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The Sweetness Of Talking To Hashem At Midnight

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BRI Breslov: The Breslov Research Institute

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[Music] and not just RAB nakan but also the zor and the writings of the arizal cabala and also in the code of Jewish law speak about the importance and the value of getting up at midnight what's called Midnight is the best time of the day to do in to learn Torah to connect to Hashem ideally also the best place for this is like away from the city life in a forest in a field but anywhere is okay even in your living room your kitchen somewhere where you can be quiet and alone with Hashem it is literally if you want to call it a taste of ganeden on Earth anyone who's tasted what it's like to get up at midnight and to connect to Hashem at those hours is something out of this world so now the average person who hears this will you know want if he wanting to start this will encounter great great tremendous difficulty and obstacles in doing this number one coordination of the time how in the world do I get to bed early enough to wake up for midnight Midnight by the way it's called Midnight this is the only place that raban puts his foot down to give his opinion in a view in other words the beauty of Rab's teachings is it's not binding you don't have to wear a white keepa and you have to have past like this and a beard and dress like this and there's no fashion and style for breast that's the beauty of breast you can dress like a New York businessman as a cool guy from Florida dress as long as you're within the parameters of Jewish law and you know it you're dressing acting and whatever being like a Jew and also by Customs there's no breast love customs either very rare and that's why that's

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  3. 1:34Rab's teachings is it's not binding you don't have to wear a white keepa and you…
  4. 2:04another Beauty of's teachings that everyone can connect whether you're asazi Lish ashaz whatever you you…
  5. 3:05you count six full hours from that point that's midnight so going back it's hard to…
  6. 3:35brings down lasts for two hours so it starts at midnight and goes on for another…
  7. 4:35the day so what to do what to do that I can fit into my schedule…
  8. 5:05whether it's to say talk to in your own words the gates are open and you…
  9. 6:07day they say in breast live a nice expression it's better to be a mench a…
  10. 6:39that Rosen wrote a beautiful prayer to help a person get up at midnight you can…

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