The Essential Rabbi Nachman
A treasury of sayings, teachings, parables and stories by the outstanding chassidic sage, mystic and visionary, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), whose message of faith, hope, courage, simplicity and joy is essential to each one of us and essential to the whole world.
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THE ESSENTIAL RABBI NACHMAN
Translated by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum
Amidst the confusing choices, contradictions and extremes confronting us on every side in today's world, never has the "flowing stream, the source of wisdom" -- Rabbi Nachman's voice of honest truth, sanity, kindness and sound guidance for life -- been more essential and necessary for each one of us and for the entire world!
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CONTENTS
Rabbi Nachman’s Song of Delight
The Unique Charm of Rabbi Nachman: Rabbi Nachman on himself
TEACHINGS:
Faith
Simplicity
Joy
The Purpose of Life
Serving God
Knowing God
Hitbodedut: Meditation and Personal Prayer
The Power of Speech
Prayer
Music, Song and Dance
Memory
Will and Desire
Patience
Courage
Torah Study
Purity of Thought
Purity of Mind and Heart
Wealth and Livelihood
Self Care and Eating
Clothes
Family
Charity
Shabbat and Festivals
Friendship
Attachment to the Tzaddik
Teshuvah: Returning to God
The Land of Israel
Mashiach
Today!!!
DREAMS AND VISIONS:
Tell this to your children
The visitor
PARABLES
The Clay-Digger
Kaptzin Pasha
The Bitter Herb
The Treasure
The Turkey-Prince
The Tainted Grain
The Chandelier
The Horse and the Pump
Mirror image
The Sad Tzaddik
The Fixer
STORIES
Why the Tzaddik tells stories
The Lost Princess
The Humble King
The Fly and the Spider
The Rabbi’s Only Son
The Sophisticate and the Simpleton
The Exchanged Children
From The Prayer Leader:
The Prayer Leader
The Country of Wealth
The Hand
From The Seven Beggars:
The Lost Children
The Blind Beggar
The Lost Gardener
The Beggar with no Hands
Tikkun HaKlali: The General Remedy
The Ten Psalms: English Translation
English Transliteration of the Hebrew
A Day in the Life of a Breslover Chassid