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from the sheer woundrous ecstasy. Also, each person who is closer, his movements happen of their own accord, as he senses that mentioned above. Whoever is closer to the melody and dance understands more and performs the melody's movements automatically due to this great pleasure.... Likewise, the closer one is to the holy, that is - the closer to the teachings, the song and the dance - the more the movements occur on their own owing to the holiness. All this I heard myself.
264:). Another possible explanation for this phrase is that the Talmud states in Tractate Pesachim that if one wants to rid himself of a certain demon that inflicts water he should say שברירי ברירי רירי ירי רי thereby diminishing the effects of the demon. Just as we see that saying phrases with diminishing letters can diminish the effects of something impure, so to saying and adding to the name of a righteous person can exemplify him to the greatest high.
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with a little tassel on top. (These hats are a modification of a traditional white yarmulke that has been worn in
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with the ball on top—hence the tassel.) When Rabbi
Odesser was still alive, some of his followers were already wearing large white yarmulkes, but without the phrase on them. Today, the
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can mean "now to," which would loosely translate the phrase as "Now to
Nachman from Uman," that is, traveling to the Rebbe on pilgrimage to his gravesite or in one's heart.
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Breslover Hasidim who follow Rabbi Odesser, who are colloquially known as the
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Current news about Na Nachs all over the world. Sabba
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from Rabbi
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Jewish youth in Israel, it has become a sort of rallying cry for returning to traditional
Judaism, although not necessarily to mainstream Breslov.
641:"Prayer and teaching were done by Rabbi Yisrael about risk of "young people of Israel"… but with Torah also in Derech Eretz" (BH - YouTube)
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During his lifetime, Rebbe Nachman spoke of a "Song of Redemption" that would be revealed before the coming of the
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my precious student to tell you that I had pleasure - תלמידי היקר, להגיד לך כי נהנתי
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The Scroll of Secrets. The hidden messianic vision of R. Nachman of Breslav
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