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148 West » Rebbe Nachman http://148west.com NEVER EVER DESPAIR! Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:16:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.37 Why I Go to Uman for Rosh HaShanah http://148west.com/rabbeinu/why-i-go-to-uman-for-rosh-hashanah/ http://148west.com/rabbeinu/why-i-go-to-uman-for-rosh-hashanah/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:16:59 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=530 Why do I go to Uman for Rosh HaShanah? Let me count the whys. First of all, I go because the Rebbe said to come to him for Rosh HaShanah. This alone is sufficient reason to go. I need no other. If you have any inkling of the chassidic mind, you understand that if “the […]

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]]> http://148west.com/topical/cant-make-uman/feed/ 1 Don’t Be a Drip http://148west.com/practice/dont-drip/ http://148west.com/practice/dont-drip/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:56:56 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=482 Rebbe Nachman once remarked, “The world says, ‘If you give in to temptation, God forbid, and eat chazir (ham/pork/bacon), might as well let the gravy drip down your beard.’ But I say, If you give in to temptation and eat chazir, at least don’t let any gravy drip down your beard!” © Copyright 2014 148west.com/O. […]

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]]> http://148west.com/practice/anchors-aweigh-away-way/feed/ 1 Have No Tunnel Fear http://148west.com/topical/tunnel-fear/ http://148west.com/topical/tunnel-fear/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2014 15:18:17 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=463 The entire world—all of life—is a very, very narrow bridge, Rebbe Nachman teaches (Likutey Moharan II, Lesson #48). And, he says, the main thing is to not get frightened. A tunnel built by those who want to kill you is not a bridge. And apparently, those built by Hamas frighten many, many people. I would […]

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]]> http://148west.com/topical/tunnel-fear/feed/ 0 Shabbos Night (2 of 10) http://148west.com/practice/segue-maariv/ http://148west.com/practice/segue-maariv/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:10:17 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=432  (In memory of Chaim Barukh Yehudah ben Dovid Tzvi zl) K’gavna  (In chassidic shuls, this piece of Zohar is said right before the start of Maariv, the nighttime prayer.) Just as the six points of the sefirot unite Above to become one, the Shekhinah, too, unites her six points, Below. The two are aligned perfectly, in harmony, face […]

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]]> http://148west.com/practice/segue-maariv/feed/ 0 Maybe It is My Fault? http://148west.com/weekly/maybe-its-my-fault/ http://148west.com/weekly/maybe-its-my-fault/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:37:31 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=332 In Tunis, the capitol of Tunisia, the chief rabbi, Rabbi Yehoshua Bassin, had police power granted him by the local authorities. One Tisha b’Av, a well-to-do Jew opened his store. Rabbi Yehoshua sent some people to the merchant with orders to close the store. The Jew refused. The messengers returned, reporting the refusal. Rabbi Yehoshua […]

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]]> http://148west.com/weekly/maybe-its-my-fault/feed/ 0 What is Teshuvah? http://148west.com/personal/what-is-teshuvah/ http://148west.com/personal/what-is-teshuvah/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:04:10 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=318 What is teshuvah? Teshuvah is change—change of behavior, change of heart and change of mind. When we change from cheeseburgers to chulent, from bar-hopping to  beis midrash-going, and g’neivisheh shtick to kosher gelt, our new behaviors indicate (to others, but most importantly to ourselves) that other changes have taken place within us. Outside motions are […]

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]]> http://148west.com/personal/what-is-teshuvah/feed/ 0 Stay Awake! http://148west.com/weekly/stay-awake/ http://148west.com/weekly/stay-awake/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 10:30:58 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=299 Why don’t we sleep on the night of Shavuot? Reb Noson of Breslov, Rebbe Nachman’s foremost disciple, gives an answer. We already received the Torah at Sinai. So what are we receiving each year on Shavuot? A little more revelation of penimiyut, the innerness/essence of the Torah. The Torah’s panim, face, shines on us a […]

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]]> http://148west.com/weekly/stay-awake/feed/ 0 Appetizer http://148west.com/practice/appetizer/ http://148west.com/practice/appetizer/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 14:42:59 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=257 Here’s a simple practice, that should be relatively easy to do. But as with anything worthwhile, it takes time time to establish its place in your life. So you have to take the time to do it, give it time to develop and not give up when you forget to do it. Just cone back […]

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