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no sufferings without sin” (Shabbat 55a). And, as I wrote earlier, Do you want something? Then pray. The prophets and all of the
repentance is entirely knowledge. Therefore, the verse quoted holy texts from the earliest days addressed this point at length. In
above states: “When his heart will understand, he will repent and this book, I am only giving advice and practical tools to help every
be healed.” person begin to transform his prayer into true prayer, so that he
can participate in the effort of thousands of years by the entire
Rabbi Nachman also teaches that “when a person’s faith falls, nation of Israel and add his own prayers to build the prayers of the
nothing helps him—neither healing nor prayer nor the merit of nation of Israel. As Rabbi Nachman teaches (Likutei Moharan I 2):
the fathers” (ibid. II 5). Faith is the essence of knowledge. Rabbi
Nachman states that terrible illness comes as a result of damage to a In truth, the tzaddikim in every generation raise and
person’s faith, which is a blemish in knowledge: “There are people establish all prayers. The verse states that “Moses set up
who suffer illnesses, who have terrible injuries. They suffer illnesses the tabernacle” (Exodus 40:18). The tzaddikim raise every
only because their faith has fallen” (ibid.). component to its place, and they build the structure of
the Shechinah little by little, until its structure will be
The ninth blessing, “He Who blesses the years,” is the blessing
for income. As I explained above, effortless income comes as a completed. And then the messiah—who is Moses—will
result of knowledge (ibid. 21:56). The sages state, “If there is no come, complete it, and set it up completely.
Torah, there is no flour” (Avot 3). This means that income depends
on Torah, which is knowledge. And we must also have in mind And this is the work of every individual (Kitzur Likutei Moharan
in this blessing our wish that the abundance that we receive from ibid.):
the Creator will not distance us from knowledge, and that we will
always know that the Creator is the source of abundance, and that Hashem, may He be blessed, hears, listens and takes
we will always thank the Creator and not attribute any success to heed of every word of every prayer, pleading and word
ourselves. [of prayer], and no word is lost, heaven forbid. Little
by little, every word makes an impression in heaven
The tenth blessing, “He Who gathers the scattered of Israel,” and on each occasion arouses His compassion, may He
is also a blessing regarding knowledge. The blessing begins, “Blow be blessed. Still, the building of holiness into which a
on a great shofar for our freedom.” Rabbi Nachman states that person needs to enter is not completed. But with the
blowing the shofar causes knowledge in the mind to enter the heart passage of many days and years, if a person will not be
and straighten it out. The essence of knowledge is its entry into the foolish and will not grow discouraged in any way but will
heart. As the verse states, “You shall know today and you shall
place upon your heart” (Deuteronomy 4:39). Knowledge that is only increasingly strengthen himself, encourage himself and
in the mind and not in the heart is not called knowledge. And so bolster himself with prayer, then as a result of his many
the knowledge of righteous people is called the voice of the shofar. prayers, the compassion of Hashem, may He be blessed,
As the verse states, “Raise your voice like a shofar” (Isaiah 58:1). will be aroused, until Hashem, may He be blessed, will
The shofar arouses us from sleep (as explained in Rambam et al.), turn to him and cause His countenance to shine upon
which constitutes the absence of knowledge. Thus, the arousal from this person and fulfill his aspirations and intent in the
sleep means receiving knowledge. And when all Jews will have true merit of the true tzaddikim. And Hashem will bring this
knowledge, they will immediately make aliyah to the Holy Land. person close to Him in compassion and in great mercy.
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