Sichos HaRan 16 – The Silent Scream. Rabbi Nachman of Breslov teaches a powerful technique for achieving better focus and stronger emotional engagement in tefilah (prayer): silent screaming. This involves exhaling as if screaming, but without the use of the vocal chords. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Sichos HaRan 15 – Animal Simplicity. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Sometimes to serve Hashem it’s helpful to be as simple as an animal.
Sichos HaRan 14 – Eretz Yisrael and the Tzaddik Are Similar. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – Just as the holiness of Eretz Yisrael is hidden, so is the holiness of a tzaddik. Just as Eretz Yisrael appears to be a country like any other, the tzaddik appears to be an ordinary person. 03:17 – Continue Reading »
Sichos HaRan 13 – Sometimes people who have faith in Hashem have no parnassah – livelihood – and this causes them stress and confusion. But this is good for the world, because many important things result from this kind of confusion. Distraction is a form of tardeyma – deep sleep – which can lead to Continue Reading »
Sichos HaRan 12 – Any effort made to serve Hashem sincerely, even if it doesn’t succeed, still accomplishes a lot. The most frustrated attempts at tefilah or mitzvos bring good into the world. The effort itself is like giving a sacrifice in the Beis HaMikdash – Holy Temple, as in “For you sake we are Continue Reading »
Sichos HaRan 11 – Rabbi Nachman expresses his deep gratitude for being a Jew.
Sichos HaRan 9 – The Baal Shem Tov HaKadosh advises: do not give a knife as a gift. Paragraph 10 – False regret can fool a person. The yetzer hara – evil inclination – is very cunning. A person needs help from Hashem and advice from true tzaddikim in order to overcome negative tendencies.
Sichos HaRan 8. The principle of not delving into the study of laws of mourning unless it’s needed for practical application. Negative thinking can cause negative outcome. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Sichos HaRan 7 – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Sichos HaRan 6 – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
