Breslov Therapy : THE TEN SHOFAR BLASTS OF ROSH HASHANAH

Sunday, September 13, 2020

THE TEN SHOFAR BLASTS OF ROSH HASHANAH

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On Rosh Hashanah we sound a total of 10 types of Shofar blasts:

TEKIAH-SHEVARIM-TEKIAH
TEKIAH-TERUAH-TEKIAH
TEKIAH-SHEVARIM-TERUAH-TEKIAH

(although the various blast-notes are repeated, they are essentially different due to their positioning around the other blast-notes)

Reb Noson explains that these 10 blast-notes represent the 10 types of song making up the book of Psalms, and by extension the 10 Sefirot and 10 Utterances used in Creation.

Our work on Rosh Hashanah is to mitigate and sweeten all harsh judgements. To do this, we need to reconnect and realign to the beginning of Creation, which is like rebooting and starting from scratch. A new and fresh start and beginning. No past records.

By sounding the 10 shofar blasts we are, in a sense, activating the 10 types of song and what they represent, thus helping us to reconnect and restart our New Year on good and positive footing.

However what guarantee does an individual person have that his personal shofar blasts on Rosh Hashanah can properly and fully activate this reboot and fresh start? Who says that he has enough merit to do so?

For this reason it is the custom in all Jewish communities to gather together and daven on the High Holidays. Even many secular, non-observant Jews adhere to this too. This is so that the collective energy and merit of the gathering community can have the capacity and power to properly activate the 10 types of song through their shofar blasts and thus leading to the reboot and restart in their individual lives.

However, what about the person who is really, really far and low in life? What chance does he have that the collective communal Shofar blasts on Rosh Hashanah can help him too?

For this reason there is an additional level of hearing the shofar blasts - by the tzaddikim. The collective merit of a community "joined with" the merit of the tzaddik activates the 10 types of song and their extensions at the highest of level possible.

This is the concept of travelling to be by tzaddikim for Rosh Hashanah.

May we merit this year and every year to spend the Rosh Hashanah davening and shofar experience by the true tzaddikim, and merit the reactivation of the 10 types of song hidden within them, and thus gain a new, fresh start in life with positive footing.

(for more on the concepts of the 10 types of song please listen to: LIKUTEY MOHARAN LESSONS 205 AND II 92)

A SPECIAL ROSH HASHANAH OPPORTUNITY

Rebbe Nachman took an oath that anybody who comes to his grave in the city of Uman, the Ukraine, and gives a coin to charity in memory of Rebbe Nachman, and says the 10 Psalms known as the Tikkun HaKlali, he (the Rebbe) will pull out that person from the deepest abyss of hell no matter how severe his blemishes and sins.

Rebbe Nachman also said that on the Eve of Rosh Hashanah it is good to make a pidyon (a redemption through money).

[For more on this concept please listen to: LIKUTEY MOHARAN LESSON 215].

The followers of Rebbe Nachman combine both and perform them on the Eve of Rosh Hashanah in Uman.

To have the Tikkun HaKlali recited on your behalf by Rebbe Nachman's grave in Uman on the Eve of Rosh Hashanah, along with a Pidyon/redemption performed for you there too, you can send your charity/pidyon money (along with Hebrew full name if applicable) through this paypal link:

TIKKUN HAKLALI AND PIDYON ON THE EVE OF ROSH HASHANAH BY REBBE NACHMAN'S GRAVE IN UMAN

WITH BLESSINGS FOR A GOOD, HEALTHY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR WITH TRUE CLOSENESS TO HASHEM, HIS TORAH AND HIS TZADDIKIM, AMEN.

Meir Elkabas

WHATSAPP #: +1-732-800-1862

@: breslovtherapy@gmail.com

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A Brief Outline of Breslov Therapy

By Meir Elkabas

for a brief audio outline please listen to: Breslov Therapy - A Brief Outline

When a person doesn't feel well he goes to a doctor who diagnoses his condition and prescribes a treatment. If the condition is a serious one then he made need to go to a specialist. So too Rebbe Nachman offers a diagnosis to every person at every age and in every situation in life, offering advice - treatment - as to what can be done. Rebbe Nachman is the all around specialist.

In Breslov Therapy, the following material is used:

1- Likutey Eitzot (Advice)

2- The Kitzur (Abridged) Likutey Moharan

3- Likutey Moharan

4- Likutey Tefilot (The Fiftieth Gate)

5- Likutey Halachot.

The very first step is to do what is called hitbodedut - secluded meditation. In hitbodedut one should attempt to pinpoint what one feels to be the root attribute in preventing one's personal development in life.

One will find attributes and characteristics in oneself grouped in two categories: 1-cause/root attributes. 2- effect/resulting attributes. For example, one may suffer from haughtiness and anger. Haughtiness could be the "cause" for the "resulting" anger.

Thus haughtiness is a root attribute that requires priority attention.

Once you have located what you feel to be the "root" cause to other negative attributes, take a look at the book Advice/Likutey Eitzot in the chapter which closest relates to your root. Eg. for haughtiness take a look at the chapter Pride and Humility

After looking up the whole chapter, see which paragraph most relates to what you are going through. Then look up the corresponding lesson in The Kitzur (abridged) Likutey Moharan. Eg. paragraph 21 reads: Humility protects against sexual temptation. Pride arouses it (130). The number (130) refers to lesson 130.

It happens sometimes that you relate to several paragraphs in a single chapter, and you just don't know which one to choose. If this happens take a look at the corresponding lessons in the Kitzur Likutey Moharan and see if your variety of choice still stands or not. If you still cannot choose between several lessons, then take a look at the corresponding prayers on the lessons in the Likutey Tefilot – Fiftieth Gate.

Once you have found what you feel to be the "right" lesson. Start reviewing the actual lesson in the Likutey Moharan over and over again along with the corresponding prayer in Likutey Tefilot.

Get so associated and adjusted to the lesson until you practically know it by heart. As you continue to review, the lesson begins to literally turn "alive" illuminating your life: You can use your life experiences to perceive the lesson, and also use the lesson to perceive your life. All the while continually saying the corresponding prayer along with your own additions.

Learning the lesson in Likutey Moharan activates the actual remedies, guidelines and advices in your life. The more you review the lesson (seeking deeper insight) the more refined and acute is the remedy. Praying to attain the lesson's themes directs this "remedy" to where the spiritual wound is located.

This can be compared to having the right medication, but if you don't apply it to the actual wound, it won't help that much. So too, Rebbe Nachman's deep, profound words actually create a spiritual remedy, but if you don't daven to HaShem to direct the spiritual doses in the right area, you won't get that far. Judaism is based mainly on articulation – in torah and prayer.

Thus far, we have 2 stages in Breslov Therapy: The diagnosis and treatment. The diagnosis is finding the right lesson that relates to you and the treatment in itself has 2 parts: learning the lesson to activate the remedy and davening about it through the Likutey Tefilot on the lesson joined with your own personal hitbodedut.

However, like in any surgery/treatment if there is no pain-killer the treatment hurts, especially in this case where the Rebbe's teachings are going straight to the core of all physical/spiritual maladies. For this, one requires an anesthesiologist. Rebbe Nachman's advice is to always carry along with you two lessons and constantly go with them – lesson 282 and 195.

By going over the lesson and accompanying prayer the treatment is in process. The next stage is the recovery process. This is the Likutey Halachot.

Likutey Halakhot shows you how to implement and apply the lesson's themes, ideals and practical ramifications in day to day life, and how these items are found hidden and underlying various subjects in the Torah.

At the back of every standard edition of Likutey Moharan, you have an index showing the various discourses in Likutey Halachot that are based on a particular lesson in Likutey Moharan (for more details see "The Methodology of Likutey Halachot" at the appendix to the book "Through Fire and Water")

In Summary:

1) The diagnosis is learning the right lesson in Likutey Moharan that relates exactly to what you presently need, offering you advice as to what to go about doing.

2) The actual surgery/therapy/treatment is in itself 2 stages - a) learning the holy words of the lesson have the power to activate the remedy while b) davening about the lesson using the Likutey Tefilot, Tehillim and especially your own hitbodedut "directs" the remedy to the appropriate place.

3) The recovery stage using the Likutey Halachot which guides you how to implement the lessons ramifications in your life on a broader scale to cover just about every area in life.Although note: since the process is painful you will need constant dosages of lesson 282 (Azamra) and 195. Also, these 3 stages may be done simultaneously.

The lesson in Likutey Moharan should be reviewed over and over again until you literally know it almost by heart. While reviewing questions will and should pop up. You may reach a point where the lesson might become a bit dry. At this point you should go a step deeper and begin to delve into the main commentaries on Likutey Moharan.

There are 4 main commentaries on the Likutey Moharan: 1) Parparaot LeChochmah 2) BeIbey HaNachal 3) Mey HaNachal 4) Biur HaLikutim.

As you learn the lesson with these commentaries, you will notice that they ask most of the questions that you yourself had (it makes you feel good that you are at least on the right track!!!).

Furthermore they will arouse your attention to newer and deeper perceptions into the lesson which will only enhance your feeling and excitement to connect with the "soul" of the lesson.

This is especially true with the fourth commentary, the Biur HaLikutim. Biur HaLikutim is a very, very deep commentary on the Likutey Moharan, which requires you to be totally absorbed into the lesson in order to actually understand what he is saying. The author developed 18 rules to learning the Likutey Moharan which he culled from the writings of Reb Noson.

With all this simultaneous input from the Likutey Moharan, Likutey Tefilot, Likutey Halachot, etc. you will amazingly see how your whole life will presently revolve around the lesson. You will be able to connect everything in life as hints to the lesson, from your daily prayer services to your spouse's latest arguments.

For most people entering the Likutey Moharan with its accompanying commentaries is too deep to begin with. Therefore it is highly suggested and recommended to use the BRI's translation and commentary to the Likutey Moharan.

The commentary collects all the commentaries as they relate to understanding the simple flow of the lesson, along with accompanying background info to all the verses, Talmudic, Midrashic, Zoharic and Kabbalistic quotes that Rebbe Nachman refers to.

The feeling and experience of how Rebbe Nachman "dresses-up" his perception in a Biblical verse or quote from Chazal is truly inspiring. It could literally ignite you with fiery words in your personal hitbodedut. In essence this is the "shpitz" of Breslov Therapy - to renew and enflame yourself with powerful and deep words of prayer to Hashem in order to effect positive changes in life.

People generally ask: Does Breslov Therapy really work? Is it proven and tested?From personal experience of almost 20 years it has helped tremendously!!! However, there are practical hints that you can use to see if you're headed in the right direction:

1) if things do not change in life - have patience and keep on going until you do see some change.

2) If things start to get worse, this may also be a good sign, as Rebbe Nachman states, that at the beginning of a healing process, the sick person normally gets worse but then gets better.

3) If things get just worse and worse and worse - then you could assume that you are in the wrong direction, and take another lesson to work on.

Another point to take note of - if you do see positive changes in life with a specific lesson, continue until the moment you don't see or feel any noticeable changes. Know then that you have received the main points of the lesson. Look into another characteristic that you would like to work on.

When getting adjusted to the Likutey Tefilot and Likutey Halachot on the accompanying lesson you will notice that they relate to you more than anything else in life. From this you can see Reb Noson's greatness, in that he continues to be your best and most understanding friend in life.

If after all is said and done, Breslov Therapy still doesn't work, then possibly the problem is more profound. I.e. if a person goes to a "doctor" to receive treatment, and then argues with the doctor about his treatment, the patient won't get too far. One must trust and put his faith in the "doctor" that he is giving the best treatment possible.

So too, for Breslov Therapy to work one must have faith and trust that Rebbe Nachman knows his stuff and offers us the best diagnosis possible to help our situations. A suggestion to build this faith would be to learn the following books: 1) Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom 2) Tzaddik - A Portrait of Rabbi Nachman.

Another important item which can help is to actually visit the gravesite of Rebbe Nachman in Uman, Ukraine, and simply ask him to open one's heart and soul to the healing effects of his teachings. Judaism is based on the belief that tzaddikim never die and their spirit can still be found hovering over the grave.

For more info please contact Meir Elkabas:

WhatsApp:

1-732-800-1863

breslovtherapy@gmail.com

Breslov Therapy

RESOURSES FOR ACTIVATING AND INTERNALIZING LIKUTEY MOHARAN LESSON 24

Sunday, September 13, 2020

THE TEN SHOFAR BLASTS OF ROSH HASHANAH

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