Rabbi Nachman of Breslov's Opinion of Messianic End of Days

0:55For the Tzaddik's honor, it's time we actually see what he says. Let's see what he agrees with. Riding around in an automobile with breakdancing—maybe he agrees with it, maybe he doesn't. Telling everybody that Tzaddikim, maybe he agrees with it, maybe he doesn't. Saying no one's a Rasha—maybe he agrees, maybe not, we have to see. What does he actually say? So we're not going to go over the entire book because that would take years. I'll just give you a few points that I went over with my Rav that I think are important for us to know. avrei avrei avrei avrei

1:58Ain Likutei Moharan, right in the beginning, ain Torah achat u'v. ולבוא לזה להפריש ולהבדיל ולבטל הרע מהטוב. It's important to decipher between the evil and the good. Rabbi Nachman, ohr tells us that evil does exist. Unlike what some mistakenly think, that he just destroyed the yetzer hara (evil inclination), some people follow his guidance. Rabbi Nachman confronted the yetzer hara, so there's no more yetzer hara in the world. The effect is that murderers, rapists, pedophiles, wars, and disasters are merely figments of our imagination. They don't exist.

3:00levo u-lehafrish u-lehavdil u-lebatel hara min hatov, hu al yedei, how do we do all this? We dance, we dance, we're happy, how do we do this? How do we just make everything good? Eizeh bie Danzig, eizeh bie geon yay yay yay diurn a fraier in de morning, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay. אי יודע צורה

4:03ולעמוד בתפילה ולעמוד בתורה יהיה ללון ולעמק של הלכה. אינו לומד פוסקים כי יש בתורה אחיזת הטוב והרע. הוא אומר, והוא מגדל את כל השלבים שלא רוצים ללמוד את הטובים. שלא רוצים ללמוד את הטובים. שלא רוצים ללמוד את הטובים. שלא רוצים ללמוד את הטובים. שלא רוצים ללמוד את הטובים. They get the little text message or email every day, and from Breslov, they think, "Oh, I'm a Breslover, I do it, but I do it. I'm in the middle of the farm, in the middle of the woods every day, and I'm in the middle of nowhere, and I talk to Hashem, and I'm a Breslover." No, rabotai, that does not make you a Breslover. That just makes you somebody that's bored and goes into the woods, and you may get a tick on you at some point. Ai Shevi Karpo, ai Shevi Taviu Sefrei o eize davar. Aval be'emet, eich taviu Sefrei? Eich taviu talmid? Eich taviu talmid l'Levi Nachman? Hu omer lecha bediyuk, ze baTorah u'bePar'oh. Eize Torah? Ani yachol lirot katan katan?

5:05Le-yemot Torah, this, this le-yemot Torah, what is it? Le-amka, deep Torah, what kind of deep Torah? Halacha, poskim, halacha, the debates between the sages of what's yes and what's no, and how they got to the right, bottom line is, the most difficult part of Torah. Patam-lin, patam-lin, patam-lin, patam-lin, patam-lin, patam-lin, patam-lin, patam-lin, patam-lin, patam-lin, patam-lin, patam-lin, patam-lin, Ivo pretendas eich hem osim ma Hashem omer. Achshav, k'she'ani edaber al anashim orchim, ulay hem lo o'havim et ze. Hem choshvim she'ze lo nachon. Bo'u nireh ma Rabi Nachman omer. BeTorah cheta'i, ze be'etzem kodem ma kadima, hu omer, ki yadu'a k'shehu mebechinah zo mutar lehitgerot ba'resha'im.

6:29Veha'inyan ki kol rasha akhreach sheyeh lo tzinor sheyikabel derech sham haruach. Ze omer, lo rak person menaseh lenasot lenasot lenasot lenasot lenasot, aval gam chai me'harchol hazeh. Ahalan Ordi Ordi Ordi Ordi Ordi Ordi Ordi Ordi Ordi Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay Evay

7:32Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi Aybi. Rabbi Nachman says, "And when praying before the drush, one must pray with supplication and request a gift for nothing from HaKadosh Baruch Hu. He says, when praying to HaKadosh Baruch Hu, one asks for matnas chinam." He says, when we go to see Hashem, we must see Hashem, see Hashem, with a sense of unearned grace. What is unearned grace? Unearned grace. Why? I don't try anything, Hashem. I am not a tzadik, I am not perfect, I am not trying beyond what You have already given me, to see You more, it really is, it's very important. I truly need to acknowledge gratitude. Truly, whatever will be, Rabotai, the Amidah prayer does not need to be just the Amidah prayer.

8:56Tefilat Shemoneh Esrei, Tefilat Shemoneh Esrei, Tefilat Shemoneh Esrei, Tefilat Shemoneh Esrei, Tefilat Shemoneh Esrei, Tefilat Shemoneh Esrei, Tefilat Shemoneh Esrei, Why? Just give Hashem compliments. Be quiet. That's it. I think Hashem agrees. Three times, you say, "Thank you, Hashem. You're amazing." Be quiet. Why? Who are you to ask for anything from the King of Kings? What? He works for you? Oh no, Hashem, give me parnasah. Why? If I want to give you, I'll give you. I need your instructions to give you? זה באמת מה שאולי הוא, אבל בגלל שאולי הוא אדם מיוחד, ולא רק אדם רגיל, הוא אדם מאוד מסור, אנחנו מנסים לדעת, הוא באמת רוצה שנדע, ולכן הוא מנחה אותנו כל הזמן ולא רק מדי פעם, כי הוא רוצה שנבין, והוא מחפש לעזור לנו בהתפתחות רוחנית. בעצם, רבי נחמן אומר, תדע את זה: כשאתם מנסים לדעת את השם, אתם מנסים להבין אותו בצורה חופשית, ולמה? באמת, אתם לא מנסים את זה.

10:25Be'emet, ata lo menaseh et zeh. Achshav, zeh continuous. Ve'lo yitleh bezechut atzmo. Ela tachshov, she'ata lo choshesh she'ata lo choshesh she'ata lo choshesh... ואולי יש לך עוד אנשים לדבר איתם כדי להבין איך להתמודד עם המצב. : זה שאתם חייבים להילחם את הרעים. מה זה הרעים? הרעים. באמת, זה מה שאתם חייבים להילחם, להילחם את הרעים. איזה רעים? איזה רעים הוא מדבר עליהם? אתם חייבים להילחם את הרעים? איזה רעים הוא מדבר עליהם? איזה רעים הוא מדבר עליהם? איזה רעים הוא מדבר עליהם? איזה רעים הוא מדבר עליהם? איזה רעים הוא מדבר עליהם?

11:44ain your neighborhood, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your community, ain your com כי ברבים יש בהם טובים ורעים, because a person needs to know, when there's people, there's a lot of people, there's good and there's bad. It's not just people that are far away are bad, and everybody here is tzaddikim. וצריך להכניע הערה שברעים, and our job is to destroy, to submit, to subjugate the wicked of the wicked. Now, How atem osim et ze? How atem osim et ze? How atem osim et ze? Im nimtza une'gia le'Torah Likutey Moharan, Torah Aleph, Beit, Aleph, b'Likutei Moharan, da sheyesh chotam v'yesh chotam betoch chotam.

13:07There's a seal and there's a seal within a seal, meaning signatures of Hashem. Chotamo al shem she'hem lumdei Hashem. Meaning there is a, I'm sorry, chotamo ki yesh mochichei ha'dor ve'hem bechinat raglayim ve'nikra'im raglayim al shem she'hem lumdei Hashem. In essence, there are people that are like the seal, they have the seal of approval of Hashem. Ah, well, it seems there was just an excessive repetition of "Ah, well" in the response. To focus on the context, we might suggest elaborating on the theme of shlichut and how those divinely sent to give advice or rebuke on behalf of Hashem connect with our ongoing narrative of Torah guidance and divine service. kivyachol et Hashem she’notnim lo etzot vehem holchim b’shlichuto l’Yisrael lehochicham u’lehachziram la’Hashem Yitbarach

14:29ואולי הם מנסים לראות מה שקורה, מה שבאמת הם מנסים עם השם. ואולי הם מנסים לישראל, לעם ישראל, להוכיח אותם, כדי להגיד להם על השם יתברך. Ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein איזה מקור רבי נחמן עושה את זה? כמובן, כלשהו צריך לעבור מקור. שפירש רש"י, רש"י עושה את זה. איפה? בפירושו שלו על שמות י"א: ח, על "וכל העם אשר ברגליך, ההולכים אחר עצתך". ועל שם ההליכה שהולכים בשליחותו להוכיח, רש"י מפרש על פסוקו שלו על שמות י"א: ח.

15:34that when it says, and the nation goes in your direction, in essence, these are the people that are the rebukers of Am Yisrael. The rebukers of Am Yisrael are going with the signature of Hashem. They're going with the permission of Hashem. ומגלה להם עדיין תורה שנגזר על הדור, ומה שהם אומרים הם עושים עם השפע הזה? איך הם יודעים מה להגיד? איך הם יודעים מה להשמיע? מגלה להם דין הדור; הקב"ה נותן להם חכמה להבין בצלם שלהם, כי בעצם זה כמו מסגרת מה זו ההשגחה עבור הלכה, עבור הלכות התורה; זה עבור ההלכות. They go and rebuke the generation in order to bring them back to the good, to sweeten the decree, because right now the decree, Hashem yerachem, is evil. The decree is a holocaust. The decree is a pogrom, Hashem yerachem. The decree is AIDS, cancer, bad things. Every minute, every minute there's bad news. Every second we have bad news. Right before, on the way to the lecture, somebody sent me a message, please pray for this little baby, one month old, fell, broke her head, she actually has a broken skull. One month old. There's no shortage of horrible news.

17:00The text appears to be discussing themes from Torah study, specifically related to the Parshiot (weekly Torah portions) of Bechukotai and Ki Tavo. Here's a corrected version incorporating the context: "We are examining Torah study and its implications for daily life, particularly focusing on the Parshiot, Bechukotai and the upcoming Ki Tavo. Ki Tavo specifies the Decree that can reach a terrible point. The terrible Decree is what we had yesterday: an organ or a system, because once today we have an organ, it means the situation can get so bad, we organize a Mist of the terrible day of yesterday. Yesterday's situation was so awful that it was beyond belief." אשמים אנחנו ואשמים אנחנו ואשמים אנחנו ואשמים אנחנו ואשמים אנחנו ואשמים אנחנו ואשמים אנחנו ואשמים אנחנו ואשמים אנחנו More polite, be a little lower, more monotone, be nice, guys, please, be nice, Hashem loves you, you're all tzaddikim, you know, as you say, right? So, Rebbe Nachman is going to tell us how to do it.

18:05And al shem zeh b'bechinat chotam, these are the teachings of the guilty ones that increase peace in the world. There's a very famous verse that talmidei chachamim, they bring peace to the world. So Rebbe Nachman says, what does it mean that talmidei chachamim bring peace to the world? So it doesn't mean that they say that everybody is tzaddik? u'lmudei Hashem marbim shalom ba'olam kmo shekatuv b'Yeshayahu 54, "v'chol banayich limudei Hashem v'rav shalom banayich," Shelumei haLevim shelachem hem be'etzem haLevim shel Hashem. Ze magen lanessi'im, lanessi'im shelachem. Ma zot omeret? Ki holchim lefasher ve'la'asot shalom bein Yisrael la'Avim she'ba'Shamayim. Biglal she'hanessi'im shelachem magen lanessi'im, ma ze hanessi'im? Hanessi'im bein Yisrael, am Yisrael, ulePlateir shelhem bein Hivnim.

19:23How do they do this? How do they do this? This is my favorite part, by the way. It was worth it to come to the shiur just for this part. Just for this part. How do you do this? U'lefanav, meaning in front of Hashem, u'lefanav yidbarech m'katnim hadavar u'matzilim tov b'adam. It says in front of Hashem. Asham atzna Asham atzna Asham atzna Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham Asham לפני ישראל מגדילים אחת מאוד. But in front of the people's faces, in front of Am Yisrael, when you go and give lectures, when you write books, you make this sin much worse than what it is. Resha'im! Stop violating Shabbat! Hashem loves you, but He's going to destroy you if you don't do teshuvah. Where does Rabbi Nachman get this? This is scary. Where is that scary version of Rabbi Nachman?

20:45איפה הוא קיבל את זה? אין דבר אחר של משה רבנו, איפה? הוא ממשיך, כמו שמצינו אצל משה שאמר לה' יתברך, כמו שמצינו אצל משה, איך משה קיבל את זה, משה רבנו, הוא אמר לה' יתברך, במקום שמופיע בשמות ל"ב (Exodus 32), "למה יחרה אפך בעמך?" למה הוא ככה מתרעם על השם? למה הוא ככה מתרעם על השם? מה העומק הזה? אוקיי, אז הם קיבלו אלילים. Okay, no, children, you've caused trouble before Hashem. Children cause trouble, He didn't mean it. They thought something else, they thought this, ah, it's a big deal Hashem, relax, no. But you children are in trouble. Moshe, when he was in front of Hashem, said, come on Hashem, why so mad? Meaning, it's not that big of a deal. But when he was with Am Yisrael, he says to all of Israel, why do you sin against Israel, in a simpler way, atem chotim. You made a big sin. He didn't say it's not a big deal, guys, you're all tzaddikim, everything's okay. He says, you made a big sin. Yeah, but two minutes ago you said to Hashem it's not a big deal. Yes, to Him I said it's not a big deal. In reality, we all know you're big sinners. You have to do teshuva. I'm fighting for you. If I tell Him, really, I know it's a really big sin, they're all horrible, this, He'll destroy you. So I'm fighting for you because I love you. But in reality, I'm telling you the truth that it's really a big sin also because I love you.

22:16Ve'yesh chotam she'hu lemala mi'ze ha'chotam, eino be'chinot yadayim mekablim musar me'elu ha'mochichim. You are here listening, accepting, and saying, you know what? I got to do something about it. Rebbe Nachman is not joking. He's not breakdancing. So, the whole issue, also the people that say, wait a minute, you're really never supposed to be sad. You know, when I think about my sins, it makes me sad, it makes me sad. So in Torah Mem-Tet, in Torah Mem-Tet Forty-Nine, towards the end of Likutei Moharan... Reb Nachman also talks about this, and I think about myself since I am sad and sad and sad. So in Torah Mem Tet, in Torah Mem Tet forty-nine, towards the end of the lesson,

23:26הוא אומר, ועיקר לקיימם כפשוטם לשמור עצמו מאוד ממחשבות רעות. זה מאוד מאוד מיוחד לשמור עצמו מלחשוב מחשבות רעות, ולהתמיד לחשוב מחשבות טובות. Al ken tzarichim l'shamor machshevto me'od, so he has to make sure that he only thinks, he's in control of his thoughts, ul'hachriach atzmo tamid lachshov machshavot tovot, and to force himself to have positive thoughts. shem bechinat yetzrito, because this is the positive trait. Why? What's the purpose of these positive thoughts? I think I'm good, I think I'm good, I'm thinking it's going to be good. What does it mean to have positive thoughts, negative thoughts? What's the point? This is the part everybody knows. What's the point of all of it? He says... U'leskot la'asot al yedei zeh ma'asim tovim u'midot tovot, etc., u'lehitpalel be'kavanah u'la'asot teshuvah. Mah zeh ha-te'un shel ha-machkarot ha-pozitiviyim? Ha-machkarot ha-pozitiviyim maga'im le'machkarot pozitiviyim l'sagor et ha-midot shelanu, l'sagor et ha-machkarot ha-pozitiviyim shelanu, lehitpalel im kavanah peshutah u'veh-mahalach. Lama? K'dei la'asot teshuvah.

24:56כי צריכים לעבוד את השם יתברך במידה דייקה. Because the way we're supposed to serve Hashem is with specific midah deika, like to be very, very precise. Don't just worship Him when you feel like it, wake up when you feel like it, do when you feel like it. No, there's an actual system. You have to follow Him as He said. as he said, "And you have to be very precise because you're dealing with the King. You're not dealing with yourself." And regarding this last thought, let's address it and then we can move on. For all of those people who say, "Yeah, but these negative thoughts you're mentioning to me means I have to do teshuva. I'm going to start thinking about all the times that I wasted seed, all the times that I went out with the non-Jews, all the times that I stole, all those moments," it makes me very depressed. So what does Rabbi Nachman say about this, being depressed about these negatives? It's natural; if a person does teshuva, he's going to feel depressed. What does Rabbi Nachman say about depression? Because all the people talk about Breslov, Breslov, Breslov: be happy, be happy, breakdance, be happy, breakdance, be happy, breakdance. So what do you say about these negative thoughts? Because now I'm thinking about all my sins. In order to do teshuva, you have to think about all your sins. So what do you think about this? In Torah Kuf Tet (109), he says in the beginning,

26:22Yesh rasha kol yamav hu mitane'ach va'na al haver. There's a wicked person his entire life, but then hu mitane'ach va'na. Na, people think na na Nachman. Na na Nachman is just a coincidence that it's Rebbe Nachman's name. Na means he feels sorry. There's a wicked person his whole life who starts becoming sorry about his past. Ve'yesh chas v'shalom tzaddik mikreh, v'yesh gam chas v'shalom, halachah lekha, chevel chevel, v'to'eh al harishonot, hu gam min ha'agunot, v'na'o mit'aneyach gam ken, v'hu gam na, hu gam sori. Hu gam na. Ma na? Hu gam sori. V'hinei yesh shnei chevelim, yesh shnei chevelim, yesh shnei chevelim, yesh shnei chevelim, yesh derashah v'hem chevelim. chavla d'kedusha kenegdo ketuma u'vchira chofshit. One has his connect, his impurity his whole life, the other one has purity his whole life.

27:32U'kebechira chofshit, they both have free choice. Mi shemekadesh atzmo, mekasher atzmo bechevel dekedusha, whoever in his own free choice and his own free will connects himself and sanctifies himself by doing teshuvah because he's sorry. Now go on to connect himself to kedushah, meaning a person can start even weak or righteous. But if he makes a mistake, feeling no, feeling sorry is a good thing. Why? Because not feeling sorry will lead you to do teshuvah, and doing teshuvah will lead you to kedushah, will lead you to holiness. That is, Rabotai, Likutei Moharan, just 1% of 1% of what Rebbe Nachman actually said. I gave you the sources and the highlights. If anyone wants to see it, I have the book even, so you don't think I wrote it. The book has highlights, it has little notes, like all my books, Baruch Hashem, which have many wonderful things, of different things that I think should be mentioned. You can see it, you can buy it—I didn't write it.

28:48This is real Breslov. This is real Torah. Not once did he mention breakdancing. Not once did he suggest that you should just feel good regardless. In fact, the opposite. He does not contradict for a moment any of the sages before him or after him. And that's why this Mishnah fits perfectly. סופו להתקיים what Rebbe Nachman and all of the tzaddikim before him and after him meant was good, was for the sake of heaven. The fact that many people manipulated it and distorted it and made it seem like it's something else is a problem. But in the end, the truth still comes out. In the end, anyone that really looks into what they said, what's actually written in the books, אִמונים חבדניקים חבדניקים במיוחד במיוחדים, והיא קריאת התורה בשמחת תורה. אורי, אורי, אורי, אורי.

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