boy, looked him in the eye. He said, “Look young man, if you can be stubborn, so can I. You’re not going anywhere till you eat something. You can have whatever you want, but only after you have eaten will you leave.” Josh just sat and glared for some time, then said “OK. I’ll eat but I have some conditions. First, I’ll have exactly what I want and exactly how I want it and second you’ll share with me.” Dr. Gill was OK with this. He asked the child what he’d like. “Worms!” said Josh. Dr. Gill was horrified but didn’t want to back out and seem like a loser. So, he ordered a plate of worms to be brought in. “Not that many, just one,” yelled Josh as he saw the plate. So, everything other than one worm was removed. Josh then demanded that the single worm be cut into two pieces and then Dr. Gill eat half. Dr. Gill went through the worst ordeal of his life, and after finishing, barely managing to keep his cool, said, “OK, now eat!” Josh refused as he sobbed, “No way! You ate my half!”